Arrow Video scales CRIMSON PEAK (review)

Guillermo del Toro tells a tale of gothic romance on an epic scale (at least an epic budget) when a young American woman is swept off her feet by a British aristocrat and taken to his ancestral home, the forbidding CRIMSON PEAK where the dead are not quiet.

REVIEW LINK: Arrow Video (US/UK) Region A/B Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)

CRIMSON PEAK Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 widescreen
• English DTS:X and DTS Headphone:X 2.0 Stereo
• English Descriptive Audio Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
• Optional English SDH subtitles
• Audio Commentary by co-writer/director Guillermo del Toro
• "The House is Alive: Constructing Crimson Peak" documentary with cast and crew interviews
• Interview with Guillermo Del Toro
• Allerdale Hall - Four Featurettes
• "A Primer on Gothic Romance" Guillermo del Toro on the film's literary elements
• "The Light and Dark of Crimson Peak" featurette about the film's use of color
• "Hand Tailored Gothic" featurette on the film's costumes
• "A Living Thing" featurete on the modelling and construction of the Allerdale Hall sets
• "Beware of Crimson Peak" walking tour of Allerdale Hall with Tom Hiddleston
• "Crimson Phantoms" featurette on the film's ghosts
• "Kim Newman on Crimson Peak and the Tradition of Gothic Romance" interview with the author and critic
• "Violence and Beauty in Guillermo Del Toro s Gothic Fairy Tale Films" video essay by the writer Kat Ellinger
• Deleted Scenes
• International Trailer
• Theatrical Trailer
• 2 TV Spots
• Image Galleries:
• Double-sided, fold-out poster
• Six double-sided, postcard-sized lobby card reproductions
• Limited edition 80-page, hard-bound book featuring new writing by David Jenkins and Simon Abrams, an archival interview with Guillermo del Toro, and original conceptual design illustrations by artists Guy Davis and Oscar Chichoni
• Limited edition packaging newly designed by Crimson Peak concept artist Guy Davis