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Cabinet of Curiosities (2022), a new Netflix horror series created by Guillermo del Toro, presents 8 teriffing stories about our reality

Cabinet of curiosities (2022) is a new Netflix horror series created by Guillermo del Toro, presents 8 sinister stories-min

BINGE WATCH FOR HALLOWEEN –Cabinet of Curiosities (2022), a new Netflix horror series created by Guillermo del Toro, presents 8 sinister stories which questions the realities which exist outside our normal world: anomalies and curiosities.

NETFLIX – Cabinet of Curiosities is a 2022 horror anthology TV series created by Guillermo del Toro for Netflix. Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities has a total of 8 episodes that premiered over the course of 4 days on Netflix, two episodes per day at the same time every night. Each episode features a unique sinister story with a different director and cast. The launching of Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities was Netflix’s first cinematic event, called Chills Halloween, which started Tuesday, October 25, 2022, and ended on Friday, October 28, 2022. The event’s purpose was to offer the public a week of mini-films signed by well-known Hollywood directors, and created by the undisputed master of “horror” films, the Mexican Guillermo del Toro. Based on Cabinet of Curiosities by Guillermo del Toro
Genre Horror, Mystery, Drama Release date 25 October 2022

FACTS

Previously called “Guillermo del Toro Presents 10 After Midnight”, the name changed to “Cabinet of Curiosities.”
Oscar winner Miles Dale is executive produceer alongside Gary Ungar.
Cabinet of curiosities benefits from the total involvement of Guillermo del Toro as a creator, producer, and co-director of this project.
Two episodes are original works signed by del Toro (Lot 36 and The Murmuring), and two are classic stories by H.P. Lovecraft, the master of the macabre.

In one month, the official trailer of Netflix’s series Cabinet of Curiosities amassed almost 2 million views on Youtube.
The chosen directors for the 8 episodes are Jennifer Kent (The Babadook), Oscar winner Guillermo Navarro (Pan’s Labyrinth), Panos Cosmatos (Mandy), David Prior (The Empty Man), Keith Thomas (The Vigil), Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight), Vincenzo Natali (In the Tall Grass) and Ana Lily Amirpour (The Bad Batch).

Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities – WHAT’S THE STORY? (Synopsis)

Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities is a collection of 8 modern horror stories that challenge the classic genre, going from macabre to magical, from gothic to grotesque and frightening. At the beginning of each episode, Guillermo del Toro appears to introduce the story. The stories will debut in alphabetical order. They are Dreams in the Witch House, Graveyard Rats, Lot 36, Pickman’s Model, The Autopsy, The Murmuring, The Outside and The Viewing,

“With the Cabinet of Curiosities, we present the realities which exist outside our normal world: anomalies and curiosities. We have chosen a group of stories and storytellers to deliver these stories, whether they come from outer space, supernatural legends, or simply our minds,” del Toro said in a statement. “Just in time for Halloween, each of these 8 stories is a fantastic look inside the cabinet of treats which exists beneath the reality we live in.”

Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities

Director and Cast for all episodes

Lot 36, directed by Guillermo Navarro from a script written by Regina Corrado, based on an original story by del Toro, starring Tim Blake Nelson, Elpidia Carrillo, Demetrius Grosse and Sebastian Roché . Graveyard Rats, directed by Vincenzo Natali based on a short story by Henry Kuttner, starring David Hewlett, Alexander Eling, Cory Bertrand, Ish Morris and Megan Smith. The Autopsy, directed by David Prior, and written by David S. Goyer, based on a story by Michael Shea, starring F. Murray Abraham, Glynn Turman and Luke Roberts. The Outside, directed by Ana Lily Amirpour, from a script written by Haley Z. Boston, starring Kate Micucci, Martin Starr, Dan Stevens, and Kylee Evans. Pickman’s Model, directed by David S. Goyer, starring Ben Barnes, Crispin Glover, and Oriana Leman. Dreams in the Witch House, directed by Catherine Hardwicke, starring Rupert Grint, Ismael Cruz Cordova, DJ Qualls, Nia Vardalos, and Tenika Davis. The Viewing, directed by Panos Cosmatos, starring Peter Weller, Eric André, Sofia Boutella, Charlyne Yi, Steve Agee, Michael Therrialt, and Saad Siddiqui.

The Murmuring, directed by Jennifer Kent, based on an original story by del Toro, starring Essie Davis, Andrew Lincoln și Hannah Galway.

Cabinet of Curiosities by Guillermo del Toro IS A TRUE STORY?

No, Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities is not a true story. However, if you believe in the supernatural, hidden forces behind the veil, then the events depicted in the Netflix horror series are deeply rooted in our reality. It all depends on your perspective.

The release date of Netflix’s Cabinet of Curiosities

Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities premiered its first two episodes on 25 October 2022. And its last two episodes premiered on 28 October 2022. Just in time for Halloween to binge watch the horror anthology Cabinet of Curiosities created by Guillermo del Toro for Netflix.

Guillermo del Toro won 2 Oscars with Pan’s Labyrinth

Being considered a master of fantastic worlds in which the idea of the macabre is present, Guillermo del Toro is best known for “Pan’s Labyrinth” and “Shape of Water,” the latter won two Oscars, for Best Picture and Best Director.