Summer Creature Double Feature: The Shape of Water15

Directed by Guillermo del Toro | USA | 2017 | 2h 3m | Starring Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Michael Stuhlbarg

Guillermo del Toro’s Oscar-winning film explores themes of marginalisation and sexuality in the claustrophobic context of America in the Cold War panic of the early 1960s. An ‘Amphibian Man’ is brought into a government research facility and a relationship develops between him and Elisa, a mute janitor. The film then follows Elisa, her colleague, Zelda, and Giles, a gay artist struggling to make his way in the advertising industry, as they try to help the Amphibian Man and fend off threatening government agents. A magnificently realised film, combining fantasy, romance, and critical commentary.

The Shape of Water is showing alongside Creature From The Black Lagoon (1954) as part of a Summer Creature Double Feature, introduced by Dr Michael Goodrum (Canterbury Christ Church University). Book tickets to both screenings in a single transaction and receive a 25% discount on the total cost.

Summer Creature Double Feature

Reviews

‘Del Toro’s greatest work. Simply magnificent.’
★★★★★
Matthew Thrift, Little White Lies

‘It’s the biggest risk of del Toro’s career and it could not have paid off more.’
★★★★★
Olly Richards, Empire Magazine

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We showed Summer Creature Double Feature: The Shape of Water between August 22, 2026 and August 22, 2026.

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