it's a horror film, a Gothic romance and most of all a sumptuous feast of lurid, sumptuous images. You don't watch this movie, you feel it, as you're drawn into its blood red colors and atmospheric delights
Crimson Peak has what you might call the Love That Dare Not Shriek Its Name, equally explosive and no less obvious. You can spot it from a country mile away, but del Toro makes the watching a thing of horrific beauty