How To... Create a Movie Monster

Pacific Rim director Guillermo del Toro explains how he brought the Kaiju to life and the design process involved.

[darnellputman]

I'm in college now and studying filmmaking, as well as writing (books and screenplys) and producing. This information helps, makes me want to create my own monster. That's why I love Guillermo del Toro. He's one of my favorite directors.

[jaredcarlson]

Reference from nature and not from other movie monsters, got it.

[Trackiller]

please let this man direct a Godzilla movie !

[LuthienAlexandra]

I love him so much. I am writing a fantasy novel and for me creating monsters is the hardest part. I wish I had his imagination and skill.

[karlmahlmann]

That was interesting. A monster movie lives or dies on the monster. And it's character has to be developed just like everyone else in the movie. The scariest monsters are the ones that are unsympathetic and completely evil. The horror is just in being touched by them.

[daniellovesgabeebingspider]

this guy would have make a great godzilla or horror type movie

[AKIDPRODUCTION]

This guy just has a lot of respect for movie making. Pacific Rim was awesome.

[SPARTANxK]

Epic characters. Epic story. Epic monsters. Epic battles.

[BlurryTurtle]

This! Guillermo del Toro, you rock! Do not let the initial box office results dismay you: Pacific Rim was incredible. I think next week you might make more money. But, if you don't make anymore..it's fine, because I know you've delivered the best summer movie anyone ever could. :)

[jamesporter]

Del Toro is a genius, Pacific Rim was epic in every sense, loved it!

[afzalhakimbinzairini]

How does Guillmero Del Toro manage to create creative, unique and cool looking monsters than Disney ever did?

[wrification]

I'm going to watch the movie again because e need more movies like Pacific rim this guy is really smart he learn English so fast I mean he was born in Mexico and start his career their is hard to learn other language when you already old

[NightmareInsanity]

Natural expressions? Interesting... Very interesting.

[acoulthardclark]

Just rewatched Del Toros early masterpiece, 'Mimic'-twenty years old. Still scary.

[ImRtard]

The guy simply is a genius and he looks like a nice guy.

[PadreigEire]

The good thing is that these advises are really good and will also still have the same truth once we got rid of this CGI era of movies.

[domarco]

13 people don't know how to Create a Movie Monster.

[JaverttheInspector]

very fascinating, I think another important element is having some form of allusion to a human, the Pan's Labyrinth creature was especially spooky because it was humanoid and seemed like the result of a human suffering. Personifying evil is one of the best kinds of evil because it is scary in how relate-able it is. Granted, too much humanoid evil makes that kind of evil saturated and no longer scary.

[ashjonah]

Pacific Rim is one of my favourite movies of all time. It was brilliant. But I do agree, a few more fight scenes with the Chinese and Russian jaegers in combat would of been great, I feel they're part in the movie was over to fast, especially considering because they're the last of jaegers you'd think they must obviously be the best.

[JVLY]

I wonder how many people noticed he was in Pacific Rim. I had a total nerdgasm, no lie.