Limited series · Netflix
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
Open your mind to fear.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Elpidia Carrillo
Emilia
1 eps
Demetrius Grosse
Eddie
1 eps
Sebastian Roché
Roland
1 eps
David Hewlett
Masson
1 eps
F. Murray Abraham
Dr. Carl Winters
1 eps
Glynn Turman
Sheriff Nate Craven
1 eps
Luke Roberts
Joe Allen
1 eps
Kate Micucci
Stacey
1 eps
Martin Starr
Keith Chapman
1 eps
Dan Stevens
Alo Glo Man
1 eps
Ben Barnes
William Thurber
1 eps
Crispin Glover
Richard Upton Pickman
1 eps
Oriana Leman
Rebecca
1 eps
Rupert Grint
Walter Gilman
1 eps
Ismael Cruz Cordova
Frank Elwood
1 eps
DJ Qualls
Jenkins Brown
1 eps
Nia Vardalos
Madame Levine
1 eps
Peter Weller
Lionel Lassiter
1 eps
Eric André
Randall Roth
1 eps
Sofia Boutella
Dr. Zahra
1 eps
Lo Mutuc
Charlotte Xie
1 eps
Steve Agee
Guy Landon
1 eps
Michael Therriault
Targ Reinhard
1 eps
Saad Siddiqui
Hector
1 eps
Essie Davis
Nancy Bradley
1 eps
Andrew Lincoln
Edgar
1 eps
Hannah Galway
Claudette
1 eps
Martha Burns
Agatha
1 eps
James Neely
Old Man
1 eps
Tony Munch
Auctioneer
1 eps
Elise Bauman
Acid Jeans
1 eps
Bart Badzioch
Eyes
1 eps
Neil Babcock
Baseball Cap
1 eps
Brad Borbridge
Burly Bidder
1 eps
Alexander Eling
Burton
1 eps
Ish Morris
Harry
1 eps
Cory Bertrand
Widow's Son
1 eps
Brigitte Robinson
Widow
1 eps
Sean Sansom
Queen Rat
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and Serialized.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Bizarre nightmares unfold in eight tales of terror in this visually stunning, spine-tingling horror collection curated by Guillermo del Toro.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E03
The Autopsy
A seasoned sheriff investigates a dead body in the woods and calls on an old pal, a medical examiner, to help piece together a series of chilling events.
- Directed by David Prior
S01E01
Lot 36
To pay off his debt, a man secures a storage unit filled with mysterious possessions to sell, but soon finds himself in a deadly and desperate situation.
- Directed by Guillermo Navarro
S01E02
Graveyard Rats
A grave robber eyes the riches of a wealthy new arrival to the cemetery, but must survive a maze of tunnels — and an army of rodents — to secure them.
- Directed by Vincenzo Natali
S01E05
Pickman's Model
Art student Will meets introvert Richard, whose terrifying works of art begin to have a deeply disturbing effect on Will's sense of reality.
- Directed by Keith Thomas
S01E08
The Murmuring
Mourning a major loss, ornithologists Nancy and Edgar flock to a secluded home to study birds, but the house's history reveals heartbreak and horror.
- Directed by Jennifer Kent
S01E04
The Outside
Longing to fit in at work, awkward Stacey begins to use a popular lotion that causes an alarming reaction, while an unnerving transformation takes shape.
- Directed by Ana Lily Amirpour
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E07
The Viewing
- Directed by Panos Cosmatos
- Written by Aaron Stewart-Ahn, Panos Cosmatos
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Gary UngarExecutive Producer
- Jeff J.J. AuthorsProducer
- J. Miles DaleExecutive Producer
- Guillermo del ToroExecutive Producer
Writing
- Aaron Stewart-AhnWriter
- Panos CosmatosWriter
Direction
- Keith ThomasDirector
- Ana Lily AmirpourDirector
- David PriorDirector
- Catherine HardwickeDirector
- Guillermo NavarroDirector
- Vincenzo NataliDirector
Cinematography
- Jeremy BenningDirector of Photography
- Colin HoultDirector of Photography
- Michael RagenDirector of Photography
- Radek ŁadczukDirector of Photography
- Anastas N. MichosDirector of Photography
Music
- Anne ChmelewskyOriginal Music Composer
- Daniel LopatinOriginal Music Composer
- Michael YezerskiOriginal Music Composer
- Daniele LuppiOriginal Music Composer
- Tim DaviesOriginal Music Composer
- Jeff DannaOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- NetflixStreaming
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