Synopsis
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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Cast
- Mia WasikowskaEdith Cushing
- Jessica ChastainLady Lucille Sharpe
- Tom HiddlestonSir Thomas Sharpe
- Charlie HunnamDr. Alan McMichael
- Jim BeaverCarter Cushing
- Burn GormanHolly
- Leslie HopeMrs. McMichael
- Jonathan HydeOgilvie
- Doug JonesEdith's Mother / Lady Sharpe
- Bruce GrayFerguson
Recommendations
- 85
TheWrap
While the digital effects are undeniably contemporary, Crimson Peak is otherwise a period homage that mostly plays like a period film, rarely giving in to contemporary notions of pacing and payoff. When the scares do arrive, however, they’re effectively unsettling. - 83
Hitfix
This is a film of tactile decadence, such a rich sensory experience that it's almost suffocating. - 80
Village Voice
Though this movie waltzes to its own strange rhythm, del Toro hits every note. - 80
Screen Daily
Del Toro’s predictably impeccable production design and tonal flourishes help bring the film to life, aided by strong performances from his leads, especially Jessica Chastain, who gives the otherwise reverent proceedings just the right amount of jolt. - 80
The Guardian
Guillermo del Toro’s gothic fantasy-romance Crimson Peak is outrageously sumptuous, gruesomely violent and designed to within an inch of its life. - 75
The Playlist
Never entirely satisfying as a drama, Crimson Peak is visually dazzling, boasting lively and at times even transfixing performances that keep the story’s blood flowing. - 67
The A.V. Club
Unsurprisingly for a Del Toro film, the production design is the real star of Crimson Peak. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
The gifted fantasy/sci-fi/horror specialist has made a film that's very bloody, and bloody stylish at that, one that's certainly unequaled in its field for the beauty of its camerawork, sets, costumes and effects. But it's also conventionally plotted and not surprising or scary at all, as it resurrects hoary horror tropes from decades ago to utilize them in conventional, rather than fresh or subversive ways
