Film Review: Crimson Peak

 Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Cert: 15 cert, should of been given an 18 cert due to curtain scenes

Director: Guillermo del Toro

Screen writer: Guillermo del Toro, Matthew Robbins

Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain , Tom Hiddleston , Charlie Hunnam , Jim Beaver , Burn Gorman , Leslie Hope , Doug Jones , Jonathan Hyde , Bruce Gray , Emily Coutts , Alec Stockwell , Brigitte Robinson , Gillian Ferrier , Tamara Hope

Running time: 119 min

Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & Nudity:

• A newlywed couple is shown having sex. They kiss. The woman practically tears the clothes off of the man, and the audience can see bare backs, legs, and the man's butt. Also, worthy of noting, the man makes a beeline for the woman's lower body. Nothing is shown, however.

• The main heroine is shown in the bathtub. Everything important is strategically submerged and not visible.

• A man and a woman are physically intimate together, kissing and grasping at each other explicitly while partially clothed. This may be a little more jarring to some because it is a brother and a sister.

• Incest is a pretty big plot point. It is revealed that a brother and sister have had an incestuous relationship since childhood

 

Violence & Gore:

• A man's head and face is repeatedly smashed into the side of a sink with very bloody results.

• An autopsy shows a man's caved in face.

• Images of ghosts appear with decaying skin and flesh

• A ghost appears with a cleaver lodged in its forehead

• A woman coughs up blood.

• A man burns his hand on a machine.

• A woman is shoved over a balcony, hitting her back against another balcony on her way to the ground.

• A man is stabbed under his arm, and pulls the knife out with blood squirting from the wound.

• A man is stabbed in his side.

• A man is stabbed a few times in his chest, then stabbed in the face underneath his eye. He then pulls the knife out of his face slowly before dying

• A woman is slashed in the face

• A woman gets her fingers stabbed by a knife repeatedly.

• A woman gets slashed by a cleaver

• A woman gets hit in the face with a shovel, and then hit on the top of her head splitting her skull open which kills her

Profanity:  One use of the f word 

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: No drugs, though Edith is given a draught repeatedly that causes her to be violently sick, to the point of coughing up blood. Alcohol consumption can be seen as guests drink it at a party. However, they are not drunk.

Frightening/Intense Scenes: 

• The images of decaying ghosts appearing throughout along with the many "jump scare" scenes can be frightening.

• The last 20 minutes of the film contains most of the film's violence scenes, and they can be intense at times.
• Some may find the theme of  to be disturbing.

Story: Edith Cushing is running away from a family tragedy. She marries Thomas Sharpe, a mysterious stranger. She comes to live with him and his sister, Lady Lucille Sharpe. She starts to find out that the Sharpe's home is filled with ghosts

Likes : Crimson Peak" is set in the late 19th century, first in New York, then in rural England. Edith Cushing (Mia Wasikowska) amazing performance as a young budding horror writer who's intelligence, beautiful, and strong willed nature, refusing to allow Victorian sensibilities dictate what she can and cannot do,which result in her butts heads with those around her.

Thomas Sharpe (Tom Hiddleston) is an English aristocrat and inventor who is in New York seeking financial backing for his mechanized clay mining business back home captures the eyes of Edith. When tragedy strikes, Thomas marries Edith and brings her to his home, Allerdale Hall in Cumberland, where his sister Lucille Sharpe (Jessica Chastain) amazing performance is waiting.But as the story unfolds as Edith tries to fit into her new surroundings, she discovers that thing arnt quite like they seem & a horrible truth is revealed.

Guillermo del Toro directing in this film has this trade mark in his film that most of you are familiar  with as the visuals in "Crimson Peak" are beautiful dark reflecting the films story of horror & mystery. The sets are spectacular visions of beauty and decadence in decay with the building showing an old mansion setting the scene; costumes are intricately detailed perfect in showing the 19th century style of dressing; the lighting and over saturated colour bring depth and meaning; of course, the del Toro trademarks of insects and clockwork gracefully found their way into the story as well.

Could i say this film was frightening......sadly not which is a shame,  it dose try a little to hard to be frighting in place's but still manages to hold some what of an unsettling concept at time that give you a chill down you back, but the performance from all the cast is just amazing.

One thing you notice if you ever watched the series supernatural you will recognize Jim Beaver who played bobby, who's playing Edith father in this film with a great performance. plus Doug Jones which i didn't know until i look at the cast was the ghost of Edith mothers which i didn't find frightening but the special effect were pretty good.

It one of those film that has hammer horror written all over it, from the set being in the 19th century to the location of the house & just the look of the house from the inside, its got all this classic hammer horror concept to it. so if you a fan of hammer horror you love this film, but if your looking for a frightening film sadly this will disappoint you if your looking for that, but the film as a whole is beautiful done.

Dislikes : I feel the film could of been a bit more frightening, i was disappointed because from the trailer its show a frightening film but apoun viewing the film, its not that frightening at all, its was a little tame in that concept, which i feel it could of been more frightening, but still unsettling in other areas.

Overall : Great story telling, good special effects. not frightening but still unsettling toward the end.

Rating: 5 out of 5 for entertainment / 7.9 out of 10 for concept.