I had no idea what this was going into it and honestly it was not what I expected. There are so many great little moments here. Ron Perlman’s face when it’s covered in blood on the roof. The little girl wailing on people with a stick. All of this also feels like a Twilight Zone episode, in all the best ways. Guillermo del Toro does a lot of stuff that reminds me of movies like GREMLINS, RE-ANIMATOR, THE FLY and other imaginative movies of the 80s. You see a lot of techniques and ideas that de Toro would explore later in things like MIMIC and THE STRAIN. You also get to see early stages of del Toro experimenting with prosthetics and make-up that would become his signature style. The inside of the device is also really cool. I need to look into how he made it.
