The horror? The horror was for love. The things we do for love like this are ugly, mad, full of sweat and regret. This love burns you, maims you, twists you inside out. It is a monstrous love. And it makes monsters of us all.
Crimson Peak (2015), directed by Guillermo Del Toro
Guillermo Del Toro’sCRIMSON PEAK is a sumptuous, wonderful and loving tribute to Gothic Romance, haunted house and dark fairy tale movies. To celebrate its release, here are a list of 12 films that may fill the void for audiences who need more of that lush Gothic Romance fill and can’t go back to see Crimson Peak 20 more times.