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This isn’t much of a story, but I figured “any Hiddles news is good news.” It’s not even really about Tom Hiddleston. Last year, Tom Hiddleston, Jessica Chastain, Charlie Hunnam and Mia Wasikowska began the grueling film schedule for Crimson Peak, Guillermo del Toro’s haunted house horror-thriller. The film won’t be coming out until later this year, although word is that del Toro has already completed post-production on it. The trailer was even released in front of Fifty Shades of Grey! And now it seems that del Toro is doing some special screenings for some of his horror-loving friends. The master of horror himself, Stephen King, tweeted about the film yesterday:

Was treated to a screening of Guillermo del Toro’s new movie, CRIMSON PEAK, this weekend. Gorgeous and just f–king terrifying.

CRIMSON PEAK electrified me in the same way Sam Rami’s EVIL DEAD electrified me when I saw it for the first time way back in the day.

[From King’s Twitter]

King’s son, Joe Hill, also tweeted about the screening, calling Crimson Peak “Del Toro’s blood-soaked AGE OF INNOCENCE, a gloriously sick waltz through Daphne Du Maurier territory.” Whoa!! So… this is del Toro’s masterpiece, it seems. The Academy famously hates horror/thriller films, but there are some exceptions (Silence of the Lambs, Misery, etc). I wonder if del Toro might want Crimson Peak to be an awards contender? At the very least, del Toro is probably looking for some technical nominations (costume, art design). I wonder if Benedict Cumberbatch has any regrets about giving up this part?

Here’s the trailer again:

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Photos courtesy of WENN, Pacific Coast News.
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