Low-budget science fiction and fantasy movies rule. While mega-blockbusters crank out the same familiar stories, including a parade of sequels and remakes, a low-budget film can take crazy risks and tell an original story. But sometimes, low-budget movies can get just as obsessed with chasing fads and copying each…

How does monster maker Guillermo del Toro create such wonderfully terrifying creatures? We've got an exclusive behind-the-scenes video of del Toro and director Troy Nixey, showing you how Don't Be Afraid of the Dark brought their little gremlins alive!

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, produced and co-written by Guillermo del Toro, comes out today, promising tiny, Gremlins-style creature terror. As a look at a family trying to find common ground during a stressful time, it's okay. But as a monster movie, it fails in the most frustrating way possible.

There's one thing you can always count on in a horror movie nowadays: a father who's kind of a jerk. Everybody else in the family knows there's something supernatural going on, but the dad refuses to believe it. And acts like a total schmuck about it, too.

If you don't want to spoil the big monster reveal from
Troy Nixey and Guillermo del Toro's creature feature Don't Be Afraid of The Dark go no further. Two new clips from the horror flick reveal the movie's evil fiends.

One thing Guillermo del Toro does very well is creating amazing monsters. And the little nasties in Don't Be Afraid of the Dark rival almost every monster from Hellboy's Troll market. Watch two new clips from the horror movie now.

Guillermo del Toro isn't just one of the great directors of horror and fantasy — he's also an uncompromising visionary, who calls it likes he sees it. We've been blown away by del Toro's words of wisdom before.

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