2015 Directed by Guillermo del Toro
In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds… and remembers.
Randy Thom Marc Bech Scott Guitteau Leff Lefferts Albert Ribas Robert Shoup Mac Smith Dennis Leonard Oriol Tarragó Michael Semanick Lora Hirschberg Joe Dzuban
86/100
Del Toro does Gothic romance, and it's as emotionally charged, visually luscious, and batshit insane as you'd expect. An underlying presence of swirly horror heightens an already painstakingly artificial canvas of candlelight and romance, but it is within the spatial movement of gorgeously costumed actors relating to a mysterious house that bursts with spookiness. Crimson Peak, even in its smaller details, is ravishing.
In fact, I was so immediately swept up in its Digital ode to analog terrors, with Del Toro's use of classical filmmaking techniques such as wipes and irises casting an ever-potent spell, that even a simple waltz carried me into a realm of overwhelming devotion. It's a film of distinct control within its proudly conventional roots,…
It's not a ghost story. The ghost is a metaphor for the past.
Wow.
Wow!
WOW!!
Guillermo Del Toro, you have almost outdone yourself, with this atmospheric Gothic chiller. It's almost to Pan's Labyrinth levels of mastery, and it amazes me how chilling and twisted it turned out to be.
A word of advice, however: Don't go by any of the trailers this film fed to us. It's definitely not a straight-up ghost story. It's actually more of a romantic horror story with a beautiful and atmospheric setting and some well-made and placed twists. Yes, there are plenty of grotesque ghosts (in the form of skeletons), but they serve more as a backdrop to the real plot. Trust me when…
An aesthetically gorgeous and breathtaking gothic horror that flirts with greatness but is sadly hindered by a lackluster start. The ending though is fucking killer (no pun intended).
MVP honors go to Jessica Chastain who turns in a very memorable and deliciously batshit performance—my favorite of the year from a supporting actress thus far.
Fans of Guillermo del Toro's films (especially The Devil's Backbone) and productions (like The Orphanage) and old-school horror will definitely enjoy this.
Crimson Peak is worth a watch.
The Scorecard:
Direction: ★★★★
Acting: ★★★★
Writing: ★★½
Editing: ★★½
Visuals: ★★★★★
Sound: ★★★★★
Entertainment: ★★★½
Overall Rating: ★★★½
Guillermo del Toro certainly didn't set out to please the masses with Crimson Peak. Many people will dislike this film and I can understand why. CP isn't for everyone, it was made for a really niche audience and I really admire del Toro for that. He made the film he wanted to make.
This movie is over-the-top and somewhat cheesy but that's the point. The performances are also over-the-top and I think everyone does a very solid job. I very much enjoyed all of the cast and their performances. The film is visually stunning, which shouldn't be a surprise to anyone; this is a GDT film after all. The set design is fucking gorgeous. I wish I would have seen…
listen: jessica chastain is everything to me. EVERYTHING. i am not even exaggerating. i just spent the past half hour whispering her name aggressively and bouncing around energetically in the dark, empty movie theater parking lot. weird? maybe. necessary after seeing this movie? for me, absolutely
Del Toro's sympathies have always been with the monsters, so why is his gothic romance fetish object not their story instead of this bland heroine's? Exquisite costumes, lush sets, a layer of knowing camp...all he does is luxuriate in the constructed-ness of this thing. It's just atmosphere drained of mystery, another one of his sketchbooks brought to life instead of a movie.
the costumes in this film OH MY...... i was literally mesmerised watching them as people fled down the corridors in fear, i suppose that shows what i really look at when watching a film really.
2015 was definitely the year of Oscar snubs. I mean look at this film with incredible set pieces, costumes and Jessica Chastain. Not a single nomination. I read an article from EW when they were doing a series on movies being snubbed from the Oscars that year and how they'll go on to live past it despite no nominations and I completely agree. This film is just as good as the first time I saw it. A gothic mystery thriller film that doesn't quite fit into any modern film category and you can feel the love del Toro has for it.
Everything in this is so concisely directed, so carefully crafted, and so tightly framed that it doesn't seem fair to infer that the direction elevates the script as much as the tale itself being the one that goes a step too close to actively betraying its grand, romantic visage. Still a gripping watch that only becomes progressively more hollow the more it spills its beans; each and every single one of its sweeping image tells a lot more than what it actually says, which, in turn, vitally lacks any sense of discretion and urgency necessary to maintain the atmosphere. Not sure what to cap this one off with, other than my desire to see Del Toro tackling a mundane, daytime Victorian/Edwardian period drama is at an all-time high now.
Guillermo del Toro knows how to plant beautiful crimson Flowers in the Attic.
It took me a couple watches to warm to this movie, but I love it now. It is absolutely the best, most beautiful soap opera I’ve ever seen.
I saw this movie the first time expecting some sort of fright-a-minute ghost or haunted house story, but what it actually is is more a cross between Flowers In The Attic and the Haunted Mansion. Once I got over that jump I fell deeply in love with this movie.
The main character and protagonist is Mia Wasikowska’s Edith Cushing, but the character I was more interested in was Tom Hiddleston’s Sir Thomas Sharpe. I couldn’t figure him out or…
Hmmm, didn't work for me, not one of del Toro's best by far, but still better than most horror's, don't expect a jump scare horror film.
I love third acts that go completely insane and this is one of them.
Still not entirely sold on Del Toro, still like every single movie I've seen from him better than Shape of Water, but whatever.
This is a bit style over substance, but to be honest the beautiful production design, cinematography, costumes, and overall direction completely won me over. I don't think it's as deep as some people here say it is, and I find the writing to be kind of weak, but I was with the movie for the most part. Gothic shit is fun!
you all hyped shape of water so much, I thought this would have gotten the same kind of love :,,,,( u all make me sad.
Crimson Peak hearkens back to the days of Hammer Films in that it is a treat for the eyes and it has many Gothic horror elements in the story. The story begins with Edith (Mia Wasikowska) who believes in ghosts because her mother's ghost visited her as a child and warned her against going to Crimson Peak. Edith grows up to become a writer, but she is having a lot of trouble getting published because it's the Victorian era and her penmanship keeps giving her away as a female writer.
Her father (Jim Beaver), a wealthy industrialist, is entertaining a pitch from an English baronet named Thomas Sharpe (Tom Hiddleston) who wants capital to mine the unique red clay on…
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