"Years ago, Hill - a sculptor and special effects artist - was exhibiting his works at a convention in Burbank. Del Toro saw some of Hill's monstrous creations on display and was so impressed that he decided to get in touch, tracking down Hill's contact info from an obscure model kit forum. "I don't know how he found me from some 20-year-old website," says Hill, who describes del Toro's investigation as "very Columbo-esque" work. "But he wrote to me, told me who he was, and asked to commission something.""
"From there, a fruitful relationship blossomed; Hill went on to design creatures for films like Nightmare Alley and The Shape of Water, and the Netflix anthology Cabinet of Curiosities. But when word came out that del Toro was working on his own long-awaited version of Frankenstein, Hill's phone remained curiously silent. "I was fretting because I knew he was going to do Frankenstein and hadn't been in touch with me," Hill tells me. "It was driving me bonkers." But del Toro hadn't forgotten about his partner - in fact, it turns out Hill was vital for the project."
Mike Hill is a sculptor and special effects artist whose monstrous creations caught Guillermo del Toro's attention at a Burbank convention. Del Toro tracked Hill down via an obscure model kit forum and commissioned a sculpture of Boris Karloff having his makeup applied for the 1931 Frankenstein, which was displayed in del Toro's Bleak House. Hill later designed creatures for Nightmare Alley, The Shape of Water, and Netflix's Cabinet of Curiosities. Hill expected to be contacted for del Toro's own Frankenstein and grew anxious when he was not. Del Toro later assured Hill that the project depended on him.
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