CRONOSÂ (18)
D: Guillermo del Toro
October/Iguana/Ventana (Arthur H. Gorson)Â
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Mexico 🇲🇽 1992
92 mins
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Horror
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W:Â Guillermo del Toro
DP: Guillermo Navarro
Ed: Raul Davalos
Mus: Javier Alvarez
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Federico Luppi (Jesus Gris), Ron Perlman (Angel de
la Guardia), Claudio Brook (Dieter de la Guardia)
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Taking its title from "the God of Time", Cronos
was a Mexican horror movie which gave writer-director Guillermo Del Toro his cinematic breakthrough.Â
An antiques dealer discovers a 400-year old
clockwork device which contains a bloodsucking insect which bestows immortality.
A novel, imaginative twist on vampire legend
directed with a stylish atmosphere by the Mexican filmmaker.
6/10
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