Crimson Peak: 10 Things To Look Forward To

If there’s one thing del Toro movies have taught us, it is that the monsters are not necessarily the bad guys.

And, in the same way that the ghost was not the villain in The Devil’s Backbone, and Hellboy was more adorable than scary, the director has already indicated that it’s the humans that we really need to keep an eye on in Crimson Peak.

Del Toro attributes his soft spot for freaks and oddballs to the innate love most Mexicans harbour for the grotesque. In Mexican lore, monsters are not viewed as necessarily bad and are accepted as part of everyday life.

The same certainly can’t be said for the humans in the film, as both director and actors have warned viewers not to take anything for granted about the characters.

Thomas’s apparent devotion to Edith can easily hide something more sinister. And Lucille may be suffering from more than just a typical case of sister-in-law envy.

There are also the absent mother and father-in-law to consider, whom del Toro has already pronounced as ‘guilty parties’ in interviews. Whether they’re just guilty of giving us a bad case of the heebie-jeebies or of something worse, we will only find out in October.