Cronos

An ancient device. A modern discovery. A terrifying tale of the eternal.

An elderly antiquarian discovers the Cronos, a golden mechanism hidden within a medieval statue. When he touches it, a quiet transformation begins—his hunger awakens, his skin changes, his mortality slips away. A dying industrialist becomes obsessed with possessing the artifact, forcing the old man into a desperate game of survival. Del Toro's debut feature presents vampirism not as gothic seduction but as slow, messy decay—a meditation on immortality's true cost.