"Crimson peak": reviews of the movie, the plot, actors and roles

The film "Crimson Peak", whose plot is a cross between a horror and melodrama movie, was released in 2015 and turned out to be a pretty successful project. What is the picture in question and what dramatic events occur on the screen in the gothic scenery?

The creators of the picture

"Crimson Peak", the release date of which was planned for September 2015, appeared in cinemas in time and immediately aroused interest from the viewer. Firstly, trailers and advertising posters looked promising. Secondly, he intrigued the cast, invited to the "Crimson Peak".

Horrors under this name were released on the screen directed by Guillermo del Toro. He is generally a very versatile filmmaker: as a producer, he worked on the films "Pacific Frontier" and "While it was not"; As the writer wrote the script for the thriller "Do not be afraid of the dark" and the picture "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"; As the director has released on the films "Hellboy: The Hero of the Heat" and "Blade 2".

Scenario for "Crimson Peak" was also written by Guillermo, and copied it 12 times. Behind the camera was Dan Laustsen, who was filming "Silent Hill" and "Brotherhood of the Wolf." Curated the project film company Legendary Pictures.

Short story

What was the film "The Crimson Peak" shot on? The content of the picture resembles a melodrama, which is then replaced by a horror film.

The narrative takes us to England. In the 19th century street. Newly married Thomas and Edith Sharp come to the family estate Allarddale. In the house they are met by Thomas's sister Lucille.

Edith is hard at losing his father. In addition, she has the abilities of a medium and often sees ghosts. After moving to a new house, Edith suddenly sees his late mother, who warns her about some "purple peak". However, the girl can not understand what she is told.

The terrible guesses begin to dawn on her when she gets to Allarddale. Life in the estate becomes for her a real test: the old house is filled with incomprehensible sounds, ghosts are constantly hovering in the corridors. Edith starts to bleed with a throat, she notices that at night her husband disappears somewhere, and his sister behaves rather strangely. It looks like Edith has to figure out what's wrong.

"Crimson peak": actors. Mia Wasikowska as Edith

Actress Mia Wasikowska was born in Australia. Her mother was a Polish girl and worked as a photographer. The girl's father works as a teacher.

Mia looks very graceful in the frame. Perhaps, because since childhood Vasikovska was engaged in ballet. She even planned to devote this art to the rest of her life. But providence intervened: at the age of fifteen, Mia was invited to act in films.

In 2006, with the participation of the beginning actress, the film "Murder in the suburbs" was released, followed by the drama "Skin", "Crocodile" and "September".

The debut of the actress in Hollywood cinema can be considered the film "Challenge" with Daniel Craig, where she played Haya Dzentselsku. In 2009, a biopic "Amelia" with Richard Gere and Hilary Swank was shot . And then - "Alice in Wonderland", which turned Vasikowska into a world celebrity. In 2014, the actress, immediately after the release of the thriller with her participation, "Star Map", began shooting in the mystical film "Crimson Peak".

The plot of the picture for the heroine of Mia develops unfavorably: she falls into the house of her husband, but is not sure that she is there in complete safety. Perhaps the girl will seriously be disappointed in her marriage? Or even become his victim?

Jessica Chestane as Lucille

Jessica Chestane got the role of Lucille in the film "Crimson Peak". The content of the film says that Lucille is the sister of Thomas Sharpe and the full mistress of the Allardale estate. However, Edith notices many strange things for Lucile: for example, she does not allow her to go down to the ground floor of the house, refuses to give the keys to the rooms and so on.

Jessica Chestane, who played the role of mysterious and dangerous Lucille, in 2012 was included in the list of the most influential people of the year according to Time magazine. Perhaps this actress was given such a hasty haste, because in her filmography there is hardly even 30 films, she never received an Oscar and does nothing else but actor's skill. But, apparently, in the West, Jessica managed to get such popularity, which allows to flaunt in such lists.

As for the viewers of Eastern Europe, they more or less recognized the actress after she played a major role in the film "Interstellar" by Christopher Nolan. All other film works of Chesteyn ("Miss Julie", "Mama", "The most drunk district in the world") are practically unknown in Russia.

Tom Hiddleston as Thomas

The film "Crimson Peak" - the horrors in which an actor like Tom Hiddleston appeared. Tom is a British actor who has recently become familiar on large screens: everyone knows his character Loki from The Torus and The Avengers, Francis Scott Fitzgerald from the movie Midnight in Paris.

Career in the movie for Huddleston began in 2001 with the role of lord in the film "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby". In 2002, he played Randolph Churchill in the film Churchill. In 2013, Tom turned to the horror genre, playing a vampire in the movie "Only lovers will survive." And a year later the project "Crimson Peak" appeared on the horizon.

It coincided that the actor and his hero had the same names - Tom. Only Thomas of the "Crimson Peak" is a strange man who frightens a young wife and his terrible house, and a mysterious sister. What secrets Thomas Sharpe keeps and what "skeletons" are hidden in his closet, the viewer will only find out in the finale of the film.

Charlie Hannam as Dr. Alan

There is one more figurant of all events in the picture "Crimson Peak". Actors Charlie Hannam and Mia Wasikowska play friends - Dr. Alan McMichael and Edith. When strange events begin to occur in the house to which Edith moved, she calls on Alan's help, and he gets involved in the maelstrom of the most incredible incidents.

Charlie Hannam, shortly before the filming of "Crimson Peak," already collaborated with Guillermo del Toro: he played a major role in his film "Pacific Frontier". This project del Toro collected in the global box office 411 million dollars.

Prior to that, Charlie Hannam appeared only in little-known films: Stefan Ruzovicki's Blackbird, Matthew Chapman's The Price of Passion, Christopher McCuerry's Stanford Prison Experiment and so on.

In 2016 on the screens will be the action movie Guy Ritchie "Knights of the round table: King Arthur", in which Charlie will play Arthur. The rating of the expectation of this film is very high. And it's very possible that after the premiere Hannam will become a real British movie star.

Other performers of roles

Almost no other star has appeared in the film "Crimson Peak". Reviews of the film, however, say that the audience was satisfied. Who else can you see in the film Guillermo del Toro?

The role of Father Edith went to the American actor and director Jim Beaver. Basically, Beaver starred in the series: "Supernatural", "Deadwood" and "Justice."

Since the film contains elements of the detective, it was not without a private detective. They became Burn Gorman, who also can be seen in the role of Charles in the series "Games of Thrones", as well as in the role of Philip Striver in the movie "The Dark Knight: The Renaissance of the Legend."

Alan's mother was played by Leslie Hope - the star of TV series "Doctor House", "Law and order. Criminal Intent ", as well as" Woman President ".

Premiere and fees

74 million dollars - that's how much I could collect at the box office "Crimson Peak". The release date of the film in the USA is September 25, 2015. In October the film was seen by all other countries of the world. January 8, 2016 Japan (possibly the latest) will see the horror "Crimson Peak".

Exit in Russia, the picture was scheduled for October 15, 2015 at the premiere came a little over a million viewers. The total volume of funds received in Russia alone amounted to five million dollars.

The final results for box office will be known only in 2016.

Criticism

What critical reviews did the film receive? The Crimson Peak?

The review, received by the film from the newspaper "Zavtra", says that after watching the film, the viewer has a gloomy and heavy feeling. It's because the film after the film del Toro tries to convince his viewer that life is only darkness and suffering.

Many critics agree that "Gothic horror" is an inaccurate definition for the "Crimson Peak". Rather, it's a melodrama. And in its center - all a well-known love triangle. Directors every year grow bolder more and do not hesitate to speculate on the dirty themes of incest, which, in fact, occurs in the "Crimson Peak".

There are also positive moments: these are chic Victorian interiors, funny suits. Again, fans of mysticism will appreciate the flying ghosts around the house, the play of light and other techniques used during the production of the picture.

"Crimson Peak": reviews of the movie viewers

The opinions of critics and ordinary viewers often diverge. Was it possible to reconcile two such different audiences, "Crimson Peak"?

Reviews of the film by the audience are also not always flattering. The dark atmosphere of the picture is pressing, which remains with you for a long time after viewing. Lovers of horror movies will find in this tape little that is terrible and frightening. But in the frame there are plenty of Gothic and melodramatic experiences.

Fans Mia Wasikowski and Tom Hiddleston praised the "Crimson Peak": they left reviews of the film enthusiastic, only because they saw on the screens of their favorites. In general, the plot is very predictable from the very beginning. Thriller did not work: the "main secret" declasses from the very beginning.

What conclusion can be drawn? If the viewer is a fan of the actors involved in the film, he will enjoy watching them in unusual scenery and stylish images. Fans of horror movies and thrillers have absolutely no need to watch the "Crimson Peak", but admirers of gothic melodrames entourage can very much like it. If you want to see something gloomy and sinful, then Guillermo del Toro's tape will also come in handy.