Cronos / October Films ; Producciones Iguana ; Ventana Films ; produced by Bertha Navarro & Arthur H. Gorson ; written and directed by Guillermo Del Toro.
An aging antique dealer, Jesus Gris, happens upon an elegant mechanized scarab. When opened, it painfully stabs whomever is holding it, but the wound brings youthful vigor and a vampire's need for blood. The device is relentlessly pursued by a dying tycoon, Dieter de la Guardia, whose nephew An...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | Spanish English |
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[United States] :
Lions Gate Home Entertainment,
2003.
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| Edition: | 10th anniversary special ed. |
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| Genre/Form: | Horror films. Feature films. |
| Summary: | An aging antique dealer, Jesus Gris, happens upon an elegant mechanized scarab. When opened, it painfully stabs whomever is holding it, but the wound brings youthful vigor and a vampire's need for blood. The device is relentlessly pursued by a dying tycoon, Dieter de la Guardia, whose nephew Angel, reluctant to see his uncle live a moment longer, must still do the old man's bidding. Meanwhile, Gris's desires endanger his own graddaughter, Aurora. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1992. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD, region 1, 16x9 widescreen; 5.1 Dolby digital. |
| Audience: | MPAA rating: R. |
| Awards: | Winner Best Picture at Cannes Film Festival. |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Guillermo Navarro ; production design, Tolita Figueroa ; editor, Raul Davalos ; music, Javier Alvarez. |
| ISBN: | 1594350183 9781594350184 |
| Participant or Performer: | Federico Luppi, Ron Perlman, Claudio Brook, Margarita Isabel, Tamara Shanath. |
| Language: | In Spanish with English and Spanish subtitles. |