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Legendary will be taking Crimson Peak, Krampus and Warcraft to its July 11 panel in Hall H at Comic-Con in San Diego.
Crimson Peak, directed by Guillermo del Toro, is a gothic horror story starring Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston and Charlie Hunnam.
Ahead of the panel, Legendary shares the stunning new photo that shows the astounding set design in this massive ghost story set to release on October 16th, 2015.
In Crimson Peak, “When her heart is stolen by a seductive stranger, a young woman is swept away to a house atop a mountain of blood-red clay: a place filled with secrets that will haunt her forever. Between desire and darkness, between mystery and madness, lies the truth behind Crimson Peak.”
Guillermo del Toro explains to EW that people shouldn’t expect a haunted house movie…
“It’s not that at all,” he says. “The house is a rotting representation of the family that has inhabited it — it’s like a cage, a killing jar that you use to kill butterflies. The house basically is a sinister, sinister trap.”
Attempting something a bit different, del Toro explains that he hopes to flip the trope of the horror of marriage on its head.
“[Usually] the marriage is sort of the climax or the high point of a story,” the director says. “I tried on ‘Crimson’ to say that the horror starts after the marriage. This girl wakes up in a strange place, not her own home, not her own bed, and she little by little realizes that she knows less about the man she married than one would expect. The curious thing is the love story really starts when they acknowledge that darkness.”
In terms of the film’s cinematography, del Toro also reveals that he was trying to do the opposite of what other filmmakers would do.
“Normally when people address this period, they go for desaturated colors, steel gray, steel blue, or sepia,” he says. “They are trying to evoke old photographs or silver tinting. I didn’t want that. I wanted the movie to feel lush.”
You can see exactly what del Toro is talking about in the below Crimson Peak trailer.
We have an exclusive first look at A Man in the Woods With an Axe, a blood-soaked, genre-twisting homage to 1980s slasher films.
Spanning four decades, A Man in the Woods With an Axe begins in the summer of 1987 before pushing into the modern era, weaving together timelines and perspectives in a way that builds both dread and intrigue.
Drawing inspiration from genre standouts like Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, Hatchet, and The Cabin in the Woods, the film blends visceral horror with moments of dark humor, creating a uniquely balanced experience that honors tradition while carving its own identity.
Writer-director Dillon Brown (Primal Darkness) aims to deliver everything fans crave from a slasher while boldly subverting expectations with a mid-film twist that redefines the story.
“This is an unapologetic love letter to the films that made me fall in love with horror,” Brown tells Bloody Disgusting. “But I didn’t just want to recreate that feeling; I wanted to challenge it. About halfway through, the film takes a turn that completely changes how you view not only this story, but the genre itself.”
Brown describes the vintage-inspired production as “far and away the bloodiest film I’ve ever made,” with practical effects helmed by Cody Ruch (The Mill, Pig Hill), an instructor at Tom Savini’s Special Make-Up Effects Program.
From Horror Dadz Productions, A Man in the Woods With an Axe is currently in production and targeting an early 2027 release.
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