The House Is Alive: Constructing 'Crimson Peak'

A newly edited, feature-length documentary with cast and crew interviews and extensive behind the scenes footage

Cast

Guillermo del Toro

as Self

Mia Wasikowska

as Self

Tom Hiddleston

as Self

Jessica Chastain

as Self

Charlie Hunnam

as Self

Shane Vieau

as Self

Thomas Tull

as Self

Brandt Gordon

as Self

Tom Sanders

as Self

Jon Jashni

as Self

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