Will the star of Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming Gothic haunted house film Crimson Peak be the house itself?
In the first image, Jessica Chastain was shrouded both in a stunner of a dress, as well as by the glimpse of the home behind her. In new images, one featuring Tom Hiddleston, the other Mia Wasikowska, the design of del Toro’s manor is ever captivating (as is Wasikowska’s hair). The filmmaker has spoken of The Haunting and The Shining as inspirations for hypnotic design and it looks like he’s succeeded in capturing such.
Empire revealed the new images from the film, and they were subsequently scanned by Collider. In Crimson Peak, In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds and remembers. A haunting gothic horror story directed by the master of dark fairy tales, Guillermo del Toro, written by del Toro and Matthew Robbins and starring Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston and Charlie Hunnam.
Crimson Peak is out October 16th.