Cronos
The aging antiques dealer discovers the device in the hollow of an archangel statue. The device was forged over 400 years previous by an alchemist who used this intricate creation to filter his blood and grant him eternal life—until his heart was pierced by debris from a fallen edifice and his contract with eternity was suddenly terminated.
Pan’s Labyrinth
With modern-day growing fascism and the overreach of military powers, Guillermo del Toro’s 2006 horror-fantasy Pan’s Labyrinth feels especially prescient today.
Laurín
Like the best fairy tales, which often portray darkness through the lens of childhood innocence, Laurín tells a dreamily surreal story of hardened youth.