Criterion compiles the TRILOGIA DE GUILLERMO DEL TORO (review)

Criterion combines in a sumptuous boxed set Guillermo del Toro's three pre-CRIMSON PEAK works of Gothic horror: the Mexican CRONOS in which an antiques dealer becomes infected with vampirism through an alchemical device, the Spanish THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE in which a young boy discovers the dark secrets of a remote orphanage during the Spanish civil war, and the Spanish PAN'S LABYRINTH in which a young girl discovers a portal to an underground kingdom that offers escape from her war torn childhood.

REVIEW LINK: Criterion Collection (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)

TRILOGIA DE GUILLERMO DEL TORO Blu-ray specs:

• Cronos (1997):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English/Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Surround
• Optional English subtitles
• Optional Spanish or English opening voiceover
• Audio Commentary with director Guilermo del Toro
• Audio Commentary with producers Arthur H. Gorson and Bertha Navarro and co-producer Alejandro Springall
• "Geometria" short (6:53)
• Interview with director Guillermo del Toro (6:27)
• "Welcome to Bleak House" featurette (10:14)
• Interview with Guilermo del Toro (17:36)
• Interview with cinematographer Guillermo Navarro (12:36)
• Interview with actor Ron Perlman (7:25)
• Interview with actor Federico Luppi (5:25)
• Stills Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer (1:29)
• The Devil's Backbone (2001):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 widescreen
• Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• Optional English subtitles
• Audio Commentary with director Guillermo del Toro
• Introduction by Guillermo del Toro
• "Summoning Spirits" interview with Guillermo del Toro
• "Spanish Gothic" interview with Guillermo del Toro
• "Designing THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE" interview with Guillermo del Toro
• "¿Que es un fantasma?" featurette
• "Director’s Notebook" interactive feature
• Deleted Scenes with optional audio commentary by Guillermo del Toro
• "A War of Value" interview with scholar Sebastiaan Faber
• "Sketch, Storyboard, Screen" featurette
• "Del Toro's Thumbnails" interactive bonus view feature
• Theatrical Trailer
• Pan's Labyrinth (2006):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 widescreen
• Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 7.1 tracks
• Optional English subtitles
• Audio Commentary with director/writer Guillermo del Toro
• Director's Introduction
• "Del Toro and Funke" interview with Guillermo del Toro and writer Cornelia Funke
• "Director's Notebook" interactive feature
• Documentaries:
• "The Power of Myth"
• "Pan and the Fairies"
• "The Color and the Shape"
• "The Melody Echoes the Fairy Tale"
• Interview with actor Doug Jones
• Ivana Baquero Audition
• Prequel Comics
• Video Comparisons
• Trailers and TV Spots
• 100-page hardcover book featuring an introduction by author Neil Gaiman, essays by critics Michael Atkinson, Mark Kermode, and Maitland McDonagh, production notes, and original sketches by Guillermo del Toro and illustrators Carlos Giménez and Raúl Monge.