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Rating : 2/10
Release Date : 16th October, 2015
Time : 119 minutes
Director, Writer : Guillermo Del Toro; Co-Writer : Matthew Robbins; Music : Fernando Velazquez;
Starring : Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Hunnam, Jim Beaver



The biggest mystery in this slasher / horror / thriller is why Tom Hiddleston took up his role ? Could he have been any more wimpier ? And overall, apart from a few cheap thrill, scary moments, could the film have been any more predictable ?


Mia is a strong-willed, feisty character, brought up by her doting, rich father (Jim) after her mother died when she was young. She has written a ghost story, partly because of the fact that she can occasionally see her mother�s ghost (quite scary, and absolutely non-maternal in behavior) ever since the night she passed away. However big publishers are encouraging her to trash her book and instead write romantic novels instead. While her mom�s ghost keeps warning her to stay away from Crimson Peak.



The return of her childhood friend, a doctor (Charlie), to set up practice coincides with the visit of a British Baronet, Tom Hiddleston and his sister, Jessica. And then things get interesting. Or do they ?



The fact that you can guess every little story twist, along with even the way the ghosts make their entrance doesn�t help the movie. The overall depressing atmosphere, the sordid going-ons, the rather black and white characters and the gore (sickening, unnecessary stuff) � nothing helps the movie. And you�re really left wondering till the end why couldn�t the brother-sister duo simply move away ?



The film has only one possible, larger-purpose use. If you�re of the right age and a guy, and you take a girl / woman to this one, you�re almost guaranteed some cling time. Apart from that, found it to be a most frightening waste of time � and I lay the blame squarely on Tom�s doorstep � I simply wouldn�t have gone, if it weren�t for him�

Rating : 5/10
Release Date : 10th April, 2015
Time : 92 minutes (100 minutes in USA)
Director & Writer : David Robert Mitchell; Music : Various
Starring : Maika Monroe, Lili Sepe, Keir Gilchrist, Daniel Zovatto, Jake Weary, Olivia Luccardi, Bailey Spry



You get the atmosphere - the unmistakably horror film kind � where spooky, unexplained bad things happen. Where you watch almost every frame in anticipation of the next attack. Where the music plays tricks with you � building up a crescendo all too often, including for a few false alarms. But what you miss a credible story � where the mystifying events begin to make sense and get woven into a satisfying conclusion.




Something or someone begins to follow you, steadily, slowly but surely. Has the potential to do you great harm. Can come at any moment, will walk at a gentle, even pace but will make a beeline for you. Will not be visible to anyone else. And the only way to get rid of it is to have sex with someone. In which case it begins to follow your partner�but beware� in case it manages to kill him/her, it will circle back and begin to follow you again !



Its this evil that enters the life of Maika � unexpectedly and after some good sex, of course. It changes her, her life. And also the life of her motley group of childhood friends � Lili, Keir, Olivia. Lili and Keir are siblings, Keir has a huge crush on Maika, likes watching her secretly and they had also been each others first kiss� Daniel, a good-looking slightly older neighbor joins the circle a little later, to help save Maika, much to Keir�s underplayed disgust.



And so the movie goes�there are attacks, saviours, escapes and more attacks�Whatever it is that follows, does so relentlessly. There is some sex also that happens but the Indian censors obviously don�t deem us worthy of watching as the movie is 8 minutes shorter vs the US length�.Such movies work for me only if there is a satisfying conclusion, one where all the threads get neatly tied up�and unfortunately, that is not the case here�which lets the entire film down for me�