The feasting of the eyes comes to mind when realizing the polished opulence of writer-director Guillermo del Toro’s Gothic supernatural production Crimson Peak. Undeniably luscious and wonderfully bizarre, Crimson Peak is a psycho-sexual thriller that resonates with the enticing visual senses and registers with the proper amount of off-kilter seduction and twisted charm. For filmmaker del Toro his unconventional narratives have always been peppered in exquisite bounciness regardless of their hit-or-miss effectiveness. In joining past del Toro genre-ridden offerings that range from the revered …
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Crimson Peak
Overview
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.
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Release date
13/10/2015
Votes
5,306
Popularity
10.1
Mia Wasikowska
Edith Cushing
Jessica Chastain
Lady Lucille Sharpe
Tom Hiddleston
Sir Thomas Sharpe
Charlie Hunnam
Dr. Alan McMichael
Jim Beaver
Carter Cushing
Burn Gorman
Holly
Leslie Hope
Mrs. McMichael
Jonathan Hyde
Ogilvie
Doug Jones
Edith's Mother / Lady Sharpe
Bruce Gray
Ferguson
Emily Coutts
Eunice McMichael
Alec Stockwell
Finlay
Brigitte Robinson
Secretary Jane
Gillian Ferrier
Society Girl
Tamara Hope
Society Girl
Kimberly-Sue Murray
Society Girl
Sofia Wells
Young Edith
Joanna Douglas
Maid Annie
Bill Lake
Coroner
Jim Watson
Shipping Agent
Javier Botet
Enola / Margaret / Pamela
Peter Spence
Manager
Danny Waugh
Club Attendant
Sean Hewitt
Reverend
William Healy
Young Alan
Matia Jackett
Young Eunice
Karen Glave
Maid
Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah
Maid
John Carter Craig
Patient
Martin Julien
Postal Clerk
Brian Kaulback
Vendor
Richard Kerr
Vendor
Shane McPherson
Vendor
Tim Blake
Reverend
Thomas Dorey
Architect
Erik Bauersfield
Additional Voices (voice)
Joan Washington
Additional Voices (voice)
Beatrice Basso
Additional Voices (voice)
Mitzi McCall
Additional Voices (voice)
Susanne Blakeslee
Additional Voices (voice)
Drew Davis
Additional Voices (voice)
T.J. McGibbon
Additional Voices (voice)
Anneliese Goldman
Additional Voices (voice)
Jenna Weir
Additional Voices (voice)
Amanda Smith
Beatrice (uncredited)
Laura Waddell
Pamela Upton (uncredited)
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> Ghosts are real, that much she knows. Seen all the Del Toro films, but this one was not any good compared to his recent year's class. The film has his signature mark, the gothic style atmosphere, visually spectacular, but the story did not strike as expected. Definitely my blame is on the writing department. Though the actors were so much better in their character exhibition, especially the lead trio. The opening convinced it will going to be a terrifying horror. Seriously? The writer brought ghosts for a concept, but ended penning a fantasy-thriller. In the middle of the narration the…
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Jane Eyre meets House of Usher with ghosts of the past RELEASED IN 2015 and written & directed by Guillermo del Toro, "Crimson Peak” is a Gothic drama/mystery/horror about a young woman (Mia Wasikowska) in the opening years of the 1900s who falls in love with a mysterious English man (Tom Hiddleston) and moves from Buffalo, NY, to a creepy English manor, where his weird older sister also lives (Jessica Chastain). Ghosts of the past make themselves known, ultimately leading to the truth. Aside from Jane Eyre and House of Usher, both of which have been filmed several times, “Crimson Peak” …
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