When antiques dealer Jesús Gris (Federico Luppi) discovers an ancient artefact in the form of a golden mechanical scarab, he is unaware of the power it holds.
While the parasite inside the device grants eternal life to its new host, it also causes an extreme aversion to daylight and an unquenchable thirst for human blood. Desperate to claim the scarab for himself, a dying millionaire (Claudio Brook) and his brutish nephew (Ron Perlman, Hellboy) are soon in hot pursuit.
Released in 1992, del Toro’s take on the vampire movie has become regarded as one of the most important Mexican films, and horror films, of all time. Starring Federico Luppi and Ron Perlman who both went on to become regular cast members in del Toro’s films, Cronos won nine Ariel awards in Mexico and the Cannes Critics Week Grand Prize.
Credits
Mexico 1992
92 mins
Certificate 15
Dir Guillermo del Toro
With George Federico Luppi, Ron Perlman, Claudio Brook
Screenings
May
15 May
BFI Southbank, London
Derby Quad
Edinburgh Filmhouse
Phoenix Cinema, Leicester
Queen’s Film Theatre, Belfast
The Cube, Bristol
Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle
City Screen, York
Duke of York’s Picturehouse, Brighton
Picturehouse at FACT, Liverpool
20 May
Odeon Bath
Odeon Belfast
Odeon Birmingham Broadway Plaza
Odeon Bournemouth BH2
Odeon Braehead
Odeon Brighton
Odeon Bristol
Odeon Cardiff
Odeon Derby
Odeon Dundee
Odeon Dunfermline
Odeon Durham
Odeon Edinburgh West
Odeon Glasgow Quay
Odeon Greenwich
Odeon Guildford
Odeon Holloway
Odeon Kingston
Odeon Leeds Thorpe Park
Odeon Lincoln
Odeon Liverpool ONE
Odeon Manchester Great Northern
Odeon Mansfield
Odeon Metrocentre, Gateshead
Odeon Middlesborough
Odeon Milton Keynes Stadium
Odeon Norwich
Odeon Sheffield
Odeon Southend
Odeon Tamworth
Odeon Taunton
Odeon Trafford Centre, Manchester
Odeon Warrington
Odeon Wimbledon
22 May
Chapter Cardiff
June
2 June
Northampton Filmhouse
6 June
Firstsite Colchester
11 June
Triskel Arts Centre
13 June
MAC Birmingham
19 June
Broadway, Nottingham
October
21 October
BEAM Hertford