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: | DVD/Blu-Ray |
| 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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| Online Access: | Click here to view full credits at IMDb.com |
| 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 1993. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cm Complete credits available at IMDb.com. |
| Format: | DVD-Video, region 1, 16x9 widescreen; 5.1 Dolby digital. Colour recording system: NTSC. |
| Audience: | Censorship classification (NZ): 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 |