2015 · horror · romance
Crimson Peak
Directed by Guillermo del Toro1h 59m2015
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.
Our read: Crimson Peak (2015) reads as a sombre, steady, inventive horror · romance entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, steady, measured horror / romance, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- intense
- inventive
- bleak
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