History Film / Cronos

* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Jesús strives to be this as the changes induced by the device take hold. [[spoiler:He eventually smashes the device, an act he expects will kill him, rather than give into his thirst for Aurora's blood]].

%%* ImmortalitySeeker: Dieter.

%%* LittleMissBadass: Aurora proves to be this in the end.

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Superficial features are closer to "classical" vampires than your typical Dracula. Users of the device evoke medieval porphyria sufferers in their quickly degrading skin and extreme vulnerability to sunburns. Their condition seems non-infectious even if they feed directly from someone else's body. Despite their blood craving, they seem to have the potential to eventually revive from mortal wounds as long as their heart is left intact, and the ending implies that [[spoiler:their condition might be curable if the insect that originally injected them is destroyed.]]

%%* RooftopConfrontation: Jesus and Angel at the end.

* ImmortalitySeeker: Dieter.

* LittleMissBadass: Aurora proves to be this in the end.

* [[NotUsingTheZWord Not Using The V Word]]: The word "vampire" is never said.

* RooftopConfrontation: Jesus and Angel at the end.

The debut film of [[Creator/GuillermoDelToro Guillermo de Toro]]. An old antique dealer, Jesús Gris, and his granddaughter Aurora find a 450-year-old mechanical device shaped like a scarab in the base of a statue. Gris is pierced by the device's legs and stinger and finds himself growing younger but also plagued with cravings for blood. Meanwhile, a dying businessman sends his thuggish nephew (Creator/RonPerlman) to claim the device for himself.

* BigBad: Dieter de la Guarda, a dying man pursuing the Cronos Device for its power.

* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire

* {{Irony}}: Dieter has a septic, joyless existence, leading Angel to wonder why would he ''want'' immortality?

* MacGuffinTitle

* [[NotUsingTheZWord Not Using The V Word]]: The word vampire is never said.
* OneWordTitle: ''Cronos''
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Superficial features are closer to 'classical' vampires than your typical Dracula. Users of the device evoke medieval porphyria sufferers in their quickly degrading skin and extreme vulnerability to sunburns. Their condition seems non-infectious even if they feed directly from someone else's body. Despite their blood craving, they seem to have the potential to eventually revive from mortal wounds as long as their heart is left intact, and the ending implies that [[spoiler:their condition might be curable if the insect that originally injected them is destroyed.]]

* ContemptibleCover / CoversAlwaysLie: Several video cases feature a young, [[ShouldersupNudity implicitly naked]] woman being stung by the device. There is no character that matches this image, nor does this event even come close to happening in the story.

* OurVampiresAreDifferent

* ContemptibleCover / CoversAlwasLie: Several video cases feature a young, [[ShouldersupNudity implicitly naked]] woman being stung by the device. There is no character that matches this image, nor does this event even come close to happening in the story.

* ContemptibleCover: Several video cases feature a young, [[ShouldersupNudity implicitly naked]] woman being stung by the device. There is no character that matches this image, nor does this event even come close to happening in the story.

* AuthorAppeal: Religious iconography and insects everywhere.

* AlchemyIsMagic

* SpecialEffectsFailure: Jesus had his head turned 180 degrees when the car was pushed off the cliff but due to his posture and hands, you can tell he's just wearing his suit backwards.

* [[NotUsingTheZWord Not Using The V Word]]

The film was given a CriterionCollection (number 551) release on DVD and UsefulNotes/BluRay with updated subtitles and some nice cover and booklet art by del Toro's friend and frequent collaborator [[ComicBook/{{Hellboy}} Mike Mignola]].

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The film was given a CriterionCollection (number 551) release on DVD and BluRay with updated subtitles and some nice cover and booklet art by del Toro's friend and frequent collaborator [[ComicBook/{{Hellboy}} Mike Mignola]].

[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cronos_5377.png]]

The debut film of [[GuillermoDelToro Guillermo de Toro]]. An old antique dealer, Jesús Gris, and his granddaughter Aurora find a 450-year-old mechanical device shaped like a scarab in the base of a statue. Gris is pierced by the device's legs and stinger and finds himself growing younger but also plagued with cravings for blood. Meanwhile, a dying businessman sends his thuggish nephew (Creator/RonPerlman) to claim the device for himself.

* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: Though it's more subdued, "normalcy of family is gone" type of thing.

The debut film of [[GuillermoDelToro Guillermo de Toro]]. An old antique dealer, Jesús Gris, and his granddaughter Aurora find a 450-year-old mechanical device shaped like a scarab in the base of a statue. Gris is pierced by the device's legs and stinger and finds himself growing younger but also plagued with cravings for blood. Meanwhile, a dying businessman sends his thuggish nephew (RonPerlman) to claim the device for himself.

The debut film of [[GuillermoDelToro Guillermo de Toro]]. An old antique dealer, Jesús Gris, and his granddaughter Aurora find a 450-year-old mechanical device shaped like a scarab in the base of a statue. Gris is pierced by the device's legs and stinger and finds himself growing younger but also plagued with cravings for blood. Meanwhile, a dying businessman sends his thuggish nephew (future [[Film/{{Hellboy}} Hellboy]] RonPerlman) to claim the device for himself.