Crimson Peak is a 2015 US horror film directed by Guillermo del Toro (Cronos; Hellboy and sequels; Pacific Rim) from a screenplay by del Toro, Matthew Robbins and Lucinda Coxon.
The film stars Mia Wasikowska (Stoker), Tom Hiddleston (Kong: Skull Island), Charlie Hunnam, and Jessica Chastain (Dark Shadows (2005)). It is being produced by Legendary Pictures and distributed by Universal Pictures.
Del Toro has said this film is a “ghost story and gothic romance”. He described it as “a very set-oriented, classical but at the same time modern take on the ghost story”, and said that it would allow him to play with the genres’ conventions while subverting their rules. He stated, “I think people are getting used to horror subjects done as found footage or B-value budgets. I wanted this to feel like a throwback.”
Principal photography began at Pinewood Toronto Studios on February 10 and ended on May 14, 2014. The film is scheduled to be released on October 16, 2015.
Plot teaser:
Set in Cumbria, in a crumbling mansion in a largely rural and mountainous region of northern England in the 19th century, young author Edith Cushing (Wasikowska) discovers that her charming new husband Sir Thomas Sharpe (Hiddleston) is not who he appears to be…
Cast:
- Mia Wasikowska as Edith Cushing
- Sofia Wells as Young Edith
- Tom Hiddleston as Sir Thomas Sharpe, Edith’s husband
- Charlie Hunnam as Dr. Alan McMichael
- Jessica Chastain as Lady Lucille Sharpe, Sir Thomas’s sister
- Jim Beaver as Carter Cushing
- Emily Coutts as Eunice McMichael
- Matia Jackett as Young Eunice
- Leslie Hope as Mrs. McMichael, Alan’s mother
- Burn Gorman as Holly
- Doug Jones
- Javier Botet
