Review of Cronos (1993) by Sean C — 07 Sep 2014

I think after Pan's Labyrinth, this is my favourite Guillermo Del Toro movie. In fact, I like his Spanish language films more than the English language ones. This has a slower pace than something like Hellboy, but I find that it works very well.

I see a big influence from Mario Bava on the photography and I like the references to The Phantom of the Paradise as "when the device goes, you go." It's just the same as the demonic contract between Winslow Leach and Swan in Phantom of Paradise; when the contract goes, we go.

I haven't watched this in a long time. I still think it's really good.