The dashing English Baronet Thomas Sharpe (Tom Hiddlestone) has travelled to America with his sister Lucille (Jessica Chastain) seeking finance for a business idea from a consortium of businessmen including Edith's father.
When Thomas and Edith meet a romance swiftly blossoms and after the tragic death of her father the pair are married and Edith returns with them to the ancestral Sharpe estate.
No good will come of this.
This feels very overlooked. Guillermo del Toro has put together a great fusion of gothic romance with Poe-esque horror.
It looks and sounds amazing. The mansion is alive with ghosts and secrets.
Every piece is archly telegraphed and fits into place perfectly: it's not a mystery more visual gothic poem.
Highly recommended 8/10.