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{{Infobox film
| name           = Crimson Peak
| image          = Crimson Peak theatrical poster.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Guillermo del Toro]]
| producer       = {{Plainlist|
* Guillermo del Toro
* Callum Greene
* [[Jon Jashni]]
* [[Thomas Tull]]
}}
| writer         = {{Plainlist|
* Guillermo del Toro
* [[Matthew Robbins (screenwriter)|Matthew Robbins]]
}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Mia Wasikowska]]
* [[Jessica Chastain]]
* [[Tom Hiddleston]]
* [[Charlie Hunnam]]
* [[Jim Beaver]]
}}
| music          = [[Fernando Velázquez (composer)|Fernando Velázquez]]
| cinematography = [[Dan Laustsen]]
| editing        = [[Bernat Vilaplana]]
| studio         = {{Plainlist|
* [[Legendary Entertainment|Legendary Pictures]]
* Double Dare You Productions
}}
| distributor    = [[Universal Pictures]]
| released       = {{Film date|2015|9|25|[[Fantastic Fest]]|2015|10|16|United States}}
| runtime        = 119 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 118:39--><ref>{{cite web|url=https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/crimson-peak-film|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925201032/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/crimson-peak-film|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 25, 2015|title=''CRIMSON PEAK'' (15)|work=[[British Board of Film Classification]]|date=September 25, 2015|access-date=September 25, 2015}}</ref>
| country        = {{Plainlist|
* United States
* Mexico<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/guillermo-del-toros-crimson-peak-830592 |title=Guillermo del Toro's 'Crimson Peak' to Open Morelia Film Fest |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=October 7, 2015 |access-date=October 7, 2015}}</ref>
* Canada<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.google.com/s/globalfilmstudies.com/2016/01/04/crimson-peak-us-canada-2015/ |title=''Crimson Peak'' (US-Canada 2015) |website=globalfilmstudies.com |access-date=June 17, 2015}}</ref>
}}
| language       = English
| budget         = $55 million<ref name="BOM" />
| gross          = $74.7 million<ref name="BOM">{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=crimsonpeak.htm|title=Crimson Peak (2015)|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|publisher=[[IMDb|IMDb.com, Inc.]]|access-date=January 10, 2016}}</ref>
}}

'''''Crimson Peak''''' is a 2015 [[Gothic romance film]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Hemrajani|first=Sara|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-film-crimsonpeak-idUSKCN0S616V20151012|title=Del Toro subverts gothic romance gender expectations in 'Crimson Peak'|work=reuters.com|publisher=[[Reuters]]|date=October 12, 2015|access-date=October 12, 2015}}</ref> directed by [[Guillermo del Toro]] and written by del Toro and [[Matthew Robbins (screenwriter)|Matthew Robbins]]. The film stars [[Mia Wasikowska]], [[Tom Hiddleston]], [[Jessica Chastain]], [[Charlie Hunnam]], and [[Jim Beaver]]. The story, set in [[Victorian era|Victorian-Era]] [[England]], follows an aspiring author who travels to a remote Gothic mansion in [[Cumberland]], [[England]] with her new husband and his sister. There, she must decipher the mystery behind the ghostly visions that haunt her new home.

In 2006, a [[spec script]] written by Del Toro and Robbins was sold to [[Universal Pictures]], with Del Toro set to direct. Development was delayed due to scheduling conflicts. The film was described as a "ghost story and gothic romance" heavily inspired by other horror films, such as ''[[The Haunting (1963 film)|The Haunting]]'', ''[[The Innocents (1961 film)|The Innocents]]'' and ''[[The Shining (film)|The Shining]]''. [[Principal photography]] began at [[Pinewood Toronto Studios]] in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]] on February 10, 2014, with additional filming in [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]], and ended on May 16 that year. The film was produced by [[Legendary Pictures]] and Del Toro's production company, [[Guillermo del Toro|Double Dare You Productions]].

''Crimson Peak'' premiered at [[Fantastic Fest]] on September 25, 2015, and was released in the United States on October 16, 2015, in standard and [[IMAX]] formats. The film received generally positive reviews from critics but underperformed at the box office,  grossing $74 million worldwide. The film received three nominations at the [[21st Empire Awards]], including [[Empire Award for Best Horror|Best Horror]]. It received nine nominations at the [[42nd Saturn Awards]], winning three, including [[Saturn Award for Best Horror Film|Best Horror Film]], [[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] for Chastain and Best Production Design for [[Thomas E. Sanders]].

== Plot ==
In 1887 [[Buffalo, New York]], [[List of American heiresses|American heiress]] Edith Cushing, daughter of wealthy businessman Carter Cushing, is visited by her mother's ghost who warns, "Beware of Crimson Peak."

In 1901, Edith is now a budding author, and meets English [[baronet]] Sir Thomas Sharpe and his sister, Lucille. Thomas seeks investors for his invention, a digging machine to revive his family's clay mines, but Mr. Cushing rejects his proposal. Thomas and Edith become romantically attached, leading her father to hire a private detective who uncovers unsavory facts about the Sharpe siblings. Mr. Cushing bribes them to leave America, forcing Thomas to "break Edith's heart" by disparaging her and her novel.

Thomas returns Edith's manuscript with a letter explaining his actions, and they reconcile. Mr. Cushing is brutally murdered, raising the suspicions of Edith's childhood friend, Dr. Alan McMichael. Thomas marries Edith — giving her a ring taken from Lucille — and they arrive at Allerdale Hall, the Sharpes' dilapidated [[Cumberland]] mansion, which is sinking into the [[red clay]] mine below. Lucille plies Edith with tea made from "firethorn berries" and Thomas persuades her to put her father's fortune toward his machine.

Edith begins to notice Thomas's absence from their shared bedroom during the night. She is plagued by nightmares and continually visited by gruesome red ghosts around Allerdale, one of which tricks her into opening a closet, where she discovers [[Phonograph cylinder|wax phonograph cylinders]], before chasing her into the cellars, where she finds a locked trunk engraved with the name "Enola". Soon after this, Thomas tells Edith that the estate is referred to as "Crimson Peak" due to the warm clay from the mine leaching up from the ground and staining the winter snow, turning it bright red. Thomas takes Edith on a trip to the local post office for some fresh air after Edith demands to leave, where she receives a letter addressed to E. Sharpe. Snowed in for the night, they finally have sex, which Lucille is infuriated to learn.

Edith steals a key from Lucille bearing the inscription "Enola" and unlocks the trunk to find a gramophone and secret documents. Using the gramophone to listen to the audio recordings on the wax cylinders, and while reading the paper documents, Edith learns that Thomas previously married [[Lady in Red (ghost)|three other wealthy women]] — including Enola Sciotti, the letter's intended recipient — and that Lucille has been poisoning Edith with tea as part of the siblings' "marriage and murder" scheme to finance Thomas's inventions. Edith confronts her husband and sister-in-law, catching them in an incestuous embrace, and Lucille pushes her from a balcony.

Alan has learned what Mr. Cushing uncovered about the Sharpes: Thomas's multiple marriages and Lucille's time in a mental institution. He travels to Allerdale Hall to rescue Edith, arriving just after she has been pushed. Tending to her injuries, Alan prepares to leave with Edith, but Lucille stabs him and demands that Thomas finish the job. Thomas, instead, inflicts an intentionally nonfatal stab wound to Alan before hiding him in the cellar.

Lucille forces Edith to sign a transfer deed granting the Sharpes ownership of her estate, and confesses to having murdered Thomas's previous wives and having borne a child with Thomas that soon died — these are the ghosts who have appeared to Edith. Lucille admits to murdering Edith's father, as well as her own mother when she discovered Lucille and Thomas's sexual relationship. Edith stabs Lucille with her pen and flees, but is confronted by Thomas, who has truly fallen in love with her. He burns the deed and begs his sister to join him and Edith in a new life together, but an enraged Lucille fatally stabs him. She pursues Edith with the cleaver she used to kill her mother, but is halted by Thomas's ghost, allowing Edith to kill her with a shovel. Edith silently bids Thomas farewell before he vanishes.

Edith and Alan are rescued by the villagers, and Lucille becomes the ghost of Allerdale Hall, playing her piano for eternity. Some time later, Edith writes a novel titled ''Crimson Peak''.

== Cast ==
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* [[Mia Wasikowska]] as Edith Cushing, an aspiring novelist
** Sofia Wells as young Edith
* [[Jessica Chastain]] as Lucille Sharpe, Thomas' sister
* [[Tom Hiddleston]] as Thomas Sharpe, a [[baronet]], inventor, and Lucille's brother
* [[Charlie Hunnam]] as Dr. Alan McMichael, an [[Optometry|optometrist]] and Edith's longtime friend
** [[William Healy (actor)|William Healy]] as young Alan
* [[Jim Beaver]] as Carter Cushing, a wealthy businessman and Edith's father
* [[Burn Gorman]] as Holly, a private investigator hired by Carter
* [[Leslie Hope]] as Mrs. McMichael, Alan's mother
* [[Jonathan Hyde]] as Ogilvie, the head of a [[publishing]] company
* [[Doug Jones (actor)|Doug Jones]] as the ghosts of Edith's mother and Lady Sharpe
* [[Bruce Gray]] as William Ferguson, Carter's lawyer
* [[Emily Coutts]] as Eunice, a [[socialite]] whom Thomas is initially attracted to
** Matia Jackett as young Eunice
* Alec Stockwell as Finlay, a foreman at the Sharpes' clay mine
* [[Joanna Douglas (actress)|Joanna Douglas]] as Annie, the Cushings' live-in maid
* [[Bill Lake]] as a coroner
* [[Javier Botet]] as the ghosts of Enola Sciotti, Margaret McDermott, and Pamela Upton

== Production ==
=== Pre-production ===
{{quote box|width=225px|quote=But basically what it is, is a really, really, almost classical gothic romance ghost story, but then it has two or three scenes that are really, really disturbing in a very, very modern way. Very, very disturbing, it's a proper R rating. And it's adult.|source= —Guillermo del Toro<ref name=Collider1 />}}

[[File:Guillermo del Toro by Gage Skidmore 3.jpg|upright|thumb|Guillermo del Toro at the 2015 [[San Diego Comic-Con]] promoting the film]]

Del Toro and Robbins wrote the original [[spec script]] after the release of ''[[Pan's Labyrinth]]'' in 2006. It was sold quietly to Donna Langley at Universal. Del Toro planned to direct the film, but postponed the project to make ''[[Hellboy II: The Golden Army]]'', and then again to work on ''[[The Hobbit (film series)|The Hobbit]]'' films. Langley suggested that del Toro produce the film for another director, but he could not find one he deemed suitable. While directing ''[[Pacific Rim (film)|Pacific Rim]]'', del Toro developed a good working relationship with [[Legendary Entertainment]]'s [[Thomas Tull]] and Jon Jashni, who asked what he wanted to do next. Del Toro sent them his screenplays for a film adaptation of ''[[At the Mountains of Madness]]'', a Western adaptation of ''[[The Count of Monte Cristo]]'', and ''Crimson Peak''. The producers deemed the last of these "the best project for us, just the right size". Universal allowed del Toro to move the project to Legendary, with the caveat that they could put up money for a stake in the film.<ref name="deadline">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2012/12/guillermo-del-toro-to-helm-crimson-peak-as-next-feature-with-legendary-pictures-380209/|title=Guillermo Del Toro To Helm 'Crimson Peak' As Next Feature, With Legendary Pictures|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=December 3, 2012|access-date=December 15, 2013}}</ref>

Del Toro called the film a "ghost story and gothic romance". He has described it as "a very set-oriented, classical but at the same time modern take on the ghost story", and said that it would allow him to play with the genres' conventions while subverting their rules.<ref name="deadline" /> He stated, "I think people are getting used to horror subjects done as [[Found footage (film technique)|found footage]] or [[B movie|B-value]] budgets. I wanted this to feel like a throwback."<ref name="total" />

Del Toro wanted the film to honor the "grand dames" of the haunted house genre, namely [[Robert Wise]]'s ''[[The Haunting (1963 film)|The Haunting]]'' and [[Jack Clayton]]'s ''[[The Innocents (1961 film)|The Innocents]]''. The director intended to make a large-scale horror film in the tradition of those he grew up watching, such as ''[[The Omen]]'', ''[[The Exorcist]]'', and ''[[The Shining (film)|The Shining]]''. He cited the latter as "another Mount Everest of the haunted house movie", praising the high production values and [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s control over the large sets.<ref name="deadline" />

British playwright [[Lucinda Coxon]] was enlisted to rewrite the script with del Toro, in hopes of bringing it a "proper degree of perversity and intelligence", but she is not credited on the finished film.<ref name="total">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.totalfilm.com/news/guillermo-del-toro-updates-on-crimson-peak-and-pacific-rim-2|title=Guillermo del Toro updates on Crimson Peak and Pacific Rim 2|author=Total Film|magazine=[[Total Film]]|date=February 17, 2013|access-date=December 15, 2013}}</ref>

[[Benedict Cumberbatch]] and [[Emma Stone]] were originally cast, but both dropped out of the production. [[Tom Hiddleston]] and [[Mia Wasikowska]] took over their respective roles, making this film their second collaboration after ''[[Only Lovers Left Alive]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thewrap.com/movies/column-post/mia-wasikowska-talks-replace-emma-stone-guillermo-del-toros-crimson-peak-exclusive-95671|title=Mia Wasikowska May Replace Emma Stone in Guillermo del Toro's 'Crimson Peak' (Exclusive)|last=Sneider|first=Jeff|website=[[TheWrap]]|date=June 5, 2013|access-date=December 15, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/sep/09/tom-hiddleston-benedict-cumberbatch-crimson-peak|work=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |title=Tom Hiddleston poised to fill Benedict Cumberbatch's shoes on Crimson Peak|date=September 9, 2013|last=Child|first=Ben}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Shaw-Williams|first=H.|title=Guillermo Del Toro Says 'Crimson Peak' is Shocking, Kinky, Gothic & Scary|url=https://screenrant.com/guillermo-del-toro-crimson-peak-movie-details/|work=July 2013|date=July 2013 |publisher=Screen Rant|access-date=November 12, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Benedict Cumberbatch Drops 'Crimson Peak,' Guillermo Del Toro's Haunted House Thriller|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/21/benedict-cumberbatch-crimson-peak_n_3792778.html |work=[[The Huffington Post]] |access-date=November 12, 2013|first=Christopher|last=Rosen|date=August 21, 2013}}</ref> ''Crimson Peak'' is also the second collaboration between Wasikowska and Chastain after starring together in ''[[Lawless (film)|Lawless]]''. The film was titled ''Haunted Peak'' while under production, a title used only for the studio booking.<ref>{{cite web|last=Delhauer|first=Matt|title=Guillermo del Toro's "Peak" finds release date|date=October 31, 2013 |url=http://diaboliquemagazine.com/guillermo-del-toros-peak-finds-release-date/|publisher=Diabolique Magazine|access-date=November 12, 2013}}</ref> In the summer of 2013, [[Burn Gorman]] joined the cast in a cameo role.<ref name=Collider1>{{cite web|last=Chitwood|first=Adam|title=Guillermo del Toro Says They're Writing the First Season of THE STRAIN Before Filming; Calls CRIMSON PEAK His "First Adult Movie in the English Language"|url=https://collider.com/the-strain-crimson-peak-news-guillermo-del-toro/|website=Collider|date=July 9, 2013 |access-date=November 20, 2013}}</ref>

In October 2013, Chastain went through a full-body cast process for the film. She posted pictures on her Facebook of her getting her head, torso, and fists cast.<ref>{{cite web|last=Chitwood|first=Adam|title=Jessica Chastain Gets a Body Cast for Guillermo del Toro's CRIMSON PEAK in New Images|url=https://collider.com/jessica-chastain-crimson-peak-images/|website=Collider|access-date=November 20, 2013|date=October 2, 2013}}</ref> Composer [[Fernando Velázquez (composer)|Fernando Velázquez]] composed the film's score.<ref name=FMR1>{{cite web|title=Fernando Velazquez to Score Guillermo Del Toro's 'Crimson Peak'|url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2013/10/02/fernando-velazquez-to-score-guillermo-del-toros-crimson-peak/|publisher=Film Music Reporter|access-date=January 23, 2014}}</ref> Callum Greene, Jon Jashni and [[Thomas Tull]] helped produce the film.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Allan Tong|title='A Filmmaker Lives in a Suitcase': Guillermo del 'Toronto' Speaks During TIFF |url=http://filmmakermagazine.com/76151-a-filmmaker-lives-in-a-suitcase-guillermo-del-toronto-speaks-during-tiff/ |work=[[Filmmaker (magazine)|Filmmaker]] |access-date=June 3, 2014|date=September 15, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author1=Germain Lussier|title=Release Dates: Guillermo del Toro's 'Crimson Peak,' 'Pitch Perfect 2,' 'Everest,' 'Ouija' And Others|url=http://www.slashfilm.com/guillermo-del-toros-crimson-peak-pitch-perfect-2-everest-ouija-and-others-get-release-dates/|publisher=Slash Film|access-date=June 3, 2014|date=January 30, 2014}}</ref>

=== Filming ===
[[Principal photography]] began in [[Toronto]] at [[Pinewood Toronto Studios]] on February 10, and ended on May 16, 2014. On April 28, filming started on Queen Street South, between Main Street and King Street in [[Hamilton, Ontario]]. That section of roadway was closed to traffic and covered in topsoil to assist in the look of the setting. The  building to the west figured prominently.<ref name=HollywoodReporter1>{{cite news|url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/guillermo-del-toros-crimson-peak-650845 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |title=Guillermo del Toro's 'Crimson Peak' Gets February 2014 Start Date |first= Etan |last=Vlessing |date=October 25, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/guillermo-del-toros-crimson-peak-renamed-haunted-peak-will-spookily-materialize-in-theaters-april-2015-20131025|publisher=IndieWire|title=Updated: Guillermo Del Toro's 'Crimson Peak' Will Spookily Materialize In Theaters April 2015|date=October 25, 2013 |last=Taylor|first=Drew }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Perry-Folino|first=Joanna|title=Interview with Jim Beaver: Actor, Friend, Writer and Film Star|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joanna-perryfolino/interview-with-jim-beaver_b_4751476.html |work=[[The Huffington Post]] |date=February 13, 2014}}</ref> Filming also took place in [[Kingston, Ontario]] on April 14, 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://kingstonherald.com/entertainment/crimson-peak-kingston-2010313172|work=Kingston Herald|date=April 14, 2014|last=Hart|first=Courtney|title=Crimson Peak Filming in Kingston's Market Square}}</ref> The trailer features [[PJ Harvey]]'s cover of "[[Red Right Hand]]".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3332427/crimson-pek-teaser-trailer-poster/ |publisher=Bloody Disgusting |date=February 13, 2015 |last=Cooper |first=Patrick |title='Crimson Peak' Trailer Proves Ghosts Are Real!}}</ref>

=== Music ===
{{Main|Crimson Peak (soundtrack)}}

== Release ==
''Crimson Peak'' held its [[world premiere]] at [[Fantastic Fest]], in [[Austin, Texas]], on September 25, 2015, with Del Toro in attendance, and was held as a "secret screening". The film was also screened at the UGC Cine Cite Bercy on September 28 in [[Paris, France]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Mia Wasikowska et Tom Hiddleston, charmeurs pour l'effrayant "Crimson Peak" |url=http://www.purepeople.com/article/mia-wasikowska-et-tom-hiddleston-charmeurs-pour-l-effrayant-crimson-peak_a166028/1 |website=[[PurePeople]] |access-date=August 2, 2018 |language=fr |date=September 29, 2015}}</ref> The film premiered at [[Lincoln Square, Manhattan|Lincoln Square]] in [[New York City|New York]] on October 14, 2015.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Borge |first1=Jonathan |title=Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, and the Cast of Crimson Peak Shine at the Film's New York Premiere |url=https://www.instyle.com/news/jessica-chastain-tom-hiddleston-premiere-crimson-peak |website=[[InStyle]] |access-date=August 2, 2018 |language=en |date=October 15, 2015 |archive-date=August 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802193347/https://www.instyle.com/news/jessica-chastain-tom-hiddleston-premiere-crimson-peak |url-status=dead }}</ref> The film was released theatrically in the United States on October 16, 2015, in standard and [[IMAX]] formats.<ref name="comingsoon1">{{cite web|url=https://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=114202|title=Universal Dates Crimson Peak, Ouija, Pitch Perfect 2 and More!|date=January 31, 2014 |publisher=ComingSoon.net|access-date=January 31, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Ford|first=Rebecca|title='Pitch Perfect 2,' 'Crimson Peak,' 'Everest' Get Release Dates|url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/pitch-perfect-2-crimson-peak-675882|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=February 5, 2014}}</ref>

=== Promotion ===
[[File:SDCC 2015 - Guillermo del Toro, Mia Wasikowska, Tom Hiddleston & Jessica Chastain (19544075548).jpg|right|thumb|The cast and crew of ''Crimson Peak'' at the 2015 [[San Diego Comic-Con]] to promote the film.]]
At [[San Diego Comic-Con]] on July 23, 2014, del Toro helped create props for the Legendary Pictures booth by allowing fans to walk through snow-covered gates, and a gallery of props from the set and costumes from the film, including a bloody knife and moth print in the wallpaper that spell out the word "fear".<ref>{{cite web|title= Comic Con: Legendary booth experience with Crimson Peak, Warcraft, & PacRim! |url=https://joblo.com/movie-news/comic-con-we-look-deeper-into-guillermo-del-toros-crimson-peak-805|publisher=Jo Blo|access-date=July 24, 2014|date=July 23, 2014|author=Paul Shirey}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author1=Rebecca Keegan|title=Comic-Con: Guillermo del Toro takes fans into 'Crimson Peak,' 'Pacific Rim'|url=http://herocomplex.latimes.com/movies/comic-con-guillermo-del-toro-takes-fans-into-crimson-peak-pacific-rim/|work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=July 24, 2014}}</ref> On February 13, 2015, the first trailer for the film was released online.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/universal/crimsonpeak/|title=Crimson Peak Trailer}}</ref> On May 13, 2015, the second trailer was released online, together with an international trailer featuring alternate material.<ref>{{cite web |author=CS |title=The New Crimson Peak Trailer Is Here! |url=https://comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/439905-the-new-crimson-peak-trailer-is-here |publisher=[[CraveOnline|ComingSoon.net]] |date=May 13, 2015}}</ref>

On June 16, 2015, four character posters were released, featuring the four main cast members.<ref>{{cite web |author=Angie Han |title='Crimson Peak' Character Posters Introduce The Inhabitants Of Guillermo del Toro's Haunted House |url=http://www.slashfilm.com/crimson-peak-character-posters/ |publisher=[[SlashFilm]] |date=June 16, 2015}}</ref> On July 6, 2015, four alternate character posters were released, less than a week prior to Legendary Pictures' ''Crimson Peak'' panel at San Diego Comic-Con.<ref>{{cite web |author=H. Shaw-Williams |title='Crimson Peak' Comic-Con Character Posters Include Ominous Symbolism |url=https://screenrant.com/crimson-peak-character-posters-comic-con/ |website=Screen Rant |date=July 6, 2015}}</ref>

On July 11, 2015, John Murdy, creative director of [[Universal Studios Hollywood]]'s [[Halloween Horror Nights]], announced that the film would be adapted into a maze for the 2015 season. A novelization of the film, by Nancy Holder, was released on October 20, 2015. Publisher [[Titan Books]] had previously published the novelization of del Toro's film ''[[Pacific Rim (film)|Pacific Rim]]''.

==Reception==
=== Box office ===
''Crimson Peak'' grossed $31.1 million in North America and $43.6 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $74.7 million, against a budget of $55 million.<ref name=BOM />

In the United States and Canada, the film opened simultaneously with ''[[Bridge of Spies (film)|Bridge of Spies]]'', ''[[Goosebumps (film)|Goosebumps]]'', and ''[[Woodlawn (film)|Woodlawn]]'', on October 16, 2015, in 3,501 theaters, as well as [[IMAX]] and premium large formats.<ref name="boxoffice">{{cite web|url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-preview-goosebumps-could-831790|title=Box-Office Preview: 'Goosebumps' Could Out-Spook 'Crimson Peak,' 'Bridge of Spies'|author=Pamela McClintock|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=([[Prometheus Global Media]])|date=October 13, 2015|access-date=October 14, 2015}}</ref> Pre-release tracking projected the film to open to around $15–20 million.<ref name="proj">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/10/goosebumps-crimson-peak-bridge-of-spies-steven-spielberg-the-martian-box-office-1201581325/|title='Goosebumps' Set To Freak Out, But 'The Martian' Could Scare It Away – Box Office Preview|author=Anthony D'Alessandro|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=October 14, 2015|access-date=October 15, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4113|title=Forecast: 'Goosebumps', 'Spies' & 'Crimson Peak' Jostle for Audience Attention|author=Brad Brevet|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|date=October 15, 2015|access-date=October 16, 2015}}</ref> It made $855,000 from its early Thursday night showings at 2,178 theaters and $5.2 million on its opening day.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/10/17/friday-box-office-goosebumps-tops-with-scary-good-7-4m-crimson-peak-nabs-scary-bad-5-2m/|title=Friday Box Office: 'Goosebumps' Tops With Scary Good $7.4M, 'Crimson Peak' Nabs Scary Bad $5.2M|author=Scott Mendelson|work=[[Forbes]]|date=October 17, 2015|access-date=October 18, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Thursday">{{cite web|url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-crimson-peak-creeps-832523|title=Box Office: 'Crimson Peak' Creeps to $855K, 'Goosebumps' Raises $600K Thursday Night|author=Rebecca Ford|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=October 16, 2015|access-date=October 16, 2015}}</ref> It ended up opening to $12.8 million, with IMAX comprising $2.3 million from 365 IMAX theaters. The film suffered from a very competitive PG-13 adult market where such films as ''[[The Martian (film)|The Martian]]'' and ''Bridge of Spies'' were overperforming. Women represented 60% of the film's audience with 55% 25 or older.<ref name="GB">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/10/goosebumps-bridge-of-spies-crimson-peak-weekend-box-office-1201585023/|title='Goosebumps' Raises Hair With $23.5M, 'Bridge Of Spies' Eyes $15.4M; 'Crimson Peak' Ekes Out $12.8M – Sunday Postmortem|author=Anthony D'Alessandro|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=October 18, 2015|access-date=October 19, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4114&p=.htm|title='Goosebumps' On Top, 'Peak' Flops and A24's 'Room' Strong in Limited Showing|author=Brad Brevet|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|date=October 18, 2015|access-date=October 19, 2015}}</ref>

Outside North America, ''Crimson Peak'' opened in 66 countries. It earned $13.6 million in its opening weekend from 55 territories.<ref name="Overseas12thOpening">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/10/crimson-peak-ant-man-martian-hotel-transylvania-scorch-trials-pan-international-box-office-results-1201586990/|title='Ant-Man' Supersizes With $42.4M China Bow; 'Crimson Peak' Climbs To $13.6M – International Box Office Actuals
|author=Nancy Tartaglione|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=October 20, 2015|access-date=October 20, 2015}}</ref> It opened at No. 2 in Russia and the CIS ($2.6 million; behind ''The Martian'') and Spain ($1.1 million) and No. 5 in the U.K., Ireland and Malta ($1.5 million).<ref name="Overseas12thOpening" /> It opened in Belgium, Greece, Israel, Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Trinidad around October 22–23.<ref name="Overseas12thOpening" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=crimsonpeak.htm|title=Crimson Peak (2015) - International Box Office Results - Box Office Mojo|website=www.boxofficemojo.com|access-date=March 27, 2018}}</ref>

=== Critical response ===
''Crimson Peak'' received positive reviews from critics. On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has a 72% approval rating based on 284 reviews, with an average rating of 6.60/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "''Crimson Peak'' offers an engaging – albeit somewhat slight – diversion driven by a delightfully creepy atmosphere and director Guillermo del Toro's brilliant knack for unforgettable visuals."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rottentomatoes.com/m/crimson_peak/|title=Crimson Peak (2015)|access-date=May 16, 2025|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media]]}}</ref> [[Metacritic]] gives the film a score of 66 out of 100, based on 38 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://metacritic.com/movie/crimson-peak|title=Crimson Peak Reviews|website=[[Metacritic]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|access-date=October 29, 2015}}</ref> On [[CinemaScore]], audiences gave the film an average grade of "B−" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/10/goosebumps-bridge-of-spies-crimson-peak-weekend-box-office-1201585023/|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|title='Goosebumps' Raises Hair At The B.O., While 'Crimson Peak's Recedes|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=[[Penske Business Media]]|access-date=April 9, 2018|date=October 18, 2015}}</ref>

After attending an early screening, horror writer [[Stephen King]] called the film "gorgeous and just fucking terrifying", and said it "electrified" him like [[Sam Raimi]]'s ''[[The Evil Dead]]'', whose distribution he helped secure with a rave review in 1982. King's son, writer [[Joe Hill (writer)|Joe Hill]], called ''Crimson Peak'' "del Toro's blood-soaked ''[[The Age of Innocence|Age of Innocence]]'', a gloriously sick waltz through [[Daphne du Maurier]] territory".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2015/03/17/stephen-king-says-guillermo-del-toros-new-movie-f-king-terrifying|publisher=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|title=Stephen King says Guillermo del Toro's new movie is 'f---ing terrifying'|last=Collis|first=Clark |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=March 17, 2015|access-date=March 19, 2015}}</ref> [[IGN]] reviewer Scott Collura gave the film an 8.5 out of 10 score, saying, "Featuring memorable performances, amazing production design, and a hard edge that is too often lacking in horror films these days, it nonetheless also manages to subvert some long-standing tropes about the gothic romance genre which inspired it."<ref name="ign review">{{cite web|url=https://ign.com/articles/2015/10/13/crimson-peak-review|title=Crimson Peak Review|work=[[IGN]]|first=Scott |last=Collura|date=October 13, 2015|access-date=October 17, 2015}}</ref> Writing on [[Roger Ebert]]'s official website and giving the movie four stars out of four, Sheila O'Malley said "Watching del Toro's films is a pleasure because his vision is evident in every frame. Best of all, though, is his belief that 'what terrifies him will terrify others.' He's right."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rogerebert.com/reviews/crimson-peak-2015|title=Crimson Peak|first=Sheila |last=O'Malley|date=October 16, 2015|work=RogerEbert.com|publisher=Ebert Digital LLC|access-date=April 9, 2018}}</ref> [[Robbie Collin]] of ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' wrote that "Its sombre sincerity and hypnotic, treasure-box beauty make Crimson Peak feel like a film out of time – but Del Toro, his cast and his crew carry it off without a single postmodern prod or smirk. The film wears its heart on its sleeve, along with its soul and most of its intestines."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Collin|first1=Robbie|title=Crimson Peak review: 'voluptuously horrible'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/crimson-peak/review/|website=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=April 9, 2018|date=October 14, 2015}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' lead film critic [[Peter Bradshaw]] gave the film four stars out of five, wrote that "Guillermo del Toro's gothic fantasy-romance Crimson Peak is outrageously sumptuous, gruesomely violent and designed to within an inch of its life."<ref>{{Cite web|title = Crimson Peak review – evil springs from a psychosexually rich soil of horror|url = https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/14/crimson-peak-review-psychosexually-rich-soil-of-horror-guillermo-del-toro-mia-wasikowska|website =[[The Guardian]]|publisher=Guardian News and Media|access-date = November 17, 2015|first = Peter|last = Bradshaw|date=October 14, 2015}}</ref> ''[[The Observer|Observer]]'' critic [[Mark Kermode]] considered it the director's best film since ''Pan's Labyrinth'' and noted the various gothic and horror influences - including [[Sheridan Le Fanu]], Robert Stevenson's ''[[Jane Eyre (1943 film)|Jane Eyre]]'', and Hitchcock's ''[[Rebecca (1940 film)|Rebecca]]'' - on "one of the year's most handsomely mounted productions."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Crimson Peak review – an American in fear of the Lake District|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/18/crimson-peak-review-guillermo-del-toro-mark-kermode|website =[[The Guardian]]|publisher=Guardian News and Media|access-date=November 17, 2015|first=Mark|last=Kermode|date=October 18, 2015}}</ref>

Dan Jolin of ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' wrote that "It may be a little overwrought for some tastes, borderline camp at points, but if you're partial to a bit of Victorian romance with Hammer horror gloop and big, frilly night-gowns, GDT delivers an uncommon treat."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Jolin|first1=Dan|title=Crimson Peak Review|url=https://empireonline.com/movies/crimson-peak-2/review/|website=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]|access-date=April 9, 2018|date=October 15, 2015}}</ref> Bilge Ebiri of ''[[New York (magazine)|Vulture]]'' wrote that "It doesn't always seem to know what it wants to be. But it's still full of marvels."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ebiri|first1=Bilge|title=Crimson Peak Looks So Good That You Might Not Notice Its Half-Baked Story|url=https://vulture.com/2015/10/movie-review-crimson-peak.html|website=[[New York (magazine)|Vulture]]|publisher=New York Media|date=October 16, 2015|access-date=April 9, 2018}}</ref> Sara Stewart of the ''[[New York Post]]'' wrote that "Chastain and Wasikowska take center stage while Hiddleston flutters around like one of Allerdale's huge black moths. Watching the women square off within del Toro's eye-popping, painterly palette is a feast for the eyes, if not particularly substantial fare for the mind."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Stewart|first1=Sara|title=Without scares, 'Crimson Peak' is just real estate porn|url=https://nypost.com/2015/10/14/without-scares-crimson-peak-is-just-real-estate-porn/|website=[[New York Post]]|publisher=NYP Holdings|access-date=March 24, 2017|date=October 14, 2015}}</ref> [[A.O. Scott]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote that "The film is too busy, and in some ways too gross, to sustain an effective atmosphere of dread. It tumbles into pastiche just when it should be swooning and sighing with earnest emotion."<ref name="NYTimes2015-10-16">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/16/movies/crimson-peak-a-guillermo-del-toro-gothic-romance-in-high-bloody-style.html|title=Crimson Peak, a Guillermo del Toro Gothic Romance in High Bloody Style|last=Scott|first=A. O.|author-link=A. O. Scott|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 16, 2015|access-date=April 13, 2016}}</ref> Michael O'Sullivan of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' wrote that "The film by the stylish fantasist Guillermo del Toro looks marvelous, but has a vein of narrative muck at its core."<ref>{{cite news|last1=O'Sullivan|first1=Michael|title='Crimson Peak' is awash in the red stuff|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/movie-review-crimson-peak-is-awash-in-the-red-stuff/2015/10/14/d2c89d28-7272-11e5-8d93-0af317ed58c9_story.html|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=October 15, 2015|access-date=April 9, 2018}}</ref> Tom Huddleston of ''[[Time Out London]]'' wrote that "All three actors work hard... and when the melodrama hits fever pitch, Crimson Peak lurches into life. But overall this lacks weight and intensity: a Brontë-esque bauble smeared in twenty-first-century slickness."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Huddleston|first1=Tom|title=Crimson Peak|url=http://www.timeout.com/london/film/crimson-peak|website=[[Time Out London]]|publisher=Time Out Group|access-date=April 9, 2018|date=October 14, 2015}}</ref> Peter Debruge of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote that "Aflame with color and awash in symbolism, this undeniably ravishing yet ultimately disappointing haunted-house [[melodrama|meller]] is all surface and no substance, sinking under the weight of its own self-importance into the sanguine muck below."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Debruge|first1=Peter|title=Film Review: 'Crimson Peak'|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/crimson-peak-film-review-1201613988/|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |publisher=[[Penske Business Media]] |access-date=April 9, 2018|date=October 13, 2015}}</ref> Chris Nashawaty of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' wrote that "''Crimson Peak'' is a cobwebs-and-candelabras chamber piece that's so preoccupied with being visually stunning it forgets to be scary."<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Nashawaty|first1=Chris|title=Crimson Peak: EW Review|url=https://ew.com/article/2015/10/13/crimson-peak-ew-review|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |publisher=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=April 9, 2018|date=October 13, 2015}}</ref>

===Accolades===
{| class="wikitable sortable" 
|-
! Award
! Category
! Recipient(s)
! Result
! {{Ref heading}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[21st Empire Awards|Empire Awards]]
| [[Empire Award for Best Horror|Best Horror]]
| ''Crimson Peak''
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://empireonline.com/movies/news/star-wars-mad-max-empire-awards-2016-nominations-2/|title=Jameson Empire Awards 2016: Star Wars and Mad Max lead the nominations|last=Nugent|first=John|website=Empire|date=February 18, 2016 |language=en|access-date=March 15, 2016}}</ref><br><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://metro.co.uk/2016/02/18/mad-max-fury-road-leads-the-pack-at-the-2016-jameson-empire-awards-5703379/|title=Mad Max: Fury Road leads the pack at the 2016 Jameson Empire Awards|last=Metro.co.uk|first=Rebecca Lewis for|website=Metro|date=February 18, 2016 |access-date=March 15, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| Best Costume Design
| ''Crimson Peak''
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Make-Up and Hairstyling
| ''Crimson Peak''
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Production Design
| ''Crimson Peak''
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="6"| [[Fangoria Chainsaw Awards|''Fangoria'' Chainsaw Awards]] 
| Best Wide Release Film 
| ''Crimson Peak''
| {{draw|Runner-up}}
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fangoria.com/new/the-2016-fangoria-chainsaw-awards-winners-and-full-results/|title=The 2016 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards Winners and Full Results!|website=Fangoria|language=en|access-date=June 27, 2016|archive-date=May 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160510182617/http://www.fangoria.com/new/the-2016-fangoria-chainsaw-awards-winners-and-full-results/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| Best Screenplay 
| [[Guillermo del Toro]] and [[Matthew Robbins (screenwriter)|Matthew Robbins]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] 
| [[Tom Hiddleston]]
| {{draw|Runner-up}}
|-
| Best Supporting Actor 
| [[Jim Beaver]]
| {{nom}} 
|-
| Best Supporting Actress
| [[Jessica Chastain]]
| {{won}} 
|- 
| Best Score
| [[Fernando Velázquez (composer)|Fernando Velázquez]]
| {{draw|Runner-up}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Golden Trailer Awards]]
| Best Horror
| "House"
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="GTA17">{{cite web |url=http://www.goldentrailer.com/gta17_nominees/ |title=The 17th Annual Golden Trailer Award Nominees |work=GoldenTrailer.com |access-date=October 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160515112453/http://www.goldentrailer.com/gta17_nominees/ |archive-date=May 15, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| Best Horror TV Spot
| "Blood"
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Motion/Title Graphics
| "House"
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="9"| [[42nd Saturn Awards|Saturn Awards]]
| [[Saturn Award for Best Horror Film|Best Horror Film]]
| ''Crimson Peak''
| {{won}}
| rowspan="9" style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Saturn 42">{{cite web|url=http://www.saturnawards.org/ |title=The 42nd Annual Saturn Awards nominations are announced for 2016! |publisher=[[Saturn Award]]s |date=February 24, 2016 |access-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626144753/http://www.saturnawards.org/ |archive-date=June 26, 2012 |df=mdy }}</ref><br><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I49YbmV2Jxc|title= Saturn Award nominations on YouTube|publisher=Saturn Awards|date=February 24, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Guillermo del Toro
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Writing|Best Writing]]
| Guillermo del Toro and Matthew Robbins
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Mia Wasikowska
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| Jessica Chastain
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Music|Best Music]]
| Fernando Velázquez
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Production Design|Best Production Design]]
| [[Thomas E. Sanders]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Costume|Best Costume Design]]
| [[Kate Hawley]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Make-up|Best Make-up]]
| [[David Martí]], [[Montse Ribé]] and Xavi Bastida
| {{nom}}
|-
|}

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