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Guillermo del Toro’s audacious feature debut is a dark, visually rich, and emotionally captivating fantasy, an unorthodox tale about the seductiveness of the idea of immortality.
Antiques dealer Jesús Gris stumbles across Cronos, a 400-year-old scarab that, when it latches onto him, grants him youth, eternal life—and a thirst for blood. As Jesús enjoys his newfound vitality, he's unaware that a dying old man has sent his nephew to find the scarab and bring it back to him. But Jesús will not give immortality up easily. [94 min; horror; Spanish with English subtitles]
"This film's reflective, even stately style elevates it from the ranks of ordinary stake-through-the-heart vampire dramaturgy, turning it into something much more exotic." — Janet Maslin, The New York Times
"Cronos, the crafty debut of a young Mexican filmmaker named Guillermo del Toro, emerged as a warning shot. His tale of vampirism and immortality is half horror, half historical fable—like all the best del Toro work to come." — Sean Fennessey, The Ringer
"Fresh without being trendy, exquisitely designed without losing sight of the fact that even the coolest creature can't compensate for thinly conceived characters or a tediously formulaic narrative." — Maitland McDonagh, Criterion
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