Guillermo Del Toro Thinks Four Of His Past Movies Were Actually Frankenstein Stories

"Only four?" If you're asking that after that headline, you're not alone. Guillermo del Toro has finally made the glorious "Frankenstein" movie he's wanted to make since he was a child. Yet you can see the echoes of Mary Shelley and James Whale in every movie del Toro has made. His brand as a storyteller is misunderstood monsters and tumultuous father-son relationships, the hallmarks of any "Frankenstein" iteration.

In a recent appearance on the "Indiewire Filmmaker's Toolkit" podcast, del Toro listed four of his films that he thinks are especially close to "Frankenstein" — "Cronos," "Mimic," "Blade II," and "Hellboy."

"Cronos," del Toro's first feature film, stars Jesús Gris (Federico Luppi), an old Mexican man transformed into a vampire. Not through a bite, but through a clockwork