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GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S CABINET OF CURIOSITIES Trailer
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mansoor1980
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very nice
Valedix
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BadBurger
Many “Whelps”! Handle It!
He only writes and directs a few of the episodes according to what I am reading online. So maybe you can just skip those episodes and give the rest a try? And judging by the trailer nothing I saw there seemed to have his trademark style anyways.
Doom85
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INC
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Ah an M. Night Shyamalan fan has entered the building.
Edgelord79
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Isn’t this a Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child novel?
Sidney Prescott
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I'm so excited for this. Anthology horror is my jam.
I wholeheartedly agree with you.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Looks better than your average Netflix fare.
Spaceman292
Banned
how bout you sucks my dick
I collect VHS tapes
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Some of the Masters of Horror eps are amazing. Some pretty big names directing them tho.
Ribi
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no thanks, i dont have bad taste
phaedrus
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Revolutionary
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First two episodes are up, and it's a promising start for the series. Really loved Graveyard Rats in particular, by the director of Cube.
I must say that this is a nice way to release a Horror-themed anthology series - two episodes per night on the last week of October.
Edit: Episode 3 (The Autopsy) is 10/10, from the director of The Empty Man, which was also a quality film (and comic!). 4th episode, on the other hand, is the weakest by a wide margin.
Episode 5 (Pickman's Model) is another 10/10. Probably one of the best Lovecraft adaptations to date. Dreams in the Witch House was a weird one, but then again it's always been a bit of a weird story huh?
I must say that this is a nice way to release a Horror-themed anthology series - two episodes per night on the last week of October.
Edit: Episode 3 (The Autopsy) is 10/10, from the director of The Empty Man, which was also a quality film (and comic!). 4th episode, on the other hand, is the weakest by a wide margin.
Episode 5 (Pickman's Model) is another 10/10. Probably one of the best Lovecraft adaptations to date. Dreams in the Witch House was a weird one, but then again it's always been a bit of a weird story huh?
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Power Pro
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I don't know if I'd say "sucks", but I'll certainly say overrated. Every movie of his that I've watched has been nothing special imo.
AJUMP23
Parody of actual AJUMP23
Your about to get blown up like every time I talk about Bloodbourne
AJUMP23
Parody of actual AJUMP23
Lets not be hasty.
kondorBonk
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Really impressed so far. Each had an engaging premise and for the most part different tones/styles thanks to the separate authors/directors. I'm not certain if there is an overarching theme, it looks more so like short stories curated by Del Toro which I think works better with horror. Horror Anthologies seem to cripple themselves or ruin their reveal trying to keep to an ongoing narrative or themes at times. "The Autopsy" is the highlighted for me thus far.
It doesn't look like Del Toro directed any of the episodes but produced/hosted and has written two of the shorts. The only one available at this time is is "Lot 36" with the amazing Tim Blake Nelson which I thought was a lot of fun. Considering the massive spectrum of his work I don't know how anyone could say he "sucks". He certainly has a style if thats not to your liking. Personally I feel like his success is well earned.
It doesn't look like Del Toro directed any of the episodes but produced/hosted and has written two of the shorts. The only one available at this time is is "Lot 36" with the amazing Tim Blake Nelson which I thought was a lot of fun. Considering the massive spectrum of his work I don't know how anyone could say he "sucks". He certainly has a style if thats not to your liking. Personally I feel like his success is well earned.
The skin cream ep lost me by the end, it was a 20 min Tales from the Crypt ep dragged out to twice that length. Even though I believe it was written by a woman, directed by a woman, stars almost all women, and I think even adapted from a story by a woman, my wife (a woman) thought the dialogue was super cringe though she admitted it was pretty much spot on about how shallow, competitive, and vain they are 
Pickmans Model was another one that the extended content hurt a bit, IMHO. I get what they were going for and the basic premise has no shock value today in this SFX and gore saturated world, but the added corruption angle didn't quite hit for me. The girl was banging though.
I gotta track down the Shea story they used for "The Autopsy", I like his stuff and that was was dope. I think I've read the Graveyard Rat story before, or at least a very similar one.
Pickmans Model was another one that the extended content hurt a bit, IMHO. I get what they were going for and the basic premise has no shock value today in this SFX and gore saturated world, but the added corruption angle didn't quite hit for me. The girl was banging though.
I gotta track down the Shea story they used for "The Autopsy", I like his stuff and that was was dope. I think I've read the Graveyard Rat story before, or at least a very similar one.
Darkmakaimura
Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
I was wondering about Dreams in the Witch House because it's all about going into other dimensions and this and that and something tells me they didn't pull it off for this episode and changed a lot.
First ep made me want to watch "The Ninth Gate" again. Arcane antique books unlocking hell, sign me up!
And not a single mention of the Necronomicon yet! Impressed by the writers collective restraint...
GeeseGoose
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I agree completely. I hope that the rest aren’t a slow plod to a disappointing climax.
It was awful, only kept the names the same. Walter is no longer a curious mathematician, but a guy with an unhealthy obsession with his dead sister.
