' s ▁Music ▁Hall ▁in ▁London ▁to ▁which ▁acc laimed ▁critic ▁and ▁Empire ▁Magazine ▁contrib uting ▁editor ▁Kim ▁New man ▁attended . ▁He ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁film ▁had ▁' a ▁nicely ▁dense , ▁imag istic ▁feel ▁and ▁a ▁grasp ▁of ▁the ▁night mar ish , ▁a ▁study ▁of ▁a ▁crack ed ▁ps y che , ▁using ▁the ▁trop es ▁of ▁sc ary ▁children ’ s ▁stories .... ' ▁ ▁Red ▁Kingdom ▁R ising ▁has ▁received ▁many ▁fav ou rable ▁reviews , ▁most ▁not ably ▁from ▁UK ▁leading ▁genre ▁film ▁journalist ▁M J ▁Sim pson ▁who ▁described ▁the ▁film ▁as ▁' a ▁h ug ely ▁impress ive ▁feature ▁debut , ▁a ▁visual ▁poem ▁rem in is cent ▁of ▁the ▁master s ▁of ▁dream like ▁cinema ... ' ▁and ▁F lick ering ▁M yth ▁who ▁described ▁it ▁as ▁' an ▁eer ie ▁and ▁imag in ative ▁dark ▁fant asy ▁dream s cape ▁with ▁a ▁visual ▁style ▁rem in is cent ▁of ▁direct ors ▁such ▁as ▁Tim ▁Bur ton ▁and ▁Gu ill ermo ▁del ▁Tor o … .' ▁ ▁Red ▁Kingdom ▁R ising ▁has ▁been ▁featured ▁in ▁history ▁books ; ▁English ▁Goth ic : ▁Classic ▁Hor ror ▁Cinema ▁( 1 8 9 7 - 2 0 1 5 ) ▁by ▁Jonathan ▁R ig by ▁and ▁The ▁History ▁of ▁British ▁Liter ature ▁on ▁Film ▁( 1 8 9 5 - 2 0 1 5 ) ▁by ▁Greg ▁M . ▁Col on ▁Sem enza ▁and ▁Robert ▁Has en fr atz . ▁The ▁latter ▁described ▁that ▁' to ▁most