"Crimson Peak" On 2/16/2015 at 7:52:46 AM, Snake Mark started the thread:
I'm weary of horror movies these days, but I enjoy Del Toro's style when he's on point and am always hopeful that the movie will handle the supernatural elements nicely.
Those special effects need tidying up.
Msg #2: On 2/16/2015 at 3:43:04 PM, Ostromite replied, saying: "Looks kind of generic"? Why, just because it has all that Gothic stuff in it and that shot of a woman stepping out of a tub? It only looks generic in the sense that it is clearly of the genre of Gothic horror, but otherwise it's smothered in Del Toro's style. I've never found any of his film's scary, but this looks like Jane Eyre meets The Abominable Dr. Phibes, so I think it will be fun simply for its stylistic pleasures.
Speaking of Jane Eyre, Mia Wasikowska is so gorgeous and I want to see this just to watch her get chased by ghosts in fabulous Victorian dresses, but then you add in Jessica Chastain (also gorgeous) and Tom Hiddleston (also fabulous) to it and you have a powder keg of accidental gay camp. Replies: 3, 5
Msg #3: On 2/16/2015 at 9:23:23 PM, Evilgrinch replied to Msg #2, saying: Agreed. This is possibly the world's most attractive cast.
Msg #4: On 2/16/2015 at 9:40:53 PM, Ostromite replied, saying: I'm an idiot. I was racking my brain trying to remember what I just saw that had Wasikowska in it, and it was Only Lovers Left Alive, the Jim Jarmusch vampire movie that also starred Tom Hiddleston.
Msg #5: On 2/16/2015 at 10:16:05 PM, Snake Mark replied to Msg #2, saying: Meh, maybe too quick on the "generic"; just been burnt far too many times over horror movies I've initially been excited for.
Msg #6: On 5/14/2015 at 5:21:16 AM, PaulSF replied, saying:
This looks brilliant.
Msg #9: On 6/10/2015 at 1:56:01 AM, RezForPrez replied, saying: Still haven't watched the trailer, might try to stay cold on this one. That means if I'm in a theater and this comes on I'm going to run out screaming.
