La cumbre escarlata

Que Guillermo no se quedara esta vez solo con la producción puede entenderse como que necesitaba la doble paga. Una cosa con un tema corriente y poco original, que merece un metraje de apenas 90 minutos. Además, la tensión no funciona y se intenta crear el efecto wao mediante trucos retrógrados. Pero la escenografía es realmente hermosa, el elenco es excelente y, la sangre, que se ve de vez en cuando, es satisfactoria. El potencial del romance retorcido que sale de todo esto ofrecía más opciones. Guillermo simplemente querría satisfacer a una audiencia amplia y por eso decidió no tocar la cuerda más perversa. Es una pena que el creador de mundos cinematográficos tan peculiares y mágicos pierda tiempo con una película como esta. (18.10.2015)

La pequeña obra maestra de Del Toro se destacó una vez más por su atmósfera, vestuario y máscaras, y debo decir que me entretuvo durante ciento veinte minutos, especialmente agradezco la apuesta por la actuación de Jessica Beranka, quien se robó la película para sí misma. (25.12.2015)

Gothic horror movie should, by its very nature, contain elements of romance, as well as Gothic novel should contain elements of horror. There is no doubt about that. But this ration must be well-balanced, whether in favor of horror movie with elements of romance or the other way around. Which is exactly where Toro fails. He took half-and-half approach and so it's neither a dog nor a cat, but a kind of hybrid covering two genres, which does not work very well in either department and the ending of "intense snowy Kill Bill final" is not appropriate in terms of genre rules. Audio-visuals are highlighted too much and it lacks a decent story line (it would hardly be enough for a short story), atmosphere, mystery, pace or just a hint of tension between the characters. If del Toro wanted to make the Gothic subgenre more interesting for today's youth, he did not pick his battle very wisely. If his intention was a traditional movie of this subgenre, then he failed terribly. If he tried to pay tribute to Hammer’s horror movies, he did exactly the opposite in a very disrespectful way. In any case, we must admit that the aforementioned audio-visual side of things is really impressive (except for the horrible CGI nonsense...I mean, ghosts and I do not think that in the gothic genre movie it needs to be so obvious) and along with the cast that does their best, is the only thing that makes it bearable. (15.10.2015)

I was wary because to me Del Toro is a pretty overrated director, but en the end I loved Crimson Peak for its artistic style – its not very original story notwithstanding – and I’m giving it almost the highest rating. The money put on it can really be seen. Given that right now there aren’t that many big narrative horror films, I don’t think it’d be fair to throw Crimson Peak among the average. The cast is wonderful, finally someone who really knows how to act in a genre film. A proper gothic-horror in the best sense of the word, and I’m sure it will make it to my TOP 10 this year. (16.10.2015)

Guillermo del Toro can create an atmosphere and a beautiful scenery; you can’t deny that with any of his movies. But the flow of storytelling can sometimes be an issue and it doesn’t let his movies be perfect experiences.For the first 50 minutes, I thought I’d die of the worst possible movie boredom. It wasn’t until Mia found out that she was on Crimson Peak that it all started to get good. Especially since the atmosphere of the house itself began to show. I must admit, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen two completely different movie halves. While the first half of the movie is awfully boring, the second half is what makes the movie worth watching. (04.11.2016)