Guillermo del Toro
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
840L
Physical Desc
x, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
This spellbinding tale takes readers to a sinister, magical, and war-torn world filled with richly drawn characters like trickster fauns, murderous soldiers, child-eating monsters, courageous rebels, and a long-lost princess hoping to be reunited with her family.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Formats
Description
1962. Elisa Esposito--mute her whole life--works as a janitor working the graveyard shift at Baltimore's Occam Aerospace Research Center. Only Zelda, a protective coworker, and Giles, her loving neighbor, help her make it through her day. Then she sees something she was never meant to see: an amphibious man, captured in the Amazon, to be studied for Cold War advancements. Using sign language, the two learn to communicate. Richard Strickland, the obsessed...
3) The fall
Author
Series
Strain trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A cross between The Hot Zone and 'Salem's Lot."
-Entertainment Weekly
"I cannot wait to see where Del Toro and Hogan take us next."
-James Rollins, New York Times bestselling author of Bloodline
The wait is over! Guillermo del Toro, one of Hollywood's most popular and imaginative storytellers (Pan's Labyrinth, Hellboy) and Hammett Award-winning thriller writer Chuck Hogan (Prince of Thieves) return with The Fall-the second blood-chilling volume...
4) The strain
Author
Series
Strain trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
401 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
An epic battle for survival begins between man and vampire in "The Strain"-the first book in a heart-stopping trilogy from one of Hollywood's most inventive storytellers and a critically acclaimed thriller writer. Guillermo del Toro, the genius director of the Academy Award-winning Pan's Labyrinth and Hellboy, and Hammett Award-winning author Chuck Hogan have joined forces to boldly reinvent the vampire novel. Brilliant, blood-chilling, and unputdownable,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Blackstone Audio, Inc
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
The stunning New York Times bestselling vampire saga concludes with The Night Eternal. The magnificent, if monstrously warped brainchild of cinematic horror master Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth, Hellboy) and Chuck Hogan-The Night Eternal begins where The Strain and The Fall left off: with the last remnants of humankind enslaved by the vampire masters in a world forever shrouded by nuclear winter. Still, a small band of the living fights on in...
6) Trollhunters
Author
Series
Publisher
Hyperion, an imprint of Disney Book Group
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First Hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
320 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Everything changes for San Bernardino teenage suburbanite Jim Sturges when a 45-year old mystery resurfaces, threatening the lives of everyone in his seemingly sleepy town. Soon Jim has to team up with a band of unlikely (and some un-human) heroes to battle the monsters he never knew existed.
Author
Series
Blackwood tapes volume 1
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
325 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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.
Author
Series
Strain trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
371 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
9) Pacific Rim
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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.
10) The witches
Language
English
Description
The tale of a young orphaned boy who, in late 1967, goes to live with his loving Grandma in the rural Alabama town of Demopolis. As the boy and his grandmother encounter some deceptively glamorous but thoroughly diabolical witches, she wisely whisks him away to a seaside resort. Regrettably, they arrive at precisely the same time that the world's Grand High Witch has gathered her fellow cronies from around the globe, undercover, to carry out her nefarious...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (123 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An otherworldly 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.
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (215 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Language
English
Description
Provides an overview of the art and development of the DreamWorks Animation television series "Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia," featuring commentary from developers and artists, and full-color graphic images of characters, artifacts, and geography with captions.
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The fate of mankind hangs in the balance when a ruthless prince awakens an unstoppable army of creatures and wages war with the human world. It's up to Hellboy and his team of paranormal outcasts to face off with the forces of darkness.
14) Crimson Peak
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When her heart is stolen by a seductive stranger, a young woman is swept away to a house atop a mountain of blood-red clay; a place filled with secrets that will haunt her forever. Between desire and darkness, between mystery and madness, lies the truth.
Author
Publisher
Welbeck
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
320 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Masters of Make-Up Effects is a celebration of make-up artists and acclaimed make-up effects from the world of film and television. Authors Howard Berger and Marshall Julius have gleaned untold stories from the sets of cult classics (Planet of the Apes, An American Werewolf in London, The Thing), fan-favorite film and TV franchises (Star Trek, Star Wars, Harry Potter and the MCU) and modern blockbusters like Dune to chart the fascinating evolution...
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
DVD two-disc special edition, widescreen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (144 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The epic conclusion to the adventures of Bilbo Baggins. The dragon Smaug rains his fiery wrath down upon the defenseless men, women, and children of Lake-town. Obsessed above all else with his reclaimed treasure, Thorin sacrifices friendship and honor to hoard it as Bilbo attempts to make him see reason.
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (74 pages) : chiefly color illustrations
Language
English
Description
After Jim Lake, Jr. finds a magical amulet that gives him a powerful suit and the title of Trollhunter, his troll companion must detail the battles of Kanjigar the Courageous in order to explain the Jim how important his new role is to the world of Trolls.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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.
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (73 pages) : chiefly color illustrations
Language
English
Description
Jim Lake, Jr.'s friends help him accept his new role as Trollhunter through the stories of six previous Trollhunters and the crises they faced during times of when they questioned their fate.
20) Nightmare alley
Publisher
20th Century Studios
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 150 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
From visionary filmmaker Guillermo del Toro comes a suspenseful psychological thriller about a manipulative carnival man who teams with an equally deceptive psychiatrist to grift the wealthy in 1940s New York society. Del Toro co-wrote the enthralling film with Kim Morgan, based on William Lindsay Gresham's novel.