We very nearly got an R-rated studio movie from Guillermo Del Toro with "At The Mountains Of Madness," but battles with Universal over the rating and budget shut that down. But the director and studio have mended ways (a smash hit like "Pacific Rim" will do that) and del Toro gets to be as nasty as he wants to be with "Crimson Peak." Leaking a few days earlier than it was scheduled to drop, the first trailer has arrived.
Starring Charlie Hunnam, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, and Mia Wasikowska, and giving off serious shades of "Rebecca" and "The Innocents," the story tells the ghostly tale of love and memories that won’t stay buried. Here’s the official synopsis:
In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds…and remembers.
"Crimson Peak" arrives on October 16th. Watch below.
This trailer reminded me of the horrible Jan de Bont film The Haunting. It features a giant fake looking mansion and some not very scary looking CG effects. Hope it\’s much better than this!
Nowadays, everybody\’s a F**king critic.
Surely calling something his \’ultimate masterpiece\’ suggests that every film he makes after it won\’t be as good? Odd.
That\’s looks so bad, Del toro didn\’t make a good film since \’Cronos\’…
Wonderful cast, slightly disappointing trailer. It conveys the horror aspect, but seems very shallow. I hope the actors can add the depth that\’s lacking from this tepid trailer. And you fanboys need to give Pacific Rim a rest. It made enough money that they\’re making a sequel, so cool your jets.
@RIGHT SO – I\’m really looking forward to this, but that\’s a brilliant observation… Lame trailer, but I\’m hoping for an awesome movie.
It looks gorgeous of course but calling it his ultimate masterpiece is rather premature to say the least. It tells me that it might not be that good.
Both PR and C&A gave me the sads by the end credits. visually fun movies with no soul… i\’m commenting in the comments section – failing at my new years resolution already.
This looks like a trailer for a network TV pilot…
I happened to like Pacific Rim, but it slightly underwhelmed at the box office, taking just over $400 mil worldwide on a $200 mil, pre-marketing and distribution budget. So, it made a little bank, but certainly not a lot (though ancillary blu ray and such did do well, hence the coming sequel which the studio still chewed it\’s nails over a bit). Domestically, Pacific Rim took in Cowboys and Aliens cash…
@yeah … 190m prod budget with a 411m world wide gross is pretty good… plus the add\’l 38m from home video sales.
"Smash hit"? Yeah, right.