"Crimson Peak" is like most horror films that have their own appeals beyond sensory stimulation, and like the novels written by Edith Cushing, under the ghost is a love story that ultimately falls to human nature itself. This is in line with Guillermo del Toro's consistent style. The whole manor exudes a melancholy and dark atmosphere, but it is no longer integrated with the fairy tale color like "Pan's Labyrinth", but in the A tragic ending is depicted in the retro style.
When "Mad Max" made a comeback and won many Oscar art awards with the blowing wasteland wind, I was surprised that the beautiful pictures and details of "Scarlet Mountain" did not even get a nomination, regardless of the judges Taste preference, Guillermo Toro's precise and unique vision on the way of serving is recognized in the film industry. Compared with Tim Burton's dark style, Toro's is obviously more gorgeous. Although he is not obsessed with fairy tales, Toro's consistent style rivals Bolton's persistence in different subjects. And "Scarlet Mountain" can be regarded as the pinnacle of Toro's aesthetics.
In order to pursue the ultimate visual style, he spent a lot of money to create live shooting, and the texture of the film is completely worthy of Toro's intentions. It is not easy to make an excellent horror film, and so is the era drama, but the "1+1>2" model created by "Scarlet Mountain" requires a strong ability to control. The atmosphere of the times shown in the film is completely natural, especially after throwing off the obviously warm and outdated America, the Allerdale Manor really brings the audience into that hope and despair like those old roots hiding in the dark. The same twisted industrial revolution era.
The pursuit of a good sense of age is to serve the ultimate goal of the story, but many movies have been unable to move a step or make a fool of themselves in the creation and integration of age elements. Many of the period dramas are still flawed, even if they are elegant, if you don't see the tone of the film that Mia Wasikowska, Tom Hiddleston and Jessica Chastain exudes. The temperament of the perfect match is often difficult to realize that the casting also has a decisive impact on the texture. (Fortunately, the male lead is not played by the original candidate Benedict Cumberbatch.) The only near-term rival is Stranger Things. But the more stylized it is, the more polarized the audience will be. Since some people can't get the point of the Duffy Brothers at all, it is a benevolent act to let people who dislike Toro entertain themselves.
In the face of such exquisite gothic aesthetics, it would undoubtedly be a blasphemy to continue to immerse yourself in cheap jump scares and blood plasma. The reason why Toro's approach is somewhat confusing in the first half of the film is that the appeal and the audience's expectations arise. misplacement. The early appearance of the ghosts and the seemingly outrageous conspiracy all puzzled the surging audience, complaining that Stephen King was happy to openly slap in the face, but Toro did not pin his fear on the ghosts. On the contrary, he Just like the underground world in Pan's Labyrinth, everything depends on your view of an era and your speculation on human nature.
The contradiction of "Scarlet Mountain" is not only on the surface, it is not just a quasi-baron who tries to climb out of the quagmire but makes himself deeper and deeper, and it is not simply an obscure contest between industrial civilization and the old times, but "love" . The most chilling and only warm in this film all come from this emotion. The origin of the crime in the film is the twisted love between Lucille Sharp and Thomas Sharp. The disobedience to human relations is not created out of thin air to be far-fetched, but comes from the repression of emotions in the old European era, and also from the elder sister. My brother's parents' distortion of human nature seems to be a curse that is consistent with the times and continues to be inherited, and there will eventually be an inevitable flashpoint to end it all.
The Sharp siblings can't help but think of the tragic love in "Sweeney Todd", flashing the shadow of Hitchcock's "Butterfly Dream" and the British horror elements of "The Innocent". In order to protect the manor and the dignity of the fallen nobles, the sister and brother used their insidious means to defraud the hooker for real money with Thomas' fake love. The seemingly cold Lucille used love as a tool. Er went to extremes and brutally killed those women to become a downright cold-blooded monster just because of her out-of-control love for her brother, which eventually made her lose her mind and stabbed a sharp blade into her brother's cheek.
"Sister Worker" undoubtedly adds to the character's terrifying temperament in her performance. Lucille, who is dressed in a white dress but stained with blood, is a living devil. Even after her death, she is still trapped in love, and if you are facing a future doomed to destruction, it is an extreme reservation of dignity to die with the past. This was Lucille's choice. Her obsession made her have a natural dislike for girls like Edith. When Thomas gradually began to turn his eyes forward under the influence of Edith, there was a tension between the three of them. The relationship began to fall apart.
The story of "Scarlet Mountain" mainly takes place between these three people. In the process of the mystery being continuously revealed, it is also the process of the three people's constant game. On one side is Edith, who is independent, strong and full of hope, on the other side is Lucille, who has completely fallen, and in the middle is Thomas who is constantly being torn apart. There is no turning back, but there is still a conscience. Thomas' struggle and character change are the key to this film. On the one hand, he is indulged in a distorted love and cannot extricate himself from it. On the other hand, he longs for the beautiful side of love. When it comes to this story in the movie, the ending has already become a certainty, and Hitherto wonderfully interprets the tragic fate of classical characters.
Toro admits that there is an implication of "gender liberation" in "Scarlet Mountain", which is very obvious in Edith. At the beginning of the film, Edith, who was keen to write novels, was rejected. In her opinion, the reason why the other party asked for an element of love in the story was simply because of gender. She is not like those traditional female characters who are addicted to beautiful love fantasies, especially in horror films, she is more in a more powerful position. This is an important reason why she gradually saw through the conspiracy and released Thomas' inner conscience. The film did not focus on depicting the oppression of women in a specific era, but made Edith's character constantly insist on himself.
To untie the bell, it is necessary to tie the bell. Love must not be regarded as a child's play. You must know that the only thing that can completely turn a person into a devil is love. Similarly, only love can resolve the great evil of the human heart. Also, don't patronize and look at Shiverson's ass, you guys!
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