Cronos (1993)
Country: MEX
Technical: col 92m
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Cast: Federico Luppi, Ron Perlman, Margarita Isabel
Synopsis:
An antique dealer in Mexico City comes across a sort of clockwork scarab beetle which sucks his blood but in the process immortalises him and gives him a craving for blood himself. A rich industrialist is desperately seeking the same artefact and despatches his reluctant nephew in pursuit of the prize.
Review:
In retrospect a film containing many of its director's fascinations - a predilection for mechanical creature effects and an innocent child as witness of the horrors. It is a bit heavy in parts now but with limited means does deliver a clever Aztec twist on the vampire myth.
Country: MEX
Technical: col 92m
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Cast: Federico Luppi, Ron Perlman, Margarita Isabel
Synopsis:
An antique dealer in Mexico City comes across a sort of clockwork scarab beetle which sucks his blood but in the process immortalises him and gives him a craving for blood himself. A rich industrialist is desperately seeking the same artefact and despatches his reluctant nephew in pursuit of the prize.
Review:
In retrospect a film containing many of its director's fascinations - a predilection for mechanical creature effects and an innocent child as witness of the horrors. It is a bit heavy in parts now but with limited means does deliver a clever Aztec twist on the vampire myth.
Country: MEX
Technical: col 92m
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Cast: Federico Luppi, Ron Perlman, Margarita Isabel
Synopsis:
An antique dealer in Mexico City comes across a sort of clockwork scarab beetle which sucks his blood but in the process immortalises him and gives him a craving for blood himself. A rich industrialist is desperately seeking the same artefact and despatches his reluctant nephew in pursuit of the prize.
Review:
In retrospect a film containing many of its director's fascinations - a predilection for mechanical creature effects and an innocent child as witness of the horrors. It is a bit heavy in parts now but with limited means does deliver a clever Aztec twist on the vampire myth.