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Netflix have allowed us a first look inside upcoming horror anthology series, Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities.

Australia's own Essie Davis (Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries) stars with Andrew Lincoln (The Walking Dead) in an episode titled The Murmuring.

They confirm that it ranges into firmly sci-fi territory. Del Toro tells us:

With Cabinet of Curiosities, [the executive producers] and I — along with our curated team of writers and directors of each story — set out to showcase the realities existing outside of our normal world: whether they come from outer space, the underground, behind the closed door, or simply in our minds.

He executive produced and narrated the series but each episode has its own writers and directors.

Having been unable to finish another horror anthology series on Netflix, Oats Studios, we're not sure we're up for this one.

But we've watched and enjoyed some of del Toro's own works and The Murmuring is based on a story by him, so we'll brave that one to support a wonderful local talent in Essie.

Potentially of interest to Stargate fans, another episode titled Graveyard Rats stars David Hewlett (Stargate Atlantis).

Not sure if we'll also watch that.

Might just imagine the rats all carrying lemons and call it a day.

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities' eight episodes will release two-daily beginning on October 25 on Netflix.

[ Main Image: Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities teaser. Credit: Neflix via YouTube. ]

References

DiLillo, John (August 16, 2022). ‘Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities’ Creaks Open This October. Tudum.

Netflix (August 16, 2022). Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities | First Look | Netflix. YouTube.