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Del Toro: Crimson Peak Is a Gothic Romance, Not Horror

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Guillermo del Toro’s new film, Crimson Peak, opens this weekend. The trailers tease a story filled with ghosts, a big, creepy house and some decidedly dangerous knife play, all of which is very much delivered by the film. But del Toro would still like to make one thing clear - Crimson Peak is not a horror film, at least in the traditional sense.

When I spoke to del Toro last month about the Crimson Peak maze that is part of Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights event, the director also explained to me his approach to the movie, why it’s very much intended to be taken as a gothic romance, and working with the cast, which includes Mia Wasikowska, Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Hunnam and Jessica Chastain.

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