Cronos gallops on, in its peculiar way, to a conclusion that is weird without being especially shocking. But it certainly has a distinctive authorial signature, the work of a very individual film-maker.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 19, 2025

Guillermo del Toro's feature debut is an arch twist on the vampire tale.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 5, 2013

Cronos surprises with its sophisticated and spirited look at a tale straight from the crypt.

| Oct 5, 2013

While the film's first half entices with its secrets, the second half falls into a predictable narrative that refuses to even suggest possibilities.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 5, 2013

Guillermo del Toro says, "Cronos is an exploded view of my brain."

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 10, 2010

This is a wonderfully baroque, gleeful subversion of the days of Hammer. A unique, terrifying mini-masterpiece.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 20, 2009

You have to admire the style, sincerity, and overall sense of craft even if you don't fancy the comic-book gore.

| Sep 24, 2007

A most startling genre piece: tender, imaginative and wholly its own.

| Feb 9, 2006

A very stylish and sophisticated Mexican variation on some age-old themes.

Full Review | Aug 30, 2004

Cronos is not really about plot. It is about character.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000

It's genuinely disquieting. Which is all you really need.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 1, 2000

An enormously enjoyable gothic yarn from Mexico.

| Jan 1, 2000

It's also an amazingly assured feature debut for the 29-year-old del Toro, who is both its writer and director.

| Jan 1, 2000