Crimson Peak Review

I am going to make this review very brief since it has been in the theater for a long time.

Crimson Peak tells the story of a writer in the nineteenth century, who stays in an old house. She finds out that not only is the house haunted, but it is also the house that the ghost of her mother warned her of. She must now find out the mystery of what happened at this house, and why she is in danger.

First of all,this movie is visually stunning, and has a better production value than most other horror movies. It successfully recreates the time period, and the atmosphere is very eerie. However, I personally didn't find it as scary as I was expecting.

The ghosts in this movie are done with CGI. Normally, this doesn't work in horror movies because it doesn't look as real as practical effects, but it works better when it's making ghosts than for something more concrete. The CGI is a good thing in the way that it can make the ghosts more gruesome than practical effects. But the issue I had with this is that the ghosts really didn't have to look very gruesome. I understand that their bodies are decomposing, but I don't think it makes sense that their ghosts need to decompose as well.

In conclusion, Crimson Peak is a visually stunning and moderately scary movie, despite its flaws. Overall, I would recommend it to horror movie fans.

3.0 out of 5 stars.