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Guillermo Del Toro gives the genre a new spin in his first feature film about an antiques dealer who discovers a strange device that allows him to become immortal. The device is designed by an alchemist in the 1500s and when the antiques dealer discovers it, he becomes younger but also develops a thirst for blood. As he transforms into a monster it is his touching relationship with his granddaughter that emphasizes the curse over glamour of vampirism and gives this movie lots of heart.