Guillermo del Torro's Gothic "Crimson Peak" is not what I thought, but a million times better!!! This movie has the scariest and best VFX ghosts I've ever seen in my life! The Victorian sets will make a Designer giggle with delight and make you wonder how on earth they accomplished such magnificence - I couldn't tell where a practical set ended and where the VFX began, it's that seamless. I cannot see this film not get an Oscar nomination with a possible win for its luscious sets and maybe even an Oscar nod to its Costumes, because really, the sets are exquisitely gorgeous and the Costumes are superb.
The performances and settings do give you the feel of old black & white movies, such as "Wuthering Heights" with Merle Oberon and Lawrence Olivier, "Jane Eyre" with Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine, "Rebecca" with Lawrence Olivier and Joan Fontaine, and "The Innocents" with Deborah Kerr and Peter Wyngarde, and if you like the aforementioned, then you will be thrilled with this movie.
Keep in mind it will make you scream and cover your eyes and it does have some gory and gruesome as hell visual effects that will no doubt make you sleep with the light on the night after you see it. The sex scenes are a tiny bit risqué, but for the most part, the R rating is because of the gore. I'm not gonna mention any story bits, because this one is fun to figure out for yourself. Enjoy :)
The performances and settings do give you the feel of old black & white movies, such as "Wuthering Heights" with Merle Oberon and Lawrence Olivier, "Jane Eyre" with Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine, "Rebecca" with Lawrence Olivier and Joan Fontaine, and "The Innocents" with Deborah Kerr and Peter Wyngarde, and if you like the aforementioned, then you will be thrilled with this movie.
Keep in mind it will make you scream and cover your eyes and it does have some gory and gruesome as hell visual effects that will no doubt make you sleep with the light on the night after you see it. The sex scenes are a tiny bit risqué, but for the most part, the R rating is because of the gore. I'm not gonna mention any story bits, because this one is fun to figure out for yourself. Enjoy :)