Chronos: El Guardián del Tiempo (1993, Mexico, Dir. Guillermo del Toro)

Long before Pan’s Labyrinth, del Toro crafted this quiet gothic fable about a mysterious clockwork scarab granting eternal life — at a price.
Part vampire myth, part moral allegory, Cronos drips with gold, dust, and decay.
It’s the film that introduced del Toro’s signature obsession: the beauty in the monstrous.

Rating: ⏳🩸🕰️🪞💀 / 5