A witty, stylish and imaginative variation on the vampire movie.
Cronos
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Mexico · 1993
Rated R · 1h 34m
Director Guillermo del Toro
Starring Federico Luppi, Ron Perlman, Claudio Brook, Margarita Isabel
Genre Drama, Horror, Thriller
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More than 400 years ago, an ingenious alchemist created a device designed to grant eternal life. Now, an elderly antiques dealer has found the hellish machine hidden in a statue and learns about its incredible powers. The more he uses the device, the younger he becomes...but nothing comes without a price.
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What are critics saying?
Washington Post by Desson Thomson
An enormously enjoyable gothic yarn from Mexico, transfuses the genre with wry grotesquerie, but retains respect for the old, classic films.
ReelViews by James Berardinelli
Cronos is more concerned with ideas and atmosphere than people.
The New York Times by Janet Maslin
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.
Chicago Reader by Jonathan Rosenbaum
[It] may not be your cup of tea, but you have to admire the style, sincerity, and overall sense of craft even if you don't fancy the comic-book gore.
Austin Chronicle by Marc Savlov
Cronos is a thoughtful, intelligent film, and as a horror movie (which is, I think, its main mission in life) it's genuinely disquieting.
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Rick Groen
A Mexican feature from writer/director Guillermo Del Toro, it's a modern vampire tale that occasionally rises to the level of competence but never inches any higher. [20 May 1994]
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
For all its absurdity Cronos generates a real moral conviction.
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