Is ‘Cronos’ coming to Criterion DVD?

Anyone into Guillermo del Toro, or just vampires in general, should be familiar with ‘Cronos’ and if you’re not… it’s probably because the movie is rather difficult to get hold of. That may be about to change.

In 1993, a little-known Spanish filmmaker emerged on the scene by the name of Guillermo del Toro with an incredible little alternative take on the vampire genre in the form of a movie called ‘Cronos’. Since then, del Toro has become one of the biggest, most influential powerhouses in the genre of creepy-cool movies.

The original DVD hit store shelves on October 14, 2003 but is currently out of print. In today’s email newsletter from the Criterion Collection, a teaser cartoon appeared that leads us to believe that this modern classic and rare gem will be getting the coveted Criterion treatment.

Criterion is know not only for giving films a great transfer on DVD, but also for including as much “extra” features as possible. It’s pretty clear that there ought to be some special features on the Criterion release, seeing as the film did get a 2-disc special edition DVD release on PAL format (also out of print) which had special features included. Exactly “what” will appear on the Criterion edition is yet to be seen.

[source: Twitch]