#SHAPING UP

Kiki Rodgers, email I’m so excited to watch Guillermo del Toro’s new film, The Shape of Water. I love how he takes an old horror film like Creature From The Black Lagoon and transforms it into a star-struck romance. Del Toro is at his best when telling stories like this, the ones fringed with fairytale, where the everyday is imbued with the fantastical. The attraction between women and monsters is also a really interesting subject to explore – the idea that they recognise an “otherness” in each other. From what I’ve seen so far, the film has potential to be beautiful, bringing del Toro back to telling stories like Pan’s Labyrinth. SFX Agreed, Kiki – Pan’s Labyrinth is my favourite del Toro movie and this may be the one that finally matches it.