16 September 2024

Crimson Peak

 

Crimson Peak 2015

  • Director: Guillerma del Toro
  • Seen by this director: The Shape of Water, Pacific Rim, Pan’s Labyrinth, Mimic  
  • Based on the novel: no
  • Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston
  • Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in
    • Mia Wasikowska – Many
    • Jessica Chastain – Many
    • Tom Hiddleston – many including The Hollow Crown
  • Why? The cast
  • Seen: 13 September 2024 

Edith Cushing (Wasikowska) a radical young writer in late 19th century New York, sees ghosts, and writes about them ’as metaphores’, unappreciated by publishers.

Thomas Sharpe (Hiddleston) an inventor from London and impoverished aristocrat, unappreciated by Edith’s father who forbids him from seeing Edith.

Romance, class politics, ghosts and Tom Hiddleston – what more can we ask?

As followers of this blog know, I’m not fond of love stories but, I mean, Tom Hiddleston! Even if he is charmingly creepy here.

It’s a visually pleasing, spooky and entertaining Gothic romance. 

4* of 5


 

 

 

 

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