Cabinet of Curiosities

2022 - 10 - 26

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'Cabinet of Curiosities' review: Guillermo del Toro shows off his ... (CNN)

As a horror maestro and auteur, Guillermo del Toro has earned the right to his moment in the spotlight -- in this case presiding on camera, Alfred Hitchcock ...

Yet even with those disclaimers, “Cabinet of Curiosities” feels stocked with stories lacking in heft – throwing open its doors with del Toro’s buoyant enthusiasm, and too often finding its shelves looking a little bare. The episode that perhaps most exemplifies that, “The Viewing,” certainly starts well enough, with a wealthy recluse (Peter Weller) assembling a group of professionals accomplished within different spheres to see a strange artifact in his possession. Netflix will try something a bit different by premiering back-to-back episodes of “Cabinet of Curiosities” over four successive nights, which turns out to be more inventive, or at least distinctive, than most of the stories.

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Cabinet Of Curiosities: Graveyard Rats Cast & Character Guide (Screen Rant)

Here's a guide to the cast and characters of "Graveyard Rats," episode 2 of Netflix's anthology series Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities.

Brigitte Robinson as the widow – Brigitte Robinson plays the widow of the wealthy merchant whom Masson has in his sights. The actor played Hank in American Gods and appeared as a minor Morris has a prolific career in TV movies and has also appeared in The CW's Batwoman and, more recently, the show Good Witch. Known for playing Lor-Em in Man of Steel, Richings also appeared in American Gods and Doom Patrol. In the episode, he tries to put his hands on the valuables of a wealthy merchant who recently arrived at the morgue where his friend Dooley works. [Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities](https://screenrant.com/tag/cabinet-of-curiosities/), "Graveyard Rats," has a small but talented cast who truly make the installment stand out.

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'Cabinet of Curiosities' Episode 3 'The Autopsy' Ending, Explained ... (Digital Mafia Talkies)

Sheriff Nate Craven (Glynn Turman) brings in his old friend and pathologist, Dr. Carl Winters (F. Murray Abraham), for the post-mortem examination of the dead ...

He says that the ball was his ship, and he destroyed it to preserve his anonymity and the mystery surrounding his species. The last few minutes are just the two of them playing a game of wits, and everything from the dialogue mixing to the choice of shots is dialed up to eleven to make us focus on what these two guys are saying. Carl assures him that he’s going to die in his body and that the fact that he and his kind exist won’t be a mystery anymore. When Carl realizes that Allen is going to cut himself open to make it look like an autopsy and then transfer his alien form into his body, he begins to stall until Nate arrives. Allen even says that he can “smell” Carl’s cancer and lets him know that he’s going to inhabit his body next and “love” it. That’s when the hair on the back of his neck stands up, and he hears his conscience telling him to leave the mortuary and run away. However, when he does go to the refrigerator unit to take out Allen, he gets the shock of a lifetime. I’ll even go as far as to say that “The Autopsy” is a great companion piece to Prior’s “The Empty Man” (which is a film you should definitely watch if you haven’t already). After reaching the makeshift mortuary, he tells Nate to rest up and meet him in the morning. The Sheriff first talks about finding a dead body in the woods that was butchered in a way that only a surgeon could. What he finds over the course of a few hours makes him (and us) question everything he knows about the known universe. And it is a life-long wish of mine to be alive at the time when we make (or someone else makes) first contact.

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Cabinet of Curiosities: Andrew Lincoln Previews The Murmuring (Comicbook.com)

Andrew Lincoln is teasing 'the scariest, most appalling, nerve-shredding hour' of television to ever air on Netflix in Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of ...

26th episodes "The Autopsy" and "The Outside," and Oct. 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). Goyer (The Sandman), based on a short story by Michael Shea, and directed by David Prior (The Empty Man). Murray Abraham (Amadeus), Glynn Turman (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom) and Luke Roberts (Ransom) will appear in an episode written by David S. Lovecraft, and directed by Keith Thomas (Firestarter). Lovecraft, and directed by Catherine Hardwicke (Thirteen). Before reprising the Rick Grimes role on The Walking Dead spin-off [in the works](https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/the-walking-dead-rick-grimes-michonne-spinoff-andrew-lincoln-danai-gurira-comic-con-2022/) at AMC Networks, Lincoln [returns to TV](https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/walking-dead-andrew-lincoln-netflix-series-first-look-guillermo-del-toro-cabinet-of-curiosities-trailer/) in an episode of the horror anthology series reuniting The Babadook director Jennifer Kent and star Essie Davis. "The Murmuring" and "The Viewing" are the final two episodes of the season, following Oct. "I'm a man practiced in the dark arts of horror and genre. It's marvelous working with her and Jen as well," Lincoln said of the Babadook filmmaker. And then equally when Jennifer Kent had written and wanted to make the first of this anthology," Lincoln told [Netflix](/category/netflix/) in [Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities](https://comicbook.com/category/guillermo-del-toros-cabinet-of-curiosities/).

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'Cabinet Of Curiosities' Episode 4 'The Outside' Ending, Explained ... (Digital Mafia Talkies)

Based on Emily Carroll's short story, “The Outside” follows Stacey (Kate Micucci), who lives with her husband, Keith (Martin Starr), who is also a police ...

With all that said, it’s difficult for a cis-het man like me to come out and say that women should stop using beauty products after watching “The Outside.” It is ultimately a personal choice and, at the end of the day, to each their own. So, instead of making a hasty judgment call based on what your friend, your colleague, your lover, or even your parents said, sit down with yourself and think about the cards that are in front of you. Yes, the Alo Glo cream from all the tubes in Stacey’s basement accumulates to form the shape of a woman. By that, Alo Glo Man (or Stacey’s insecurity) means to say that everything about Stacey is unhealthy, and the cream is going to fix her. Alo Glo Man shuts her concerns down by telling her that the more it itches, the more healing it is doing. Keith states what Stacey doesn’t want to hear, while the Alo Glo man says exactly what she wants to hear. While dealing with what can only be an allergic reaction, Stacey either dreams of talking to the Alo Glo man (Dan Stevens) and his assistant (Chloe Madison) or that the two can actually talk to people through their TV sets. That means the idea that the lotion is the key to unlocking her true potential has been embedded in her head. And lastly, but most importantly, she shows the toxic mixture of internalized misogyny and the business of selling beauty products, which is personified by Alo Glo. She does notice that Gina is putting the lotion that she saw the previous night on the television and shows signs of being drawn to it. Although the film seems to be set in the 80s – which is evident through the brilliant production design and costume design – it comments on the ever-expanding industry that revolves around women depending on beauty products. Stacey’s workplace appears to be the major source of her insecurity because her female colleagues—Gina (Kylee Evans), Jill (Diana Bentley), Kathy (Shauna MacDonald), and Lisa (Julia Juhas)—are tall and “pretty” in the regressive Eurocentric way.

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