--- title: See Terrifying Photos of Guillermo del Toro's Monsters description: As "Crimson Peak" opens in theaters this weekend, rediscover the beauty in the darkness of Guillermo del Toro's fantastical cinematic worlds canonical: https://time.com/4074289/guillermo-del-toro-monsters-ghosts-photos/ author: TIME Photo article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-15T19:34:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:53.350Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: See Terrifying Photos of Guillermo del Toro's Monsters og:description: As "Crimson Peak" opens in theaters, rediscover the beauty in the darkness of his fantastical cinematic worlds og:url: https://time.com/4074289/guillermo-del-toro-monsters-ghosts-photos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte42d6855307d7e15/698868740b72e3e43d6e657d/guilermo-del-toro-pans-labyrinth.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Guilermo del Toro Pans Labyrinth og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See Terrifying Photos of Guillermo del Toro's Monsters twitter:description: As "Crimson Peak" opens in theaters, rediscover the beauty in the darkness of his fantastical cinematic worlds twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte42d6855307d7e15/698868740b72e3e43d6e657d/guilermo-del-toro-pans-labyrinth.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See Terrifying Photos of Guillermo del Toro's Monsters by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Oct 15, 2015 7:34 PM UTC  Doug Jones as Pale Man in Pan's Labyrinth, 2006. Doug Jones as Pale Man in Pan's Labyrinth, 2006.Picturehouse by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Oct 15, 2015 7:34 PM UTC  Claudio Brook as De La Guardia in Cronos, 1993. October Films  Junio Valverde as Santi in Devil's Backbone, 2001. Sony Pictures Classics  Mutant Cockroaches in Mimic, 1997. Miramax  Doug Jones as Pale Man in Pan's Labyrinth, 2006. Picturehouse  Doug Jones as Fanuo in Pan's Labyrinth, 2006. Picturehouse  Ron Perlmand as Hellboy in Hellboy, 2004. Sony Pictures  Doug Jones as Abe Spaien in Hellboy II: The Golden Army, 2008. Universal  Luke Goss and Anna Walton as Prince and Princess Nuada in Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, 2008. Universal Pictures  Knifehead in Pacific Rim, 2013. Warner Bros.  Robert Maillet as The Master in The Strain, 2014. FX  Natalie Brown as Kelly Goodweather in The Strain, 2015. FX  Jessica Chastain as Lady Lucille Sharpe in Crimson Peak, 2015. 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