Film Friday: “Then Again, You Can’t Beat A Moai Head” / Torontoist

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Film Friday: “Then Again, You Can’t Beat A Moai Head” / Torontoist

“Wasn’t a massive fan of the original - thought it was a bit dull even if it did feature nature’s perfect baddie, supernatural Nazis - but at least it was very “Hellboy.” The Golden Army looks exactly like Pan’s Labyrinth with Hellboy instead of a little Spanish girl. To be completely honest, we find Del Toro’s imagination overrated, especially considering one of his new characters for the film is called “Cathedral Head” and has a cathedral for a head. We’re sorry, but there’s only one creature allowed to have a totemic building for a noggin, and that’s Pyramid Head.”

This column has actually made me wonder if Pyramid Head was a kind of in-joke at Konami. After all, they’d put Moai heads into a lot of their games (famously Gradius) - so why not have a “pyramid head”?

It’s a possibility!

July 11th, 2008 : Columns

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