Another great director who proves the rule that cutting your teeth in low budget horror movies is a good way to rise through the Hollywood ranks is Guillermo del Toro. He's come a long way since he first came to international attention with Cronos, directing movies such as Pacific Rim which boasted a whopping $190 million price tag. His masterpiece to date is Pan's Labyrinth, a dark and disturbing fantasy which delves into young Ofelia's fantasy realms undercutting them with the shocking violence of the real world, not least in the actions of the cruel Captain Vidal.Sergi Lopez said of his character, "Vidal is deranged, a psychopath who is impossible to defend." Watching him brutally beat a villager to death by plunging a bottle repeatedly into his face and it's hard to disagree. With each blow the glass bottle plunges deeper into the poor man's face until all that remains is a mess of broken bone, blood and brains. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpEqpka8Dws
