Guillermo del Toro
2) Trollhunters
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
"You are food. Those muscles you flex to walk, lift, and talk? They're patties of meat topped with chewy tendon. That skin you've paid so much attention to in mirrors? It's delicious to the right tongues, a casserole of succulent tissue. And those bones that give you the strength to make your way in the world? They rattle between teeth as the marrow is sucked down slobbering throats. These facts are unpleasant but useful. There are things out there,...
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
263 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
Emerson Blackwood travels throughout the globe documenting the destructive actions of various supernatural creatures, discussing the mayhem and chaos they create for human beings.
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
"Rookie FBI agent Odessa Hardwicke's life is derailed when she's forced to turn her gun on her partner. Walt Leppo, a decorated FBI agent, turned suddenly violent while apprehending a rampaging murderer. The shooting was self-defense, but she is placed on desk leave pending a full investigation. What most troubles her isn't the tragedy itself-- it's the shadowy presence she thought she saw fleeing Leppo's body after his death. Questioning her future...
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
72 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"When fifteen-year-old teenager Jim Lake stumbled upon a magical amulet that gave him a powerful suit of armor and the title of Trollhunter--defender of the good trolls. In one training session, Jim's troll companion, Blinky, must detail the battles of Kanjigar the Courageous--his struggles, triumphs, and failures in leading the safety of Troll Market!"--
6) Cronos
Author
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After an antique dealer finds a 400-year-old device that makes the user younger and promises eternal life, he discovers that its powers come with a heavy price.
Author
Publisher
Harper Design
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
263 pages, one unnumbered page : illustrations (some color) ;hardcover 32 cm
Language
English
Description
Over the last two decades, writer-director Guillermo del Toro has mapped out a territory in the popular imagination that is uniquely his own, astonishing audiences with Cronos, Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth, and a host of other films and creative endeavors. Now, for the first time, del Toro reveals the inspirations behind his signature artistic motifs, sharing the contents of his personal notebooks, collections, and other obsessions. The result is a startling,...
8) Oscura
Author
Series
Strain trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Suma de Letras
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1. ed.
Physical Desc
428 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
Español
Description
As New World vampires go to war with Old World vampires over an ancient book containing the entire history and darkest secrets of the vampires, Eph Goodweather and his team seek to stop the vampiric plague and the monsters it has created.
Author
Publisher
Nhà xuất bản Kim Đồng
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
319 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 23 cm.
Language
Vietnamese
Description
“Cháu không nên vào trong này. Cháu có thể đi lạc mất. Trước đây đã có chuyện như vậy xảy ra rồi. Một ngày nào đó, nếu cháu muốn, cô sẽ kể cho cháu nghe câu chuyện đó.” Trong những câu chuyện cổ tích, luôn có người đàn ông và con sói, có quái thú và bậc cha mẹ đã qua đời, có cô gái và khu rừng. Ofelia biết tất cả những điều này, giống như bất...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 96 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
"Drew: the man behind the poster" is a feature-length documentary film highlighting the career of poster artist Drew Struzan, whose most popular works include the Indiana Jones, Back to the future and Star wars movie posters. Telling the tale through exclusive interviews with George Lucas, Harrison Ford, Michael J. Fox, Frank Darabont, Guillermo del Toro, Steven Spielberg and many other filmmakers, artists and critics, the journey spans Drew's early...
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
840L
Physical Desc
x, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Spanish Civil War. Ofelia and her pregnant mother, Carmen, have come to live with her mother's new husband in a forest north of Spain. Ofelia is afraid of her new stepfather, whom she has nicknamed "The Wolf," and worries that he will hurt her mother. In the forest she encounters a small twiglike creature that she knows immediately is actually a fairy. She follows it through the forest, where she meets a half-man, half-goat creature, the Faun. He...
13) Crimson Peak
Author
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.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's l968 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.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
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.
16) Mama
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
A supernatural thriller that tells the haunting tale of two little girls who disappeared into the woods the day that their parents were killed. When they are rescued years later and begin a new life, they find that someone or something still wants to come tuck them in at night.
17) Pacific Rim
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
[English/Spanish/French dialogue version].
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Appears on list
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.
19) Hellboy
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
In the 1940s, the Third Reich has joined forces with the evil Grigori Rasputin, who has used his occult powers to summon up a demon from the depths of Hell. However, the demonic creature is captured by American forces, and put in the care of Professor Broom. Under Broom's care, Hellboy develops the desire to do good. Sixty years later he takes action as part of an elite secret defense team alongside Liz Sherman, and Abe Sapian, an aquatic humanoid...
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (144 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The epic conclusion the adventures of Bilbo Baggins. Having reclaimed their homeland from the Dragon Smaug, the Company has unwittingly unleashed a deadly force into the world. Enraged, 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's frantic attempts to make him see reason drive the Hobbit towards...