Guillermo Del Toro Archives

Cronos (1993)

Rating: ★★★½

Sep 11, 2003Rejuvenation Device/Vampire

The very first film from Guillermo Del Toro, a unique take on the vampire film concerning an aging antique dealer who finds a clockwork device that rejuvenates but leaves him with a taste for blood

Director: Guillermo Del Toro

Actors: Federico Luppi, Ron Perlman, Claudio Brook

Category: Horror

11 September 20039 March 2020 by Roog

Mimic (1997)

Rating: ★★★

Jun 15, 1999Evolved Insects

This was the second film from Guillermo Del Toro, a modest and quite good Alien copy with Mira Sorvino hunting evolved insects in the New York subway tunnels

Director: Guillermo Del Toro

Actors: Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam, Charles S. Dutton, Alexander Goodwin, …

Category: Science Fiction

15 June 199921 November 2025 by Roog

The Devil’s Backbone (2001)

Rating: ★★★

Nov 30, 2001Spanish Civil War Ghost Story

One of Guillermo Del Toro earliest films - a ghost story set at an orphanage during the Spanish Civil War. Eerie supernatural scenes sit alongside a surprisingly rich swim of symbolism

Director: Guillermo Del Toro

Actors: Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi, Marisa Paredes

Category: Horror

30 November 200116 October 2025 by Roog

Blade II (2002)

Rating: ★★★★

Jul 29, 2002Comic-Book Vampire Hunter

Blade was a solid vampire/action film but the sequel is a quantum leap over that, a visually kinetic and immensely exciting comic-book of a movie thanks to the employment of Guillermo Del Toro in the director’s chair

Director: Guillermo Del Toro

Actors: Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Leonor Varela, Norman Reedus, …

Category: Horror

29 July 200210 February 2022 by Roog

Hellboy (2004)

Rating: ★★½

Jul 5, 2004Demon Superhero/Comic-Book Adaptation

The first of Guillermo Del Toro's adaptations of Mike Mignola's comic-book about a demon superhero. Not as good as the sequel, the film's ace in the hole is Ron Perlman in the title role

Director: Guillermo Del Toro

Actors: Ron Perlman, John Hurt, Selma Blair, Rupert Evans, …

Category: Fantasy, Horror

5 July 20045 June 2026 by Roog

Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)

Rating: ★★★

Apr 19, 2007Girl Discovers Magical Realm

Critically acclaimed Guillermo Del Toro film set during the Spanish Civil War where a young girl finds the entrance to a dark realm. This plays like a very dark version of the Narnia films

Director: Guillermo Del Toro

Actors: Ivana Baquero, Sergi Lopez, Ariadna Gil, Doug Jones, …

Category: Fantasy

19 April 200726 December 2021 by Roog

Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

Rating: ★★★½

Oct 9, 2008Demon Superhero/Comic-Book Adaptation

In the second and the best of his two Hellboy films, Guillermo Del Toro expands the first out with an amazing menagerie of eccentric and offbeat creatures

Director: Guillermo Del Toro

Actors: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, John Alexander, …

Category: Fantasy

9 October 200826 August 2026 by Roog

Pacific Rim (2013)

Rating: ★★★½

Jul 12, 2013Giant Mecha Robots vs Giant Monsters

Giant mecha robots beating the crap out of giant monsters – what's not to like? In comparison to the Transformers films, Guillermo Del Toro looks to find the soul of the robot jock – in essence, Transformers for grown-ups

Director: Guillermo Del Toro

Actors: Idris Elba, Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, …

Category: Science Fiction

12 July 201321 November 2025 by Roog

Crimson Peak (2015)

Rating: ★★½

Oct 31, 2015Ghost Story

Guillermo Del Toro takes on the Victorian ghost story. What we get is the most gorgeously designed and costumed haunted house film ever but where the excess scenography actually distracts from producing any boo moment

Director: Guillermo Del Toro

Actors: Mia Wasikowska, Tom Hiddleston, Jessica Chastain, Charlie Hunnam, …

Category: Horror

31 October 201512 January 2026 by Roog

The Shape of Water (2017)

Rating: ★★★★

Jan 13, 2018Romance with an Amphibian Man

Guillermo Del Toro makes monster movies with sympathy for the monster. This is his take onThe Creature from the Black Lagoon where the romance between creature and heroine is brought out to centre stage

Director: Guillermo Del Toro

Actors: Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Octavia Spencer, …

Category: Science Fiction

13 January 20185 June 2026 by Roog

Nightmare Alley (2021)

Rating: ★★★★

Feb 12, 2022Fake Clairvoyant/Predestination

Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture, Guillermo Del Toro’s remake of the 1947 film noir tale about a fake clairvoyant is an exquisite piece of mood and design

Director: Guillermo Del Toro

Actors: Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Willem Dafoe, …

Category: Fantasy

12 February 20225 June 2026 by Roog

Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022)

Rating: ★★★½

Dec 17, 2022Living Puppet Boy/Stop-Motion Animation

Guillermo Del Toro offers up a more adult take on the classic children’s story in this beautifully made stop-motion animated film. Winner of that year's Academy Award for Best Animated Film

Director: Guillermo Del Toro, Mark Gustafson

Actors: Ewan McGregor, David Bradley, Gregory Mann, Christoph Waltz, …

Category: Fantasy

17 December 202225 August 2026 by Roog

Frankenstein (2025)

Rating: ★★★★

Nov 22, 2025Frankenstein Adaptation

Guillermo Del Toro tackles his long-planned adaptation of Frankenstein. An exquisitely designed and costumed film that is a feast for the eyes where Del Toro determines to wring out new angles on an oft told tale

Director: Guillermo Del Toro

Actors: Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz, …

Category: Horror

22 November 202524 April 2026 by Roog