Cronos Limited Edition Blu-Ray

Director: Guillermo Del Toro

Oscar winner Guillermo del Toro's (Pan's Labyrinth, The Shape of Water) directorial debut is a unique interpretation of the classic vampire story and won the Critics' Week award at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.

When antique dealer Jesús Gris (Federico Luppi) discovers an ancient artifact in the form of a golden mechanical scarab, he is unaware of its power. The parasite in the device gives its new host eternal life, but it also causes an extreme aversion to daylight and an unquenchable thirst for human blood. A dying millionaire (played by Claudio Brook) and his brutal nephew (Ron Perlman, Hellboy) are desperate to get their hands on the device and set out on a hunt.

The BFI has recently restored the film in 4K and is delighted to be able to bring Cronos back to British audiences in a limited edition Blu-ray packed with extras. Extras

• Restored in 4K and presented in High Definition

   

• Newly recorded audio commentary by Jason Wood

   

• Audio commentary with Guillermo del Toro (2002)

   

• Audio commentary with producers Arthur H Gorson and Bertha Navarro and co-producer Alejandro Springall (in English and Spanish with optional English subtitles)

   

• Optional original Spanish voice-over introduction

   

• Cronos - An Introduction (2024, 34 min): director Guillermo del Toro in conversation with the former head of Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival and current CEO of Arte France Cinéma, Olivier Père (2024, 34 min)

   

• Geometria (1987, revised 2010, 7 min): a short film by Guillermo del Toro about a young man who pays dearly to have his dreams come true

   

• Guillermo del Toro on Geometria (7 min): a short interview with the director about Geometria

   

• BFI Screen Talk: Guillermo del Toro (2017, 74 min): filmed in connection with the release of The Shape of Water, the writer and director discusses his career with journalist, writer, and screenwriter Mark Salisbury and the BFI London Film Festival

   

• Making of Cronos with Federico Luppi (2006, 5 min): a short archive interview with the actor.
• Interview with Guillermo del Toro (2010, 18 min): an interview with the screenwriter and director

   

• Interview with Guillermo Navarro (2010, 13 min): an interview with the film's cinematographer

   

• Interview with Ron Perlman (2010, 7 min): an interview with the actor who, since Cronos, has become one of Del Toro's recurring collaborators

   

• Movie trailer

   

• Photo gallery

   

• 60-page book with new essays by Michelle Kisner, Rich Johnson, Barry Forshaw, and Michael Leader. Also includes an edited version of "Guillermo del Toro: The origins of horror and Cronos," an interview originally published in The Faber Book of Mexican Cinema, by Jason Wood, and an original review from Sight & Sound by John Kraniauskas.
• A set of four postcards with images from the film

   

• Fold-out poster featuring the new artwork by Clément Deneu