The Voodoo Queen

Piecing together the inspirations and evolution of Mary Shelley’s famous monster

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

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

Aristocratic scaring

A Spanish auteur in the making