Can crimson love turn people into demons?

In the face of exquisite Gothic aesthetics, it is undoubtedly a blasphemy to continue to immerse yourself in cheap jumpscar and plasma. The reason why Toro's practice is a little confusing in the first half of the film lies in the dislocation between the appeal and the audience's expectation. The ghosts who appeared early and the seemingly noisy conspiracy confused these stormy audiences, complaining that Stephen King was willing to publicly hit his face, but Toro did not pin his fear on ghosts. On the contrary, just like the underground world in "Maze of God", everything depends on your view of an era and your thinking about human nature.

The contradiction in Scarlet Peak is not only superficial, but also a quasi-baron who tries to climb out of the quagmire but sinks himself deeper and deeper. It is not simply a subtle contest between industrial civilization and the old times, but "love". The most chilling and unique warmth of this film comes from this emotion. The origin of evil in the film is the twisted love between Lucille Sharp and Thomas Sharp, but the rebellious ethics is not a far-fetched attachment out of thin air, but comes from the repression of emotion in old Europe and the distortion of human nature by brothers and sisters' parents. This seems to be a spell that conforms to the times and continues to be passed down, and there is bound to be a breaking point to end it all.

The two sharp brothers can't help but remind people of the tragic love in Sweeney Todd, and flash the shadow of Hitchcock's Butterfly Dream and the British-style horror elements in Innocent Man. In order to protect the dignity of the manor and the declining nobles, the two brothers and sisters used sinister means to defraud the bait of real money with Thomas' fake love. The seemingly heartless Lucile used love as a tool. However, what really made Lucille go to extremes and brutally kill those women was her out-of-control love for her brother, which eventually made her lose her mind and stabbed her brother in the cheek with a sharp knife.