Crimson Peak: 10 Things To Look Forward To

If there is one thing del Toro does not do, that is the obvious. Which is how he ended up creating vampires that possess none of the usual romantic rituals typically associated with the creatures. 

The blood-sucking monsters in Blade II, for instance, are very far removed from the idea of the beautiful vampire, and they sure as hell don’t turn into bats. They don't even have the decency to be allergic to silver. Instead, they are mindless killing machines, taking lives efficiently and dispassionately.

With del Toro, not even robots look like the robots we are used to, as evidenced by the larger-than-life Pacific Rim.

True to tradition, Crimson Peak's ghosts promise to be typically atypical. So far, the trailers have revealed an eclectic army of spirits that range from disembodied arms reaching out through closed doors to skeletal fingers playing the piano and fully-fledged apparitions dripping enough blood to keep a whole family of vamps in clover for a week. There’s even what looks like a hairy claw creeping towards Edith’s boobs as she lies in bed. Down, boy, down.

In short, Crimson Peak is a celebration of spectral diversity that would make any equal opportunities watchdog proud.

And if the ghosts look disturbingly real, that's because they are. Del Toro decided that CGI just wouldn't cut it, so there actually are honest-to-goodness human beings powering each ghostly facade. You know, just to mess with people's minds a little bit more than usual.