Directed by:
Guillermo del ToroCinematography:
Dan LaustsenComposer:
Fernando VelázquezCast:
Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Hunnam, Jim Beaver, Burn Gorman, Leslie Hope, Doug Jones, Jonathan Hyde, Bruce Gray, Emily Coutts (more)VOD (2)
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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. (official distributor synopsis)
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I was wary because to me Del Toro is a pretty overrated director, but en the end I loved Crimson Peak for its artistic style – its not very original story notwithstanding – and I’m giving it almost the highest rating. The money put on it can really be seen. Given that right now there aren’t that many big narrative horror films, I don’t think it’d be fair to throw Crimson Peak among the average. The cast is wonderful, finally someone who really knows how to act in a genre film. A proper gothic-horror in the best sense of the word, and I’m sure it will make it to my TOP 10 this year.
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I'm not at all surprised that Stephen King likes Crimson Peak so much. It is based on the idea that he so often and gladly promotes (and which was most recently used in the similarly great Dream House), namely that supernatural beings are often the last thing we should fear. Much worse are simply the living flesh-and-blood people. Guillermo del Toro made this romantic horror drama with great clarity. Visually, it is something beautiful (especially the bright colors are very refreshing in this genre, but all the period costumes are a joy to look at as well), in the quiet conversational scenes I was really interested in who was saying what to whom and why, and in the harsher to rough scenes (which the film is definitely not afraid of, see especially the sink and the heart attack ending) I was as tense as a string. In short, everything as it should be, including the performances of the main trio of actors, of which I must once again highlight the amazing Jessica Chastain. Well, we should. And now the third Hellboy, please.
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A visually stunning film, where some scenes completely captivated me, and I couldn't believe that something like that could be filmed. And yet the film bears Guillermo's signature. It's beautiful in that regard, but the story didn't really grab me - it's okay in terms of acting, but not great. It’s visually stunning, but otherwise, it just doesn't hit the mark. That’s a shame.
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That Guillermo did not stick with just production this time can only be understood as a wish to double his earnings. Crimson Peak’s run-of-the-mill, unoriginal subject matter is barely worthy of a 90-minute runtime. In addition, there is no tension and he tries to achieve the wow effect by using old-school tricks. The set designs, however, are really beautiful, the cast is superb and the occasional splattering of blood is satisfactory. The potential of the twisted romance that emerges from this offered more possibilities, but Guillermo would have had to resign himself to satisfying a broad
audience and strike a more perverted chord. It’s a shame that the maker of such distinctive and captivating cinematic worlds stooped this low.
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Guillermo del Toro can create an atmosphere and a beautiful scenery; you can’t deny that with any of his movies. But the flow of storytelling can sometimes be an issue and it doesn’t let his movies be perfect experiences.For the first 50 minutes, I thought I’d die of the worst possible movie boredom. It wasn’t until Mia found out that she was on Crimson Peak that it all started to get good. Especially since the atmosphere of the house itself began to show. I must admit, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen two completely different movie halves. While the first half of the movie is awfully boring, the second half is what makes the movie worth watching.
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