But as del Toro previously stated, the project that the Angel of Death was originally meant for was in a different universe altogether.
D’s jurisdiction, there’s a lot of room for these wild entities to roam free.
As you can see in the quote above, del Toro took inspiration from both his macabre sensibilities, as well as a heaping dose of Hispanic religious imagery.
Both of those sources are heavy inspirations on Guillermo del Toro’s entire filmography, but its inspiration has most intensely been felt in the Hellboy series.