That means something that looks “ancient, powerful, and one with nature,” he said. Guillermo del Toro on ‘Subtle Racism’ After Oscar Win: ‘There’s a Glass Ceiling, and You Have to Keep Pushing’ I said, ‘We have to remember we’re not creating a monster, we’re creating a god.’ So the design needs to have elements that are completely unnatural, that are almost surreal or abstract.” “The wendigo has very, very specific cues you need to follow,” del Toro said. Legends describe humans transforming into wendigos because of their greed or weakness and are considered dangerous because of their thirst for blood and ability to bring about evil. During a panel on Saturday, the pair discussed how they created the part-digital, part real-life creature.īased on the short story “The Quiet Boy” by Nick Antosca (“Hannibal,” “The Act”), the central supernatural character in “Antlers” is based on the wendigo, a spirt found in Algonquian folklore. For his first horror film, “ Antlers,” which centers around a boy’s relationship with a supernatural creature, director Scott Cooper said he wasn’t willing to get behind the camera without creature master Guillermo del Toro as producer.
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