@tommymcphail: Hearing Guillermo del Toro discuss his work at Sundance 2026 after the Cronos anniversary screening earlier this year was a life highlight. Here he unpacks how being raised in Catholic in Mexico impacted his approach to horror filmmaking. Just being that room was such a gift. I could listen to him talk forever. #guillermodeltoro #movies #horror
The fact that he called purgatory a timeshare scheme for Catholics just solidifies my love for Guillermo Del Toro as a person as well as a director. 💜
2026-08-18 07:39:19
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ꪀꫀꪮ́ꪀ𓂃 ࣪˖ ִֶָ𐀔 :
Growing up in México is very surreal, as a Mexican born in México, yes, yes it is super surreal lol
2026-08-21 18:02:34
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esaulmartin308 :
I love his movies but this tells me he has no idea what Catholics believe.
2026-08-18 18:43:41
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Joe hoe :
He's yet to cast his own people in his movies. Now that he is a big time Hollywood director, speaks volumes of who he really is, and what he thinks of Mexico.
2026-08-18 16:29:50
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𝔎𝔞𝔱𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢𝔰𝔥𝔬𝔯𝔯𝔬𝔯 :
We need him to adapt more gothic books into movies. 🖤
2026-08-18 12:16:40
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🪲♎ LibraBeetle ♎🪲 :
he's such a comedian 🤣 but damn he ain't wrong
2026-08-18 07:09:05
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Mansfurter :
If he hadn't found his passion in directing, he would have killed as a comedian.
2026-08-18 15:25:51
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luislua_23 :
Ayo Guillermo, can you do a solo Nightcrawler movie? 👍🏼🤞🏼
2026-08-18 15:27:24
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TriEdge? :
I read the old testament and my boy kills and chops of the wings of a whole town lol
2026-08-18 09:44:14
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⚓️✪Jimena✪⚓️ :
he's my favorite male director fr, Nolan could've NEVER directed the shape of water
2026-08-21 16:15:04
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MattInVR :
The timeshare comment had me absolutely rolling lol
2026-08-21 01:43:10
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Sara Hernande Castro :
I love him!!!
2026-08-21 03:54:00
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thatladypool :
I love him because he so honest and real.
2026-08-18 05:48:20
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rookblackwell :
lol I was raised by a catholic mom who loved horror movies and let me watch them at an inappropriate age and then was shocked, SHOCKED! when I turned into a goth teenager 🤣
2026-08-18 13:08:00
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Anthony 🏳️🌈🇺🇸 :
I love him so much
2026-08-18 00:36:53
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Andrea :
Muy cierto! la enseñanza religiosa en méxico es traumatizante. Y desde niño te dicen que te vas a ir al infierno
2026-08-20 15:18:27
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dianafinejewelryco :
I love him so much
2026-08-19 02:24:33
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Kailey :
The comparison to time share is actually super accurate. The Catholic Church has done a lot of things like that over the years. Have a deceased relative you want out faster from purgatory? Pay this amount and you get a certificate. Another has been selling “real” holy relics. Often times fake just to get more money from the people. Why Martin Luther the Monk left the Catholic Church, posted the 95 theses condemning the behavior of the Catholic Church of the time. People back then also couldn’t read or read the bible themselves and relied on the Catholic Church to be reading it accurately to them. Why Luther translated the bible for the common people of the time. Got in lots of trouble cause of all this and eventually excommunicated (kicked out) of the church. So what Guillermo is saying is makes a lot of sense historically.
2026-08-18 12:51:44
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aiyanatheangel :
idk what he’s doing in the horror genre bro needs to be making comedies
2026-08-18 17:25:11
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theotherhappyplace :
I love him
2026-08-18 14:20:25
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Toni :
SAME Guillermo. Same. 😔
2026-08-18 13:16:26
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Heeheeheehaha :
I’m a recovering catholic as well. Not born in Mexico, but raised in an immigrant household, so very close. Deconstruction is important, but you must realize it sooner than later for the suffering to stop.
2026-08-20 18:02:00
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