Every Friday Chris hand-selects a streaming recommendation for your weekend.
This Week’s Featured Flick
Cronos on Hulu
THE CLIP
THE DETAILS
DIRECTOR: Guillermo del Toro
WRITER: Guillermo del Toro
CAST: Federico Luppi, Ron Perlman, Claudio Brook, Margarita Isabel, Tamara Shanath, Daniel Giménez Cacho
GENRE: Horror
RUNTIME: 94 min
YEAR: 1993
THE PLOT (via Letterboxd)
Faced with his own mortality, an ingenious alchemist tried to perfect an invention that would provide him with the key to eternal life. It was called the Cronos device. When he died more than 400 years later, he took the secrets of this remarkable device to the grave with him. 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. Life after death is just the beginning as this nerve-shattering thriller unfolds and the fountain of youth turns bloody.
THE REASON
Guillermo del Toro invented his very own vampire mythology with Cronos. It’s an impressive debut feature that has little concern for anything you’ve come to expect from the genre. Put it on tomorrow night for a surprising Halloween treat. It’s available now on Hulu.
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