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Crimson Peak
Oct. 18th, 2015 10:04 pmAfter work on Friday, I decided to hit a matinee of "Crimson Peak." I was wanting to see an evening show, but there didn't seem to be a lot of interest in seeing it among my friends.
From looking at the previews, I expected the movie to be a really atmospheric horror movie, especially with Guillermo del Toro at the helm. However, the movie didn't turn out that way (and I'm not giving spoilers out by saying that, I think).
The story revolves around a young writer from an affluent American family falling in love with a English aristocrat and inventor in the late 19th century. When she marries the Englishman and moves into his spooky, dilapidated family home with his spinster sister, ghostly things begin to happen.
While the previews made the movie look like more of a horror flick, even saying that it's the "scariest movie" ever watched per Stephen King, it's really more of a gothic romantic story with a large ghostly presence. No scene made me jump, though a couple made me squirm a bit. The acting is superb. All of the leads play their roles well. I'm very impressed by Jessica Chastain in anything she does. She really is an amazing character actress. Tom Hiddleston is definitely becoming leading man material.
As for the Stephen King quote, a friend and I were joking last night that maybe it was given by "a" Stephen King versus "the" Stephen King. Perhaps this Stephen King was a squeamish person.
From looking at the previews, I expected the movie to be a really atmospheric horror movie, especially with Guillermo del Toro at the helm. However, the movie didn't turn out that way (and I'm not giving spoilers out by saying that, I think).
The story revolves around a young writer from an affluent American family falling in love with a English aristocrat and inventor in the late 19th century. When she marries the Englishman and moves into his spooky, dilapidated family home with his spinster sister, ghostly things begin to happen.
While the previews made the movie look like more of a horror flick, even saying that it's the "scariest movie" ever watched per Stephen King, it's really more of a gothic romantic story with a large ghostly presence. No scene made me jump, though a couple made me squirm a bit. The acting is superb. All of the leads play their roles well. I'm very impressed by Jessica Chastain in anything she does. She really is an amazing character actress. Tom Hiddleston is definitely becoming leading man material.
As for the Stephen King quote, a friend and I were joking last night that maybe it was given by "a" Stephen King versus "the" Stephen King. Perhaps this Stephen King was a squeamish person.
