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Crimson Peak (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Guillermo del Toro; Writer: Guillermo del Toro, Matthew Robbins; Stars: Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Hunnam, Jim Beaver, Burn Gorman, Leslie Hope, Doug Jones, Jonathan Hyde, Bruce Gray, Emily Coutts, Alec Stockwell, Brigitte Robinson, Gillian Ferrier, Tamara Hope)
Gothic romance in which a young American woman becomes ensnared by the machinations of a pair of British siblings.
The Devil's Backbone (El Espinazo del Diablo) (Country: Mexico / Spain; Year: 2001; Director: Guillermo del Toro; Writer: Guillermo del Toro; Stars: Marisa Paredes, Frederico Luppi, Eduardo Noreiga, Fernando Tielve, Inigo Garces, Irene Visedo.)
Ghosts haunt an isolated orphanage during the last year of the Spanish Civil War.
Hellboy (Country: US; Year: 2004; Director: Guillermo del Toro; Writer: Guillermo del Toro, based on the comic books by Mike Mignola; Stars: Ron Perlman, John Hurt, Selma Blair, Rupert Evans, Karel Roden, Jeffrey Tambor, Doug Jones, Brian Steele)
A comic book hero with alien ancestry battles an undead Rasputin for the soul of man.
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Hellboy 2: The Golden Army) (Country: US, Germany; Year: 2008; Director: Guillermo del Toro; Writer: Guillermo del Toro and Mike Mignola, based upon the Dark Horse comic book by Mike Mignola.; Stars: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, John Alexander, James Dodd, Seth MacFarlane, Luke Goss, Anna Walton, Jeffrey Tambor, John Hurt, Brian Steele, Andrew Hefler, Ivan Kamaras, Mike Kelly, Jeremy Zimmerman, Santiago Segura, Roy Dotrice, Aidan Cook, Jeanne Mockford) , Official Site , Trailer
Hellboy confronts an Elven prince determined to raise an ancient army and destroy the world of men; and has domestic troubles to deal with at the same time.
Mimic (Country: US; Year: 1997; Director: Guillermo del Toro; Writer: Matthew Robbins, Guillermo Del Toro; Stars: Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam, Alexander Goodwin, Giancarlo Giannini, Charles S. Dutton, Josh Brolin, Alix Koromzay, F. Murray Abraham, James Costa, Javon Barnwell, Norman Reedus)
Scientists step in to track a monster - with a good line in camouflage - that is picking off kids for lunch.
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Hellboy II: The Golden Army and Mimic
Nightmare Alley (Country: US, Mexico; Year: 2021; Director: Guillermo del Toro; Writer: Guillermo del Toro and Kim Morgan, based on the book by William Lindsay Gresham; Stars: Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Rooney Mara, Ron Perlman, Mary Steenburgen, David Strathairn, Mark Povinelli)
An ambitious carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who may be even more dangerous than he is.
Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) (Country: Mexico, Spain, US; Year: 2006; Director: Guillermo del Toro; Writer: Guillermo del Toro; Stars: Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Ariadna Gil, Doug Jones, Álex Angulo, Manolo Solo, César Vea, Roger Casamajor, Ivan Massagué, Gonzalo Uriarte)
In the midst of the Spanish Civil War, a lonely girl encounters a mysterious faun.
The Shape Of Water (La forma del agua) (Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Guillermo del Toro; Writer: Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor; Stars: Doug Jones, Michael Shannon, Michael Stuhlbarg, Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer, Lauren Lee Smith, Richard Jenkins, David Hewlett, John Kapelos, Nick Searcy, Morgan Kelly, Cyndy Day, Dru Viergever, Madison Ferguson, Amanda Smith)
A woman who works in a secret government lab discovers a classified experiment.
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