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, s... Read allIn 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.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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- 7 wins & 43 nominations
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- TriviaWhen del Toro pitched the film to Charlie Hunnam he told the actor "that he'd be playing the damsel in distress", and Hunnam was immediately sold on the movie.
- GoofsDr. Alan claims that it would be impossible to fake a ghost photograph with glass plates. In fact at the time a lot of 'ghost photos' were made with glass plates, because the expensive plates were re-used, and if not cleaned properly, a 'ghost' image would remain.
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Lucille Sharpe: But the horror... The horror was for love. The things we do for love like this are ugly, mad, full of sweat and regret. This love burns you and maims you and twists you inside out. It is a monstrous love and it makes monsters of us all.
- Crazy creditsThe first half of the end credits reveals that Edith adapted her experience in the film into a book titled "Crimson Peak".
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Written by Guillermo del Toro and Fernando Velázquez (as Fernando Velásquez)
Aside from Jane Eyre and House of Usher, both of which have been filmed several times, "Crimson Peak" has similarities to haunting Gothic flicks like "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1992), "The Others" (2001) and "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein" (1994), but it's thankfully nowhere near as ridiculously melodramatic as the latter. The spectral horror is more low-key than "Dracula" and "Frankenstein," which is why I cite "The Others." Psychological Gothic horror like "Demons of the Mind" (1972) and "The Eternal" (1998) are other comparisons. If you're in the mood for a movie like these, you'll probably appreciate "Crimson Peak."
Honestly, this is one of the most sumptuously LOOKING movies I've ever seen. Take, for instance, the numerous scenes of Edith (Mia) walking down the lavish halls in an alluring white nightgown and flowing blond hair. The Gothic lushness is to die for.
Some people think the story is meh, but it's no better or worse than the plots of the seven movies listed above. Whilst the first act in Buffalo is somewhat tedious, the movie picks up interest once Edith (Mia) moves to the unsettling English chateau, which has seen better days. I read a critic's list of a dozen questions in an attempt to tear the film to pieces, but I easily answered all of them, which showed that this critic was intentionally LOOKING FOR something to dislike. Every potential quibble is effortlessly explained by clues in the picture or simply reading in-between the lines.
THE MOVIE RUNS 1 hour 59 minutes and was shot in Hamilton, Kingston and Toronto, Canada. ADDITIONAL WRITER: Matthew Robbins.
GRADE: B
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- Also known as
- Haunted Peak
- Filming locations
- Kingston, Ontario, Canada(Market Square Downtown outside city hall)
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- Budget
- $55,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $31,090,320
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $13,143,310
- Oct 18, 2015
- Gross worldwide
- $74,679,822
- Runtime1 hour 59 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1