r/horror • u/AutoModerator • May 14 '16

Discussion Series Crimson Peak (2015) /R/HORROR Official Discussion

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u/lemmiwinks73 May 14 '16

It was marketed as horror, but I think it was more of a romance piece with supernatural elements.

It looked pretty? It was a one time watch for me.

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u/nerowasframed May 14 '16

This was exactly what I thought, as well. In the beginning, when the woman was taking about her story, she said something like, "It's not a ghost story. It's a romance story that has ghosts in it." I think that describes the movie overall.

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u/Yunhoralka May 14 '16

I liked it. It definetly wasn't a horror but for the gothic romance genre it was pretty good.

The story wasn't very original but it was well presented, the acting was great and it was visually appealing. Nothing to complain about unless you expected some genius terrifying masterpiece.

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u/PercySledge May 14 '16

Went to the cinema to see this the week it came out really just to see the gothic visuals and it didn't let me down in that respect. Plot was very poor and for a horror it lacked in the way of moments with true suspense for the most part.

Some of the effects were good (the ghost lady issuing the warnings) and it was certainly watchable, but not necessarily a film I would recommend to others as a quality choice.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '16

I enjoyed this film - the design was beautiful. It was a little predictable. Jessica Chastain was super sexy with that dark look.

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u/deadletterandy May 14 '16

I liked it, but was disappointed. When Del Toro was telling everyone that it was a "Gothic" story and not "horror" I went in with that in my head. I was also teaching a literature class at the time and we were talking about the concept of intertext. So the film's elements from so many Gothic romances really stuck out for me. Rebecca, Wuthering Heights, a touch of Jane Eyre and a heaping amount of House of Usher. But for some reason, it didn't add so much as undress the film for me. I liked the design and acting well enough, but I left feeling that Del Toro wanted to make a Lawrence Olivier film but ended up making a Vincent Price one instead. Not that I don't love Vincent Price, of course.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '16

What puzzeled me the most was that who was this aimed at. Majority of the film was a romantic (teen) drama and then there are extremely brutal death scenes. Really odd mix imo. The film was well made, cinematography was great but to me the film was pretty boring until the end where it got brutal.

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u/haunthorror May 15 '16

I personally loved this movie. Its probably my favorite Del Toro movie.

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u/biscutbuu69 May 14 '16

It was great far from Del Toro's best work but still very very good

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u/eddieswiss May 15 '16

I liked it, but knew it wasn't really a horror going into it.