Crimson Peak (1 Viewer)

Winston T. Boogie · Feb 15, 2015

Winston T. Boogie · Mar 19, 2015

Was treated to a screening of Guillermo Del Toro’s new movie, Crimson Peak, this weekend. Gorgeous and just f–king terrifying. It electrified me in the same way Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead electrified me when I saw it back in the day. -Stephen King

Pretty solid endorsement there I'd say.

Lou Sytsma · Mar 19, 2015

Indeed.

SamT · May 13, 2015

SamT · May 13, 2015

I like good horror movies and this looks good. I hope there is no CG ghosts in it because CG ghosts or monsters are never ever scary or good for a horror movie. They are good for fantasy but not horror.

Chuck Mayer · May 14, 2015

So...YES.

Lou Sytsma · May 14, 2015

Mad Max and this in the same year. Wow!

Does Guillermo translate to gorgeous? Haven't been this excited for a del Toro since Pan's Labryinth.

Tim Glover · May 25, 2015

yeah the trailer aired before seeing Mad Max and it looked really good. I'm in.

TravisR · May 25, 2015

I saw the trailer for this on Poltergeist and it looks great. Plus, Jim Beaver is in a movie!

Tim Glover · May 26, 2015

Huge huge fan of Pan's Labyrinth. It was my co-favorite Movie of the year in 2006.

dpippel · Oct 12, 2015

Apparently Crimson Peak is under a review embargo and here it is the Monday of its release week. Not a good sign.

Patrick Sun · Oct 13, 2015

It looks like a mess from the trailers I've seen.

Bob Cashill · Oct 13, 2015

All media screenings of the film are tonight, after which the embargo ends. That's a pretty typical scenario.

dpippel · Oct 13, 2015

Typical when the studio doesn't have much confidence in the film. Bridge of Spies, for example, has seen published reviews from major critics for almost 10 days now. If the studio thinks the movie has legs then they try to build as much advance buzz as possible and Universal has not done that with Crimson Peak.

dpippel · Oct 13, 2015

Well, Alonso Duralde over at The Wrap sure did like it a lot:

http://www.thewrap.com/crimson-peak-review-guillermo-del-toro-mia-wasikowska-tom-hiddleston-jessica-chastain/

There is hope!

TravisR · Oct 13, 2015

This looks like a movie that will have a devoted cult following but most others will dislike it. The very fact that it's a period piece means that they're automatically turning some people off.

Bob Cashill · Oct 13, 2015

dpippel said:
Typical when the studio doesn't have much confidence in the film. Bridge of Spies, for example, has seen published reviews from major critics for almost 10 days now. If the studio thinks the movie has legs then they try to build as much advance buzz as possible and Universal has not done that with Crimson Peak.

Bridge of Spies debuted at the NY Film Festival the Sunday before last, so reviews from major critics were obligatory. The only time studios can be said to have no confidence in a movie is when it doesn't press screen, or screens past Friday issue deadlines--and even then they're at least hopeful for decent coin at the boxoffice for a weekend, minus reviews.

Oliver Ravencrest · Oct 13, 2015

This looks visually very interesting and I've liked all of Del Toro's movies that I've seen. I'll definitely check his one out when it hits the discount Theatres. Just because Studios don't have confidence in the movie, doesn't automatically mean it's awful.

Malcolm R · Oct 15, 2015

Entertainment Weekly gives it a grade of "B-". The first paragraph of their review, tagged in case some don't want to see it:

A loving throwback to Roger Corman’s Edgar Allan Poe movies and Hammer’s gothic chillers from the ‘60s, Crimson Peak is a cobwebs-and-candelabras chamber piece that’s so preoccupied with being visually stunning it forgets to be scary. Directed by Guillermo del Toro, the Mexican maestro of moody mayhem, the film runs on atmosphere and suggestion rather than terror. Which is a not-insignificant problem for a ghost story.

Michael Elliott · Oct 15, 2015

Roger Ebert's site just gave it four stars.

I thought the trailers looked horrible but I'll probably catch it in the second week.

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