Crimson Peak may be the most ravishing horror movie ever made

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON STRAIGHT.COM, OCT. 16, 2015 By Steve Newton "Ghosts are real," proclaims Edith (Mia Wasikowska) at the start of Crimson Peak, and for the next two hours Guillermo Del Toro strives to bring that notion to life with a Gothic horror-romance that is so visually stunning you pretty well forgive its major lack of … Continue reading Crimson Peak may be the most ravishing horror movie ever made

The Orphanage might be the most haunting haunted-house flick ever made

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON DEC. 20, 2007 By Steve Newton Somebody ought to kidnap the directors of the Saw and Hostel films, strap them into those torture chairs they're so fond of, attach some eyelid clamps from A Clockwork Orange, and make them watch The Orphanage for a week straight. Maybe then they'd understand that unrelenting … Continue reading The Orphanage might be the most haunting haunted-house flick ever made

The Orphanage director Juan Antonio Bayona loves when the ordinary world becomes a nightmare

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON DEC. 20, 2007 By Steve Newton Most people have a keen recollection of the first film that scared the crap out of them. For Spanish director Juan Antonio Bayona, it wasn't anything as fright-worthy as The Exorcist; he got creeped out by seeing Frank Langella go batty in a justifiably overlooked 1979 … Continue reading The Orphanage director Juan Antonio Bayona loves when the ordinary world becomes a nightmare