Applebaum, S. (2018, January 29). Guillermo del Toro on the deeper meaning in ‘The Shape of Water’. The National. https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/film/guillermo-del-toro-on-the-deeper-meaning-in-the-shape-of-water-1.699621

Button, S. (2018, March 5). The Shape of Water’s Richard Jenkins talks the struggle of his gay character Giles. Gay times. https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/100953/shape-of-water-richard-jenkins-gay-character-interview/

Lodge, G. (2017, November 30). Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water is a much-needed ode to the ‘other’. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/nov/30/guillermo-del-toro-the-shape-of-water-is-a-much-needed-ode-to-the-other

The shape of water soundtrack. (2017). Tunefind. https://www.tunefind.com/movie/the-shape-of-water-2017

Why is The Shape Of Water set in 1962? (2018, February 6). Sky News. https://news.sky.com/video/why-is-the-shape-of-water-set-in-1962-11238884

Wilkinson, A. (2018, March 5). The Shape of Water, from Guillermo del Toro, is a beautiful adult fairy tale about a fish-man. Vox. https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/9/12/16288080/shape-of-water-del-toro-review-best-picture

Nathan, I. (2021). Guillermo Del Toro : The Iconic Filmmaker and His Work. White Lion Publishing.

eBook

An engaging and in-depth examination of the work of Guillermo Del Toro, one of the most revered directors working in modern cinema. Loaded with rich imagery and a chapter dedicated to each of his films – including The Shape of Water.

Beauty and the Beast: A History of the Tale. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.pookpress.co.uk/project/beauty-and-the-beast-history/

Chin, M. (2018, March 8). Take a Look Back at the References and Homages Within ‘The Shape of Water’. Hypebeast. Retrieved from https://hypebeast.com/2018/3/the-shape-of-water-references-homage-video-analysis

Backe, E.L. (2014, July 11).  The Devil in Disguise: Modern Monsters and their Metaphors. The Geek Anthropologist. Retrieved from https://thegeekanthropologist.com/2014/07/11/the-devil-in-disguise-modern-monsters-and-their-metaphors/

Derbyshire, V. (2017, March 17). Beauty and the Beast was originally a feminist fable disguised as marriage guidance. The Conversation. Retrieved from http://theconversation.com/beauty-and-the-beast-was-originally-a-feminist-fable-disguised-as-marriage-guidance-74561

Gilbert, S. (2017, March 31). The Dark Morality of Fairy-Tale Animal Brides. The Atlantic. Retrieved from https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/03/marrying-a-monster-the-romantic-anxieties-of-fairy-tales/521319/

Neikirk, A. (n.d.). “…Happily Ever After” (or What Fairytales Teach Girls About Being Women). Retrieved from  https://hilo.hawaii.edu/campuscenter/hohonu/volumes/documents/Vol07x07HappilyEverAfter.pdf

Waldman, K. (2013, January 31). The Nuclear Monsters That Terrorized the 1950s. Slate. Retrieved from https://slate.com/technology/2013/01/nuclear-monster-movies-sci-fi-films-in-the-1950s-were-terrifying-escapism.html

More coming soon

1962: a year packed with drama – in pictures. (2012, September 30). The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/culture/gallery/2012/sep/29/1962-year-pictures

Getchell, M. (n.d.). The start of the Space Race. Retrieved from  https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/postwarera/1950s-america/a/the-start-of-the-space-race

More coming soon

The shadow over Innsmouth. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://lovecraft.fandom.com/wiki/The_Shadow_Over_Innsmouth

Anderson, H. (2016, May 2). The shocking tale of the penny dreadful. BBC – Culture. Retrieved from http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160502-the-shocking-tale-of-the-penny-dreadful

More coming soon

Creature from the black lagoon. (1954). Retrieved from https://archive.org/details/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon1954_201710

Farley, R. (2017, December 5). How The Shape Of Water Gives Beauty & The Beast A Much-Needed Update. Refinery29. Retrieved from https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2017/12/183769/the-shape-of-water-feminist-movie-beauty-and-the-beast

Hatzipanagos, R. (2018, March 2). What you didn’t understand about ‘The Shape of Water’. Washington Post. Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/03/02/the-shape-of-water-isnt-just-a-fish-movie-its-about-the-latin-american-experience/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.4b2ca4a50d35

Pengilley, V. (2018, September 9). From vampires to zombies, the monsters we create say a lot about us.  ABC News. Retrieved from https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-09/monsters-we-create-reflect-our-fears-and-desires/10174880

Rich, K. (2017). How The Shape of Water’s Aquatic Beast Got So Sexy. Vanity Fair. Retrieved from https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/12/the-shape-of-water-aquatic-beast

Slater-Williams, J. (2018, February 11). Eight films to watch before you see The Shape of Water. Little White Lies. Retrieved from https://lwlies.com/articles/eight-films-to-watch-before-you-see-the-shape-of-water/

Smith, A. (2018, February 9). The ugly truth: why we love Beauty and the Beast stories. The Telegraph. Retrieved from https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/shape-of-water/beauty-and-the-beast-story/

More coming soon