Get ready for a horror movie where the making of it is as terrifying as the film itself!
You're watching Beyond The Trailer's review of Crimson Peak...
Wanna hear something both terrifying AND sad?! This film was originally supposed to star
Benedict Cumberbatch and Emma Stone! But even though Tom Hiddleston and Mia Wasikowska seem
like a slight downgrade, filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro insists that Crimson Peak is supposed
to move the horror genre AWAY from it's current B movie status. Yes, Del Toro looks at the
horror movies being made today with their found footage and torture porn, and yearns
for the good ol' days of the genre with movies like The Haunting, The Innocents, The Omen,
The Exorcist and, of course, The Shining. But what's interesting is that M Night Shyamalan's
latest horror film, The Visit - which is a found footage film - opening quite successfully
just last month with twenty-five million, and in a month has scared up over fifty million.
And that's with a five million dollar budget, mind you. Now in comparison, Crimson Peak
was made for about fifty-five million, yet is only expected to open with about sixteen
million and end its run with UNDER fifty million. Holy Crap! I mean, maybe the overseas box
office can come to Crimson Peak's rescue, but that's a shockingly low turnout considering
the YEARS Universal and Legendary have spent promoting this thing! TWO Comic Cons, a special
Halloween set for select YouTubers to utilize including Beyond The Trailer, and a maze at
Universal Studios' Halloween Horror Nights! Hmm, perhaps Universal was right to insist
that this film be rated PG-13, a demand Del Toro and Legendary refused to meet, which
resulted in Universal's refusal to cover any of the film's budget. In fact, Crimson Peak
is just one part of a much larger battle between Universal and Legendary, a battle which also
counts Pacific Rim 2 as a casualty. Speaking of Pacific Rim, Jaeger pilot Charlie Hunnam
is in Crimson Peak as well. To date, Del Toro refuses to believe Pacific Rim 2 is dead and
continues to tweet about it as if it might still happen, despite Universal taking it
off their release schedule. Perhaps Del Toro can't believe that potential franchise is
dead, as it's by far and away the most successful film he's ever made. Hollywood can be cruel,
and if Crimson Peak also meets a dark fate, perhaps the only way Del Toro will be able
to lift the curse on his career is to...take studio notes! (SHUDDER)
See, I told you Crimson Peak's behind scenes details are haunting!
Now how about the movie itself...?