Guillermo del Toro Talks ‘Crimson Peak’ Halloween Horror Nights Maze

With the gothic horror romance Crimson Peak coming out on October 16th, he’s taken the opportunity to discuss the maze themed after the film, which will premiere at this year’s Halloween Horror Nights in Hollywood, CA. Del Toro expressed his excitement for the maze, calling it a, “…living trailer for the movie.”

Del Toro tells IGN:

The movie is a gothic romance and we always thought the beauty of it is that it’s creepy. It’s a creepy movie and it’s about a woman trapped in a house, in a terrible marriage basically, trying to escape the horrors of a house, lost in the middle of nowhere and I thought, “That sounds to me like a maze.” You could really recreate that experience in a maze and you can make it creepy and atmospheric and punctuated by scares, much like the movie but represent also the sort of old world craftsmanship of creating sets that are detailed and creepy but beautiful to look at.

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The new haunter stars Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Hunnam and Jim Beaver.

“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.”

Legendary Pictures’ Crimson Peak, in theaters October 6, 2015, is a haunting gothic horror story directed by the master of dark fairy tales, Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy series, Pacific Rim), written by del Toro & Matthew Robbins.