Guillermo del Toro’s version of Mary Shelley’s myth

Creature feature

A war of nerves

MIDWAY THROUGH MONSTER: THE ED GEIN STORY, the title character stares into the camera and warns: “You shouldn’t be watching this.” He’s talking to two strangers who’ve interrupted him in the bloody af

SOME DAYS IT SEEMS WE LIVE IN A HORRID WORLD where most humans couldn’t give a fig about art. How many people in that world are going to care about a 65-year-old black-and-white movie—one that, for an

The acclaimed film director has made a name for herself with stylish, visually rich narratives that spotlight the female perspective. She talks to Lydia Slater about her genre-spanning back catalogue