Guillermo del Toro
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Four seekers have come to the ugly, abandoned old mansion: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of the psychic phenomenon called haunting; Theodara, his lovely and lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, the lonely, homeless girl well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the adventurous future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable noises and self-closing doors, but...
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"Part of a new six-volume series of the best in classic horror, selected by award-winning director Guillermo del Toro. Filmmaker and longtime horror literature fan Guillermo del Toro serves as the curator for the Penguin Horror series, a new collection of classic tales and poems by masters of the genre. Included here are some of del Toro's favorites, from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Ray Russell's short story 'Sardonicus,' considered by Stephen...
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2013.
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Part of a new six-volume series of the best in classic horror, selected by Academy Award-winning director of The Shape of Water Guillermo del Toro
Filmmaker and longtime horror literature fan Guillermo del Toro serves as the curator for the Penguin Horror series, a new collection of classic tales and poems by masters of the genre. Included here are some of del Toro’s favorites, from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and...
Filmmaker and longtime horror literature fan Guillermo del Toro serves as the curator for the Penguin Horror series, a new collection of classic tales and poems by masters of the genre. Included here are some of del Toro’s favorites, from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and...
6) Pacific Rim
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2013
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English
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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.
7) Crimson Peak
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[2016]
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English
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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.
9) Oscura
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Strain trilogy volume 2
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2010.
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1. edición.
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Español
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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...
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2015.
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1a edición.
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Español
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"La vida en el instituto siempre es complicada. Pero cuando las criaturas de la oscuridad empiezan a acechar por los pasillos en busca de carne humana...entonces se vuelve terrorífica. Hace cuarenta años, el pueblo de San Bernardino sufrió una oleada de misteriosas desapariciones, que convirtieron al padre de Jim en un ser aterrado y obsesivo. Hoy, por primera vez, Jim tendrá que tomarse muy en serio las paranoias de su padre. Porque los monstruos...
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Strain trilogy volume 3
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2011.
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1. edición.
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Español
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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.
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[2014]
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English
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When a freak virus kills all but four passengers on an airplane at JFK, Ephraim Goodweather, head of the Center for Disease Control's "Canary Team," is immediately called to the scene. With help from a mysterious Holocaust survivor, "Eph" and his colleague uncover the outbreak's ties to vampirism. Now, the only way to stop the terrifying disease from wiping out mankind is to face its source, a sinister supernatural creature known as "The Master."
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[2018]
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English
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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.
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2012.
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English
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Sally Hurst is going to Rhode Island to live with her father Alex and his new girlfriend Kim in the nineteenth-century mansion they are restoring. While exploring the estate, Sally finds a hidden basement and accidentally lets loose a race of ancient, dark-dwelling creatures who conspire to drag her down into the mysterious house's bottomless depths. Before the evil lurking in the dark consumes them all, Sally must convince Alex and Kim that it's...
15) Pacific Rim
Pub. Date
[2013]
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Rental.
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English
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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.
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Strain trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First HarperLuxe edition.
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English
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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,...
17) Nightmare alley
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[2022]
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English
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A corrupt con-man teams up with a female psychiatrist to trick people into giving them money in 1940s New York.
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Thorin Oakenshield and the dwarves of Erebor have reclaimed their homeland but now face the consequences of having unleashed the dragon Smaug upon Lake-town. Meanwhile, the Dark Lord Sauron has sent forth legions of Orcs to attack the Lonely Mountain and Bilbo Baggins finds himself fighting for his life as five great armies go to war and Dwarves, Elves, and Men must decide to unite against Goblins and Orcs... or be destroyed.
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[2018]
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English
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Jake Pentecost is a once-promising Jaeger pilot whose legendary father gave his life to secure humanity's victory against the monstrous "Kaiju." Now an even more fearsome alien threat has been unleashed on the world and Jake is called back into action by his former co-pilot, Lambert, and a 15-year-old Jaeger hacker, Amara. Rising up to become the most powerful defense force to ever walk the earth, they will set course for a spectacular all-new adventure...
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[2015]
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[Rental].
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English
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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...
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