A portrait on filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and his lifelong fascination with monsters, from Pan's Labyrinth to The Shape of Water. Featuring interviews and rare film footage intercut with his art exhibition in 2019, it explores early influences from Buñuel to Romero to Cronenberg. To no one's surprise, most of it surrounds death and the grotesque and the misunderstood. There's not so much new for those who are already familiar with his oeuvre, and a lot of it feels sprawling and unfocused, but it's worth checking out if you're a fan of his sensibilities. Del Toro is very knowledgeable about different subjects, but this documentary feels superfluous. The films tend to speak for themselves.
2½ mummy boners out of 5
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