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Cabinet of Curiosities: Watch Director Guillermo del Toro Tee Up Creepy New Horror Anthology — Get Release Date (https://tvline.com/2022/08/15/guillermo-del-toros-cabinet-of-curiosities-release-date-first-look-video/)
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What to expect from fall shows: Guillermo Del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (Netflix, Oct. 25) (https://ew.com/tv/fall-tv-preview-september-october-premieres/)
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Del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities 'Is One of Those Nightmare Specials' — Watch Trailer for Netflix Horror Anthology (https://tvline.com/2022/09/30/guillermo-del-toros-cabinet-of-curiosities-trailer-netflix-horror-anthology/)
Definitely looks like this could be loads of "fun"! [BOO]
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TV Insider’s Top 25 of the Week (October 24-30): (https://www.tvinsider.com/1066686/top-25-tv-shows-movies-streaming-white-lotus-patient-world-series/)
"Netflix is premiering a new creepy one just in time for Halloween, Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities (October 25), an anthology series with a star-studded cast."
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I'm curious (LOL) about the adaptations of two Lovecraft tales, "Pickman's Model" (which had a classic dramatization on Night Gallery back in the early 1970s) and "Dreams in the Witch House." The latter very loosely inspired the film Curse of the Crimson Altar co-starring Christopher Lee, Barbara Steele and Boris Karloff, back in 1968--one of my fave raves even though it's often dissed by other fans and critics.
H.
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WHAT TO WATCH TONIGHT
October 25, 2022
The Resident No. 100, Patient and Reboot Finales, del
Toro's Netflix Horror Anthology and More
"On TV this Tuesday: ... Guillermo del Toro unleashes horror on Netflix. "
3:00AM
Netflix | Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
Series premiere (two episodes): The Oscar-winning director curates eight tales of terror in this new anthology; F. Murray Abraham (Mythic Quest), Martin Starr (Silicon Valley), Glynn Turman (The Wire), Rupert Grint (Servant) and more star. (Two episodes release daily through Friday) |
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WHAT TO WATCH
Cabinet of Curiosities
SERIES PREMIERE
Eight-episode horror anthology from Guillermo del Toro drops two stories daily including “The Murmuring,” starring Andrew Lincoln.
Netflix
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WORTH WATCHING: Guillermo del Toro’s Horror Anthology, ... (https://www.tvinsider.com/1066690/guillermo-del-toro-patient-monarch-karen-pirie/)
"Cult auteur and horror fan Guillermo del Toro presents a weeklong anthology of deluxe horror stories."
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SERIES PREMIERE
Taking a cue from Rod Serling (The Twilight Zone and especially Night Gallery), Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water) shares his love for baroque horror as host and curator of a four-night wallow in things that go boo (and worse) in the night. With two episodes dropping daily through Friday, the Cabinet opens with the theme of “Scavengers” who get more than they bargain for. Tim Blake Nelson (Watchmen) stars in “Lot 36” as an amoral Storage Wars-like bidder on abandoned lockers who awakens a horrific entity. David Hewlett (Water) chews the grisly scenery in the darkly Dickensian “Graveyard Rats”—and the title’s no joke—as a debt-ridden grave-robbing graveyard steward who believes rodents are depriving him of his buried treasures. His subterranean search ends about as well as you’d expect. These immorality tales have a Tales from the Crypt sting to them.
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Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities review – the horror series that’s perfect pre-Halloween viewing
The Oscar-winning director’s eight part anthology is full of delectably nasty tales brimming with some of the most exciting voices in horror (https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/oct/25/guillermo-del-toro-cabinet-of-curiosities-review-netflix)
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‘Cabinet of Curiosities’ shows off Guillermo del Toro’s eclectic vision of horror (https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/25/entertainment/cabinet-of-curiosities-review/index.html)
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Guillermo del Toro’s “Cabinet of Curiosities,” a Horror Anthology Fit for the Streaming Age
In his new eight-part Netflix production, the director acts as a benevolent landlord of the horror genre, carving out space for others in the crowded pop-culture terrain. (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/on-television/guillermo-del-toros-cabinet-of-curiosities-a-horror-anthology-fit-for-the-streaming-age)
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What to watch on Tuesday: ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’ airs on Netflix (https://www.washingtonpost.com/tv/2022/10/25/what-watch-tuesday-cabinet-curiosities-airs-netflix/)
Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities (Netflix) This spooky anthology series curated by Guillermo del Toro tells eight unique tales of terror, each told by revered horror creators; Daphne Hoskins and Rupert Grint star in the Catherine Hardwicke-directed episode.
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Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
S1, Ep1 * 25 Oct. 2022
Lot 36
An ex-vet buys storage locker contents to pay off debts, but buys more than he bargained for when he purchases a lot owned by a strange old man.
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Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
S1, Ep2 * 25 Oct. 2022
Graveyard Rats
A grave robber eyes the riches of a wealthy new arrival to the cemetery, but must survive a maze of tunnels — and an army of rodents — to secure them.
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WHAT TO WATCH TONIGHT
October 26, 2022
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Chastain, Tales of the Jedi and More
streaming Wednesday: Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities (Netflix).
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Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
S1, Ep3 * 26 Oct. 2022
The Autopsy
A seasoned sheriff investigates a dead body in the woods and calls on an old pal, a medical examiner, to help piece together a series of chilling events.
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Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
S1, Ep4 * 26 Oct. 2022
The Outside
Longing to fit in at work, awkward Stacey begins to use a popular lotion that causes an alarming reaction, while an unnerving transformation takes shape.
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WHAT TO WATCH TONIGHT
October 27, 2022
Vampire Academy and Lower Decks Finales, Family Reunion
Ends, Atlanta Gets 'Goofy' and More
streaming Thursday: Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities (Netflix).
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Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
S1, Ep5 * 27 Oct. 2022
Pickman's Model
Art student Will meets introvert Richard, whose terrifying works of art begin to have a deeply disturbing effect on Will's sense of reality.
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Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
S1, Ep6 * 27 Oct. 2022
Dreams in the Witch House
Years after his twin sister's death, a researcher ventures into a dark, mysterious realm with the aid of a special drug, determined to bring her back.
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WHAT TO WATCH
Cabinet of Curiosities
In the second of tonight’s two vignettes Harry Potter star Rupert Grint is an obsessed student of spiritualism who seeks any weird avenue to reunite with his sister, who died as a child.
Netflix
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WORTH WATCHING: ..., Del Toro Salutes Lovecraft (https://www.tvinsider.com/1067102/leslie-jordan-call-me-kat-ghosts-cribs-rupert-grint/)
"Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities anthology features two creepy tales based on stories by the influential H.P. Lovecraft."
Cabinet of Curiosities
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The lavishly produced horror anthology turns its attention to influential supernatural legend H.P. Lovecraft with two vignettes based on his eerie stories. “Pickman’s Model,” which also inspired a Night Gallery episode back in 1971, stars Westworld’s Ben Barnes as a would-be artist who glimpses madness in the canvases of a fellow painter’s (hammy Crispin Glover) drawings. Twilight’s Catherine Hardwicke directs “Dreams in the Witch House,” headlined by Harry Potter star Rupert Grint as an obsessed student of spiritualism who seeks any weird avenue to reunite with his sister, who died as a child. The episodes are overlong and more ghoulish than truly scary, but there are worse ways to spend the week before Halloween.
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Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
S1, Ep6 * 28 Oct. 2022
The Viewing
A wealthy recluse hosts four accomplished guests at his stylish mansion for a once-in-a-lifetime experience, but their intrigue soon turns into terror.
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Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
S1, Ep8 * 28 Oct. 2022
The Murmuring
Mourning a major loss, ornithologists Nancy and Edgar flock to a secluded home to study birds, but the house's history reveals heartbreak and horror.
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WHAT TO WATCH TONIGHT
October 28, 2022
World Series Game 1, Matthew Perry Interview, Key & Peele
Reunion, Big Mouth Returns and More
streaming Friday: The finale of Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities (Netflix).
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WORTH WATCHING (https://www.tvinsider.com/1067329/matthew-perry-diane-sawyer-world-series-high-school-louis-armstrong/)
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SEASON FINALE
The anthology saved one of its best for last, with The Walking Dead’s Andrew Lincoln and The Babadook’s Essie Davis starring in “The Murmuring,” based on an original story by del Toro and directed by The Babadook’s Jennifer Kent. They play married ornithologists who head to a remote island in 1951 to record the murmuration patterns of birds in flight. Their devotion to science and to each other is colored by tenderness and also sadness, with a past tragedy triggered by frightening visions within the abandoned house they occupy. Less garish than other Cabinet entires, it’s also the most truly haunting.
(I love Essie Davis' Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries.)
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I haven't seen this series apart from this clip of a climactic scene from "Pickman's Model":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXWb7ZTPApk
I really preferred the NIGHT GALLERY version.
G.
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Every Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities Episode Ranked Worst to Best
Some are better than others, but they're all entertainingly creepy (https://www.tvguide.com/news/all-8-guillermo-del-toro-cabinet-of-curiosities-episodes-ranked-from-worst-to-best/)
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Ask Matt: ..., ‘Cabinet’ Curiosity, ... (https://www.tvinsider.com/1066830/ask-matt-the-patient-ending-cabinet-of-curiosities-rookie-feds/)
(Scroll down to "Let There Be More Drawers in That Cabinet!")
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Guillermo del Toro Reveals the Directors He Wants to Hire for ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’ Season 2: ‘I Have a List’
After 30 years of success, the "Shape of Water" director is turning his attention to helping upcoming genre filmmakers. (https://www.indiewire.com/2022/11/guillermo-del-toro-on-cabinet-of-curiosities-season-2-directors-1234781784/)
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Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
For fans of: Tales from the Crypt, practical effects, monsters
Number of seasons: 1
Acclaimed director Guillermo del Toro produces and presents this fun horror anthology, which features standout episodes from great horror filmmakers including Jennifer Kent (The Babadook), Ana Lily Amirpour (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night), and Panos Cosmatos (Mandy). They're all very well made, but since it's an anthology series, some episodes are better than others, which is why we ranked them. -Liam Mathews
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12 Creepy Television Series That Are Frighteningly Good - Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (2022) (https://www.fangoria.com/original/12-creepy-television-series-that-are-frighteningly-good/)
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Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities