First Trailer for Guillermo del Toro's Horror 'Crimson Peak'

[NobodyReally]

I really loved this movie. It wasn't scary, per se, but it was creepy. And not just because of the supernatural angle. The entire backstory behind the two siblings; the way abuse affects children and creates real life monsters.... that was the true horror story here. del Toro's ability to create amazing imagery is incomparable. This man knows how to tell a story visually. So many beautiful and haunting scenes. And the acting was dope as hell. Jessica Chastain knocked this one out of the park. I didn't know she could play cold so well. Hiddleston and Mia were great too. I was surprised to see Jax/Charlie Hunman in this, and actually pull off the role of a doctor pretty well. I found the violence shocking, I'm not sure why. Perhaps because del Toro used it sparingly. But when he used it, he used it well and made it brutal. Those last 20 minutes had me like

This one gets two thumbs up from me.

 

[TheGreatShowtime]

Just got back from seeing it. I thought the movie was alright, just a bit too predictable. It wasn't scary at all (just a bit fukked up), but I can see people not liking it because they're expecting a horror film around Halloween time. Sort of misleading marketing. Other than that, the movie looked beautiful like every other Guillermo del Toro movie. I'd give it a 7/10.

Jessica Chastain looked fine as hell in this flick too

 

[Cartier Murphy]

More of a gothic romance with horror elements than a flatout haunted house movie like I was expecting, but it was good. Beautiful cinematography too. The violence was few and far in between but that first act of it had me shook, which isn't often when it comes to onscreen violence.

 

[Kliq_Souf]

Shyt was dope. I fukks with it...

That twist at the end tho

 

[Yessir_Araphat]

Ya'll nailed it, was expecting a horror movie was disappointed. The story was ok, but the visuals and music was pretty damn good.
Anyone else get hyped for Krumpus?

 

[g-ice]

Saw it yesterday and I liked it a lot. 8/10 for me.

I enjoyed it mostly since I'm a Del Toro stan. The story was cool...I liked the execution and the visuals were GOAT as usual.

 

[re'up]

This was a fukking exercise in patience to sit through, wasting a great Chastain performance and potentially really cool movie.....beyond predictable storyline with no life, tension, or suspense, no real reason to watch besides Del Toro's visuals, which all amount to an amusing sideshow in this dull spectacle....

 

[Kliq_Souf]

Ya'll nailed it, was expecting a horror movie was disappointed. The story was ok, but the visuals and music was pretty damn good.
Anyone else get hyped for Krumpus?

Krumpus looks ill.

The way it was setting up in the trailer it looked like a family holiday affair. Then it went quick

 

[dtownreppin214]

how does it compare to Pans Lab?

 

[Why-Fi]

This was a fukking exercise in patience to sit through, wasting a great Chastain performance and potentially really cool movie.....beyond predictable storyline with no life, tension, or suspense, no real reason to watch besides Del Toro's visuals, which all amount to an amusing sideshow in this dull spectacle....

exactly. the visuals and sound were amazing, the potential was there for the most fantastic strange fukkery...and they just blew it all on a dull story. very light on ghosts and thrills. it took way too long to get to the point, the most anticlimactic reveal ever. once shyt hit the fan it got decent at best for like 3 minutes.

 

[TheGodling]

More of a gothic romance with horror elements than a flatout haunted house movie like I was expecting, but it was good. Beautiful cinematography too. The violence was few and far in between but that first act of it had me shook, which isn't often when it comes to onscreen violence.

This best describes the movie. I'd even go as far as saying the horror elements are kinda forced since you can pretty much remove all of the ghosts and the plot would still play out largely the same. The intrigue of the decaying house sitting on red clay with the not-quite-right siblings would be enough to carry the suspense, if only Del Toro didn't take his sweet time getting to the point. There's no reason it should take nearly half the movie to actually get to the haunted house, the movie beats around the bush far too long with setup and even in the second half sometimes unnecessarily draws developments out instead of taking a direct approach. There's nothing wrong with how the story plays out but it seriously needed to be tightened up because when the movie isn't beating around the bush, it's quite formidable.

 

[42 Monks]

how does it compare to Pans Lab?

it doesn't

 

[Makavalli]

Just got back from seeing it. I thought the movie was alright, just a bit too predictable. It wasn't scary at all (just a bit fukked up), but I can see people not liking it because they're expecting a horror film around Halloween time. Sort of misleading marketing. Other than that, the movie looked beautiful like every other Guillermo del Toro movie. I'd give it a 7/10.

Jessica Chastain looked fine as hell in this flick too

I agree with the misleading part. I thought it was going to have more supernatural elements besides a normal scheme but visually it was beautiful. I saw it in imax so the shots of the house had me ooooing

 

[RajWatts]

Piff.

 

[Mr Clean]

Seen it too. Was expecting Pans Labyrinth with ghosts which it isn't. Movie was bit slow but when it gets to the point it's great. Would have trimmed down to a solid 90-100 minutes instead of the 2h it ended up being