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Guillermo del Toro Gómez (Spanish: [ɡiˈʝeɾmo ðelˈtoɾo]; born 9 October 1964) is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and artist. His work has been characterized by a strong connection to fairy tales, gothicism, and horror, often blending the genres to infuse visual or poetic beauty into the grotesque. He has had a lifelong fascination with monsters, which he considers symbols of great power. He is known for pioneering dark fantasy in the film industry and using insectile and religious imagery, his themes of Catholicism, and celebrating imperfection, underworld motifs, practical special effects, and dominant amber lighting. Throughout his career, del Toro has shifted between Spanish-language films—such as Cronos (1993), The Devil's Backbone (2001), and Pan's Labyrinth (2006)—and English-language films, including Mimic (1997), Blade II (2002), Hellboy (2004) and its sequel Hellboy II: The Golden Army(2008), Pacific Rim (2013), Crimson Peak (2015), The Shape of Water (2017), Nightmare Alley (2021), and Pinocchio (2022). As a producer or writer, he worked on the films The Orphanage (2007), Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010), The Hobbit film series (2012–2014), Mama (2013), The Book of Life (2014), Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018), Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019), and The Witches (2020). In 2022, he created the Netflix anthology horror series Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities, featuring a collection of classical horror stories. With Chuck Hogan, he co-authored The Strain trilogy of novels (2009–2011), which was later adapted into a comic book series (2011–15) and a live-action television series (2014–17). With DreamWorks Animation and Netflix, he created the animated franchise Tales of Arcadia, which includes the series Trollhunters (2016–18), 3Below (2018–19), and Wizards (2020) and the sequel film Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans (2021). Del Toro is close friends with fellow Mexican filmmakers Alfonso Cuarón and Alejandro G. Iñárritu, collectively known as "The Three Amigos of Mexican Cinema". He has received several awards, including three Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Daytime Emmy Award, and a Golden Lion. He was included in Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2018, and he received a motion picture star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2019.
Clara and Theodore Wieland’s father spontaneously combusts while worshipping, and his children inherit his property. As adults, Theo, Clara, and Pleyel start hearing voices. Carwin appears and says the voices may be caused by human mimicry. Clara finds Carwin hiding in her closet. He claims he had been planning to rape her, but believes she’s under the protection of a supernatural force. The next morning, Pleyel accuses Clara of having an affair with Carwin. She tries to tell him otherwise, but he doesn’t believe her. Clara finds a letter from Carwin, asking to meet her at her house. When she arrives, there are noises and lights, and she sees a glimpse of Carwin. In her room, she finds a letter from Carwin, and Catharine in her bed – dead. Theo arrives and threatens Clara, but leaves when he hears voices. Theo’s kids and Louisa Conway have also been killed. Clara falls ill; later, she is able to read the murderer's testimony. Theo claims to have been acting under divine orders. Clara thinks Carwin is the source of Theo’s madness. Carwin reveals to Clara that he is a biloquist. He caused most of the voices, but claims he didn’t cause the murders. Theo escapes, arrives at Clara's house, and tries to kill her. Carwin uses his ability to tell Theo to stop, and that Theo should not have listened to the voices. Theo kills himself in remorse. Clara refuses to leave her house, until it burns down one day. She then goes to Europe with her uncle, and eventually marries Pleyel.
