This is headily sumptuous, seductive filmmaking, beautiful and grotesque, with the best-realised ghosts since del Toro’s own The Devil’s Backbone (2001).

| May 28, 2024

Gothic romance with notes of horror, bathed in the unreal and magical colors of a baroque Italian horror and brought to life by Guillermo Del Toro’s beating heart of compassion in the face of evil.

| Nov 4, 2023

This is a goth horror movie that is reminiscent of Hammer and other old timey studios, it’s goth horror that knows how to build a few scares, but mainly how to build attachments to the characters to make you feel their plight.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Nov 2, 2023

Crimson Peak doesn't entirely land its horror or romance elements, but the costume and production design, plus Jessica Chastain's villainous turn, are utterly sumptuous.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 25, 2023

Sumptuously detailed and ornamented, Crimson Peak lays the foundation for a macabre romance of intricate costumes, set pieces, and special effects in the tradition of classical gothic style.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 12, 2022

Fangs and finesse!

| Jul 6, 2021

A beautifully shot, captivating love story.

| Original Score: 9/10 | May 7, 2021

A shiver-inducing horror is let down by a disappointingly thin plot.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 29, 2021

A dark delight that haunts with its unsettling mood and enchants with exquisite imagery.

| Apr 4, 2021

Bloody and by times bloody terrifying, every frame of Crimson Peak drips with del Toro's Grand-Guignol sensibility.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 4, 2021

It's been quite some time since I saw a film, especially a horror film, that I wouldn't change one thing about it.

| Jan 2, 2021

The set designs are simply phenomenal.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Dec 4, 2020

While the love/hate relationship audiences had with CRIMSON PEAK delivered a middling worldwide box office for the film, I contend that not only is it one of the best haunted house movies of all time but ranks as Guillermo Del Toro's true masterpiece.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Oct 26, 2020

Sure, Del Toro's usual flair for grotesque visuals is apparent, though these spiritual permutations sometimes feel too over-the-top for a narrative that justifies a YA range of intellect.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Oct 13, 2020

I felt like I was on a ride with a storyteller who knew exactly what he was doing.

| Original Score: A | Jul 14, 2020

A melodramatic gothic romance mystery that's as unusual and compelling as that sounds.

| Original Score: B+ | Jul 3, 2020

Crimson Peak is a fantastic gothic romance that's filled with plenty of mystery, punctuated with several bumps in the night.

| Jun 29, 2020

A spectacle that does not hold any surprises and that fails in its ability to keep in suspense. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Apr 10, 2020

If Merchant-Ivory made a horror film it would look something like this.

| Original Score: 7 | Feb 24, 2020

There's nothing else like it out right now, and if you've got an inner Goth or English major, this will be right up your alley. It's utterly unique, and could only have been made by Guillermo del Toro.

| Feb 13, 2020