Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro is a master of creature horror with several of his movies featuring some of the strangest monsters. However, one of his earliest movies, Pan’s Labyrinth, has arguably some of the most scary character designs for a creature with both the Pale Man and the Faun, being truly unique and horrifying designs.

Pan’s Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro (Credits: CBS News).

During an interview, the director revealed that the original design for the infamous Pale Man was almost entirely different. However, del Toro decided to change the design at the last moment as he wanted to layer in some thematic expression in the character’s design, which made the Pale Man even scarier. Here is what del Toro had to say about the changes and why I am glad the director opted for a new design.

Guillermo del Toro explained why he changed the Pale Man’s...