Crimson Peak

About Crimson Peak

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.

Crimson Peak is a 2015 horror romance film directed by Guillermo del Toro. It runs 119 minutes and was released in October 2015.

Its themes are haunted house, comforting, incest, and gothic.

Mia Wasikowska stars as Edith Cushing, Jessica Chastain as Lady Lucille Sharpe, Tom Hiddleston as Sir Thomas Sharpe, and Charlie Hunnam as Dr. Alan McMichael. The screenplay is by Guillermo del Toro and Matthew Robbins. It was produced by Double Dare You and Legendary Pictures.

It, Beetlejuice, and Dark Shadows make useful companions to Crimson Peak, all filed under ghoulish and halloween. TMDB voters put it at 6.7 out of 10 across 5,407 votes and it carries a R rating.