10 Most Bizarre DVD Easter Eggs

Director cameos have been a staple for some of the more well-known filmmakers since Hitchcock first strolled his portly frame in front of the camera.

It's rarely an issue, unless a filmmaker with delusions of grandeur casts himself as a writer whose work will change the world, but no one would ever be so disgustingly vain. Apart from that, it's a nice nod to fans who pay attention.

Guillermo Del Toro is not an actor, nor did he ever claim to be. But his work has helped to bring some credibility to the horror genre, one that rarely appears come awards season.

Hellboy, his dark comic book adaptation, plays to all of his strengths as a genre filmmaker, incorporating Lovecraftian terror into an Indiana Jones-esque Nazi plot. But it's not without its flaws. Overlong and bogged down by an unnecessary audience identifier, it works best when it's just focused on Hellboy's (Ron Pearlman in a bit of uncanny casting) immature boyhood struggle.

For a big-budget comic book movie, Hellboy was a personal film for both Del Toro and creator Mike Mignola. You can't blame the filmmaker for wanting to read the opening narration himself.

But English is not Del Toro's first language, and thus it's understandable the reading isn't perfect. On the first disc of the special edition DVD, just press up. You'll find an apology from the director for his stunted narration, blaming hard to read cue cards.