With only a few months left until Halloween, Netflix is slowly putting us in a spooky mood for Cabinet of Curiosities by Guillermo Del Toro. The first trailer for a special series of Halloween stories is out. Cabinet of Curiosities will debut over four days, with two episodes being released October 25-28. Del Toro has handpicked a team of writers and directors to collect stories from macabre to magical, gothic to grotesque or classically terrifying.
“In Cabinet of Curiosities , we decided to show realities outside our normal world: anomalies and quirks. Just in time for Halloween, each of these eight stories is a fantastic glimpse into a pleasure room beyond the reality we live in, ” Del Toro said .
A collection of eight stories complete with directors and cast can be found below:
Dreams in the Witch House : Rupert Grint ( The Servants ), Ismael Cruz Cordova ( The Undoing ), DJ Qualls ( Turning Point ), Nia Vardalos ( Love, Victor ) and Tenika Davis ( Jupiter’s Legacy ) star in an episode written by Mika Watkins ( Origin ), based on a short story by HP Lovecraft and directed by Catherine Hardwicke ( Thirteen ).
Graveyard Rats : David Hewlett ( The Shape of Water ) stars in an episode written from a short story by Henry Kuttner and directed by Vincenzo Natali ( In The Tall Grass ).
Lot 36 : Tim Blake Nelson ( Watchmen ), Elpidia Carrillo ( Predator ), Demetrius Grosse ( Fear The Walking De ad) and Sebastian Roché ( The Man in the High Castle ) star in an episode written by Regina Corrado ( Deadwood ), based on the original short story del Toro and directed by Guillermo Navarro (The Godfather of Harlem ).
Pickman’s Model : Ben Barnes ( Shadow and Bone ), Crispin Glover ( Rivers Edge ) and Oriana Leman ( The Whale ) star in an episode written by Lee Patterson ( Curve ), based on a short story by HP Lovecraft and directed by Keith Thomas ( Firestarter ) .
The Autopsy : F. Murray Abraham ( Amadeus ), Glynn Turman ( Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom ) and Luke Roberts ( Ransom ) will appear in the episode written by David S. Goyer ( The Sandman ), based on a Michael Shea story and directed by David Priora ( The Empty Man ).
The Murmuring : Essie Davis ( The Babadook ), Andrew Lincoln ( The Walking Dead ) and Hannah Galway ( Sex / Life ) will star in an episode written (based on del Toro’s original story) and directed by Jennifer Kent ( The Babadook ).
The Outside : Kate Micucci ( The Little Hours ) and Martin Starr ( Silicon Valley ) lead the episode written by Haley Z. Boston ( Brand New Cherry Flavor ), based on a short story by comic book author Emily Carroll and directed by Ana Lily Amirpour ( A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night ).
The Viewing : Peter Weller ( Robocop ), Eric André ( The Eric Andre Show ), Sofia Boutella ( Kingsman: Secret Service ), Charlyne Yi ( Always Be My Maybe ), Steve Agee ( Peacemaker ), Michael Therrialt ( Locke and Key ) and Saad Siddiqui ( DC’s Legends of Tomorrow ) stars in an episode directed by Panos Cosmatos ( Mandy ), which he writes with Aaron Stewart-Ahn.