4. Crimson Peak (2015)
Directed By: Guillermo del Toro
Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Jessica Chastain
Genre: Horror
Guillermo del Toro has one of the most diverse portfolios in film and is certainly Mexico’s most successful filmmaker. He’s done Blade, Hellboy, Pacific Rim, helped write The Hobbit Trilogy, and created a hit TV series, The Strain. But my introduction to him came in the form of his tragic fantasy film Pan’s Labyrinth, which arguably remains to this day his best film yet. His dedication to practical costumes and old school fairy tale influence gave that film an enticing dreamlike quality that quickly turned to nightmare. Crimson Peak is the first film he’s done in years that seems to be following in Pan‘s footsteps and I can’t wait to see what dark corners of the human mind it goes.
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