Day 22 - Crimson Peak - October Horror Movie Challenge

CRIMSON PEAK (2015)

A house as old as this one becomes, in time, a living thing. It starts holding onto things... keeping them alive when they shouldn't be. Some of them are good; some of them bad... Some should never be spoken about again. 

When Edith was young her mother passed away but returned to her as a ghost to warn her against "Crimson Peak". As an adult Edith is a budding horror writer, not being taken seriously. She is being courted by a young Doctor by the name of Alan but she has no interest in getting married, only becoming a writer. When Thomas and Lucille Sharpe arrive from London, the whole town is ablaze with who Thomas will pick as a suitor. He reads Edith's novel and loves it, in turn falling in love with her. Edith, for the first time, finds herself falling in love as well.

But Edith's father is against this courtship and when he finds some troubling news of the Sharpe's past, he pays Thomas and Lucille to leave and to break Edith's heart. Thomas does so, but soon after Edith's father is violently murdered, pushing her into the arms of Thomas.

Thomas and his sister take Edith away to their family home in England, an old decrepit mansion in the middle of nowhere, built on top of a clay mine. The house is falling apart and red clay oozes from every crack, the house itself is slowly sinking into the ground.

Edith begins to see terrifying spirits around the house and begins to get sicker and sicker. But what is causing it all? And why is Lucille so strange? And what is really buried beneath the house in the old clay mind?

Alright...what did I love about this movie?

• WHAT DIDN'T I LOVE? Good lord. This movie is amazing. 
• The scenery and sets are breathtakingly beautiful and the costumes are so delicate and gorgeous.
• The acting is incredible and the script is just mind blowing. "The things we do for love like this are ugly, mad, full of sweat and regret. This love burns you and maims you and twists you inside out. It is a monstrous love and it makes monsters of us all." 
• All the ghosts were terrifying and haunting. The opening scene with Edith's mother returning was so scary. And there was one particular scene where Edith thinks her dog has locked itself in a room but instead it's a ghost and it had me covered in goosebumps.
• Lucille is so amazingly terrifying and the final scene where she's chasing Edith through the snow was just breathtaking.
• When Edith's father is murdered it is shockingly violent but somehow still fits within the film.

What I didn't love?

• Please.

Overall?

I'm a huge Guillermo del Toro fan and it frustrates me to no end that Hollywood doesn't allow this man to make as many movies as he wants. He's constantly being shut down or not funded and I just can't understand why. Pacific Rim is one of my top 5 favorite films of all time, and I'm not gonna lie in saying that Crimson Peak might be up there too. Guillermo is a master of horror and visuals and he is a god send. His imagination must be protected at all costs.

I'm ashamed it took me so long to watch Crimson Peak, but I'll admit it was because I was worried it would suck. A lot of people didn't like it and I was bummed about that. But now that I've seen it, I don't understand why? This movie is a beautiful masterpiece. I want to wrap myself up in the story, I want to run around in long flowing dresses wielding a knife, and I want to live in that beautiful, haunted mansion.

Crimson Peak was built entirely for this movie and I'm so glad this came to be because it brought such a real feel to this story. Unfortunately they had to tear it down after filming which is depressing because I would sell my soul to Guillermo to live there.

This is an amazing ghost story and I can't wait to watch it again!

10/10

Tonight is the premier of the walking dead ya'll! I haven't watched since season 4 because I hated the way the show was going, but Negan has arrived and it looks like Rick's hand is about to get cut off....so I'm back on board!

Stay Spooky!

Ash vs Cooties vs Red Dragon (it's pronounced Fronkonsteen)

Another year, another San Diego Comic Con I am not attending. Alas, I spent the weekend lying on the couch binge watching Glee and Happy Endings. My life gets reallllll light hearted comedy sometimes ya'll.
But, while making sure I roll over every few hours on the couch to avoid bed sores, I have been following along with the many updates pouring out of Comic Con. And there are MANY things to get rowdy about...

• Margot Robbie's already obviously flawless performance as Harley Quinn
• Suicide Squad in general (sorry B v S, no one currr)
• THE STAR WARS PANEL
• The Star Wars behind the scenes reel (IS THIS EVEN REEL IDEK IM DEAD)
• Harrison Ford
• Nerdist presents Comic Con the musical
• Amazing cosplay
• Deadpool
• I mentioned Star Wars right?

BUT
On the horror spectrum, we got some great news coming out between the cracks, so let's talk about it:

First up

Victor Frankenstein! A new Frankenstein movie that doesn't include the old school Frankenstein monster and can make everyone forget about the travesty that was I, Frankenstein. I mean, really, WHAT WAS THAT?! Daniel Radcliffe and the director Paul McGuigan sat down with Jessica Chobot at the Conival and shared a few tid bits about the movie. Most importantly....there will be more than one monster!! Radcliffe also shares about his experience working as a character with a disfigurement. You can check out the panel here .
Victor Frankenstein stars James McAvoy as Frankenstein, and Daniel Radcliffe as Victor Igor. Written by Max Landis, the movie is told from Igor's perspective and watches the transformation of Victor into the mad scientist we lost along the way in film history. It's released on November 25th of this year.

(never forget)

We also got more details on Crimson Peak, and apparently they had a super cool virtual reality tour of the house. Which, btw, they built specifically for this film with working elevators!! Guillermo del Toro can literally do no wrong, you sweet horror loving prince. He also sat down with the Nerdist podcast which hopefully we can hear soon. Also, Guillermo announced he would be turning his movie into a maze at this years Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood. So ima need someone to film a walk through please and thanks.
Crimson Peak is a "gothic romance horror" set in a creepy ass mansion in England during the 19th century. It has an amazing cast including Tom Hiddleston, Jessica Chastain, and Charlie Hunnam.
Check out the trailer here

Next up we got lots of goodies for a movie I am incredibly excited about.....my alter ego; KRAMPUS!!!
This is billed as a horror comedy all about the horrifying story of Krampus, a german folk lore about a demon like figure that goes after children who have been bad. And instead of pulling toys out of his sack for them, he puts them in it.

He's the best.
Krampus was all set up at Comic Con giving us a little glimpse of what Krampus could possibly look like. You can view the images here
The movie stars an amazing cast including Adam Scott and Allison Tolman. It will be released on December 4th.

This weekend was also all about the boomstick baby! That's right, I'm talking about Ash vs Evil Dead - the new series hitting Starz on Halloween this year. We got a trailer, we got a panel, we got a tone of images.
Basically it was a great weekend to be Ash.
And you know, I think we're in good hands here. The trailer was the perfect amount of humor, ridiculousness, creepy images, and SO MUCH GORE. YES BITCH. Once I'd finished the trailer I had to pinch myself to make sure I hadn't just had a fan dream. I'm not even going to bother to explain what this show is about. I mean, the title kind of tips you off?
Also, side note, if you ever get a chance to see Bruce Campbell in person, please fucking do it. I went to his panel two years ago here at the Vancouver Fan Expo and I peed a tiny bit from laughing so damn hard. That man is an entertainer and a charmer to the utmost.
Bloody Disgusting posted the entire panel here
And you can watch the trailer here
(side note - i just stopped typing to watch the trailer again, it's perfect)

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Obviously, we were all deeply saddened when we learned of Hannibal not being renewed after their third season. But honestly, I'm shocked we got this far. That show is just too niche I think, and those crime scenes.....every single one I just sit there yelling HOW WAS THIS ALLOWED ON TV THIS IS AMAZING. I'm looking at you - eye collage of dead bodies. But, we can thank our lucky stars that at least we have a season three and the return to film of one of my personal favorite evil fictional characters of all time - Francis Dolarhyde aka the tooth fairy aka the red dragon.
And he's played by Richard Armitage which is going to give me some weird Thorin/Dolarhyde fantasies that I am not ready for.
So while Amazon and Netflix passed on bringing Hannibal back to life, during Comic Con we were told there could be a possible movie. Showrunner Bryan Fuller revealed that a movie isn't exactly out of the cards. "We're looking at the possibility of a feature".
And that's all we need to keep on believing in Hannibal.
They also released a trailer sharing A LOT more of Richard's portrayal of Dolarhyde and my body is ready. (seriously....this thing is 6 minutes long) ALSO ZACHARY QUINTO!!!!!!!!!!! EYEBROWS!!!!!!!!
Check it out here

And last but not least, Cooties was screened for some lucky attendees of comic con and I was super jealous. A new horror zombie comedy that speaks to my soul as not only is it children zombies...but they contact the virus by eating tainted chicken nuggets.
Like
Did I write this script and not remember?
The film stars Elijah Wood, Jack McBrayer and marks the return to horror of Rainn Wilson.
Check out the trailer here
And watch Elijah Wood's ten minute panel when he sits down with Chris Hardwick at Conival and talks about Cooties and horror movies in general. Check that out here

Alright,
That's it from me. I'm still trying to re-brand here, as if anyone notices, but that's why I'm not updating as much. Also I went through a horror movie dry spell. But I'm back on track. Mitch leaves for Edmonton tomorrow and I have a week to occupy myself which means horror movies all night long while camping out on the couch. I live wild, I know.