Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- Spanish
- Country
- Mexico
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
- In Spanish — subtitles on.
The story
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.
- immortality
- scarab
- invention
- tycoon
- time
- aging
- industrialist
- antique dealer
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Federico Luppi
Jesus Gris
Ron Perlman
Angel de la Guardia
Claudio Brook
De la Guardia
Margarita Isabel
Mercedes
- Tamara Shanath — Aurora
- Mario Iván Martínez — Alchemist
- Daniel Giménez Cacho — Tito
- Farnesio de Bernal — Manuelito
- Juan Carlos Colombo — Funeral Director
- Jorge Martínez de Hoyos — Narrator (voice)
- Javier Álvarez — Bleeding Man
- Gerardo Moscoso — Drunk
- Eugenio Lobo — Stoned Man
- Laurencio Cordero — Watchman
- Guillermo del Toro — Man Walking Dog (uncredited)
- Directed
- Guillermo del Toro
- Written
- Guillermo del Toro
Production
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 · 785 ratings
- Studio
- Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía, Fondo de Fomento a la Calidad Cinematográfica, Universidad de Guadalajara, Iguana Producciones, Ventana Films
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
