Guillermo del Toro
Author
Series
Blackwood tapes volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
Forced to shoot her suddenly violent partner, rookie FBI agent Odessa Hardwicke witnesses the escape of a shadowy form from the deceased agent's body, and embarks on a sanity-risking investigation into a centuries-old being.
2) Trollhunters
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Series
Formats
Description
When a forty-five-year-old mystery resurfaces that threatens the lives of everyone in his town, San Bernardino teenager Jim Sturges teams up with a band of unlikely heroes to battle the monsters he never knew existed.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
336 pages ; 23 cm
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Description
The Shape of Water is set in Cold War-era Baltimore at the Occam Aerospace Research Center, which has recently received its most sensitive asset ever: an amphibious man captured in the Amazon. What unfolds is a stirring romance between the asset and one of the janitors on staff, a mute woman who uses sign language to communicate with the creature.
Author
Series
Strain trilogy volume 3
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
371 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
After the blasts, it was all over. Nuclear Winter has settled upon the earth. Except for one hour of sunlight a day, the whole world is plunged into darkness. It is a near-perfect environment for vampires. They have won. It is their time. Almost every single man, woman and child has been enslaved in vast camps across the globe. Like animals, they are farmed, harvested for the sick pleasure of the Master Race. Almost, but not all. Somewhere out there,...
5) Oscura
Author
Series
Strain trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Suma de Letras
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
428 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
La batalla total por el control del planeta se ha desatado. La enfermedad y la cuarentena invaden Estados Unidos y comienzan a diseminarse por todo el mundo. Mientras tanto, Eph y Nora identifican el agente infeccioso: un parásito gusano, y quedan atrapados entre los dos facciones de guerra, los Vampiros del Viejo Mundo y los Vampiros del Nuevo Mundo, que luchan para controlar el planeta. Ahora los humanos han cambiado de lugar en la cadena alimenticia...
6) Nocturna
Author
Series
Strain trilogy volume 1
Publisher
William Morrow/HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
405 p. ; 23 cm.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
5 CDs (6 hrs. 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Oscar winning writer-director Guillermo del Toro and New York Times bestselling author Cornelia Funke have come together to transform del Toro's hit movie Pan's Labyrinth into an epic and dark fantasy novel for listeners of all ages, complete with enchanting short stories that flesh out the folklore of this fascinating world. This is a brilliant collaboration between masterful storytellers that's not to be missed.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018
Formats
Description
An other-worldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962. In the hidden high security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa is trapped in a life of isolation. Elisa's life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda discover a secret classified experiment.
9) Pacific Rim
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the 2020s, when Earth is at war with the Kaijus, giant monsters who have risen from the Pacific Ocean, humanity creates giant robots called Jaegers to combat the Kaijus.
Series
Criterion collection volume 666
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in..
Description
When twelve-year-old orphan Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucia School, he discovers dark secrets and the restless ghost of a murdered student.
11) Pan's labyrinth
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in post-civil war Spain, a young girl flees the home of her cruel step-father into an underground fantasy world where she encounters a strange creature and a terrifying battle between good and evil.
12) Crimson Peak
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Formats
Description
In the aftermath of a family disaster, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious stranger. Attempting to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds, and remembers.
14) Pacific Rim
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (131 min.) : Blu-ray sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes-a washed up former pilot and an untested trainee, who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind's last hope against the mounting apocalypse.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2019.
Formats
Description
It's 1968 in America. Change is blowing in the wind, but seemingly far removed from the unrest in the cities is the small town of Mill Valley, where for generations the shadow of the Bellows family has loomed large. It is in their mansion on the edge of town that Sarah, a young girl with horrible secrets, turned her tortured life into a series of scary stories, written in a book that has transcended time.
16) Pinocchio
Series
Criterion collection volume 1201
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in..
Description
"Realized through boundary-pushing, breathtakingly intricate stop-motion animation, this dark rendering of the fable of the puppet boy and his maker daringly transfers the story to Fascist Italy, where the irrepressible Pinocchio gradually learns what it means to be human through his experiences of war, death, and sacrifice"--
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (586 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When ordinary teenager Jim Lake Jr. stumbles upon a mystical amulet on his way to school one morning, he inadvertently discovers an extraordinary secret civilization of mighty trolls beneath his small town of Arcadia. Suddenly destined to play a crucial role in an ancient battle of good and evil, Jim is determined to save the world, right after gym class. A must-see original series for the entire family.
18) Pinocchio
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A classic tale is reborn through the inspired imagination of cinematic dream-weaver Guillermo del Toro, directing alongside Mark Gustafson. Realized through boundary-pushing, breathtakingly intricate stop-motion animation, this dark rendering of the fable of the puppet boy and his maker, which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, daringly transfers the story to Fascist Italy, where the irrepressible Pinocchio gradually learns what it means...
19) Pan's labyrinth
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in 1944 Spain, against the backdrop of the anti-Franco guerrilla warfare. When young Ofelia and her mother go to live with her new stepfather on a rural military outpost, she finds herself in a world of unimaginable cruelty. Soon Ofelia finds the creatures of her imagination in which she used to escape have become a reality and she must battle them to save both her mother and herself. In the terrifying battle that ensues, Ofelia soon learns that...
20) The book of life
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The journey of Manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart. Before choosing which path to follow, he embarks on an incredible adventure that spans three fantastical worlds where he must face his greatest fears.