I believe that the physical effect, the physical set, whenever you can, is ten times better than the digital effect.
Guillermo del ToroGhosts are a metaphor that can be interpreted so many different ways. There's no ending to what you can do. You can make it a fun ghost story. You can make it a deeply disturbing, psychological ghost story.
Guillermo del ToroWhen the monster has a dimension that allows you to humanize it, that's the route I usually want to go.
Guillermo del Toro