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Movie Blog Post: MY COUSIN RACHEL
Tinsel & Tine Highlights: MY COUSIN RACHEL By Le Anne Lindsay, Editor I’ve mentioned many times that my all time favorite movie is Hitchcock’s REBECCA (click for T&T post) based on a novel by Daphne du Maurier so it’s odd that I have yet to see the original 1952 My Cousin Rachel also based upon a du Maurier story, starring Olivia de Havilland (miscast, according to du Maurier) and a very young Richard Burton. I’ll have to rectify that soon; however, I had been looking forward to this remake starring Rachel Weisz & Sam Clafin (Me Before You) and I’m happy to say this version of the Gothic film did…
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Gothic Romance: REBECCA & CRIMSON PEAK Comparison
I’ve yet to see writer/director Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth (2006), as much as I’ve heard it praised for it’s imaginative design and brilliant direction. I feared it might be too strange or trippy. Now having seen CRIMSON PEAK, I no longer worry about Pan’s Labyrinth being over the top and plan to watch it posthaste. (Post update 1/10/16 – did see it, found it engrossing, strange and wondrous). Please don’t go into Crimson Peak looking for a Blumhouse Productions type horror movie, cause you won’t find it, you’ll be disappointed and you’ll want to mock this film, which won’t be fair. Crimson Peak is being categorized as a…
