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Guillermo del ToroSzereplők:
Guillermo del Toro (útmutató), Tim Blake Nelson, F. Murray Abraham, Kate Micucci, Crispin Glover, Peter Weller, Andrew Lincoln, Rupert Grint (több)Streaming (1)
Epizódok(8)
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A 36-os raktár (E01)
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Temetői patkányok (E02)
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A boncolás (E03)
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A külvilág (E04)
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Pickman modellje (E05)
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Álmok a boszorkányházban (E06)
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A bemutató (E07)
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A morajlás (E08)
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A Guillermo del Toro által összeállított, lenyűgöző látványvilágú, hátborzongató horrorgyűjtemény nyolc vérfagyasztó történetében bizarr rémálmok bontakoznak ki. (Netflix)
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Recenziók (6)
I've loved Guillermo del Toro's work ever since I saw his phenomenal Faun's Labyrinth. His films are brimming with beautifully eerie (and raw) visuals and fantasy, but at the same time, the contrived form sometimes hurts the content. Cabinet of Curiosities bears a strong Del Toro signature, and it was interesting to see how the various directors handled the material, with each episode approaching the horror genre in a different way. Of the stories, the ones that appealed to me the most were the gothic-tinged Pickman’s Model (I'll have to look more closely at Lovecraft's work in the future), the visually unpleasant but evocative The Outside and the sensitive family thriller The Murmuring. But the other stories also had their own "creepy charm" and managed to make me tense. 3 3⁄4 stars!
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Since the announcement, we've been expecting one of the horror events of the year. What could possibly go wrong under the direction of Guillermo del Toro, after all, his work is iconic in the fantasy-horror genre, his signature is clearly recognizable and his visual creations are excellent. Well, the series is unfortunately more of a disappointment than a celebration of horror, and it's certainly nothing to write home about. All of the stories have more or less the same composition, and thus can be fairly judged as a whole, so let's get to it. Our expectations were for hopeful horror stories that won't make us sleepy and on which del Toro gets to show off his authentic visual creativity, but aside from story #1, the rest are sub-par, with nothing to say in the field of an hour, and they are needlessly drawn out. The basic premise isn't downright objectionable, but the execution of it is both tedious and terribly sterile, atmospherically weak, and visually often drab and uninteresting. But the biggest problem I see is that this simply isn't "horror", but fantasy with a spooky theme. It's so bland and dull, it doesn't even come close to creating suspense or terror, and after watching it, you are more likely to just say "huh, ok next" rather than being blown away by what you just saw. The quality of the stories is drastically diminished by their form – if they were 15 minute youtube shorts with the basic point outlined, or feature films with a full background on the characters and the story, they would do better, this way it's something in between and too lengthy for a short and too impersonal and without any sauce around it for a cinematic experience. Some of the stories are better, some are worse, but apart from the first episode, the whole thing isn't worth much and if you skip it, you probably won't miss anything...
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With even a cursory knowledge of the interests of the titular creator, the viewer will be deprived of surprises. So, those who have del Toro's filmography at hand will calmly accept the fact that half of the episodes adapt Lovecraft or come very close to his themes. The rest of the stories contain a greater or lesser amount of gore or a touch of gothic horror. As a whole, Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities suffers from the common ailment of most anthologies, where an atmospheric spectacle is followed by coarse B-movie, which sometimes even left me ashamed of the creators. However, it doesn't matter too much here, perhaps due to the pulp origins of the entire genre. I was looking forward to each new episode and couldn't wait to see what and who would stand out for me. My impressions are thus slightly more favorable than the composite rating above would suggest.
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Guillermo del Toro has come out with a very solid horror anthology on Netflix, where he gives space to filmmakers who have only been around for a short time, and although the quality of the individual parts traditionally fluctuates, as a whole it is still a highly above-average spectacle that I would have liked to see another season of. Lot 36 (Guillermo Navarro): A great idea and a compelling draw to the whole series, but it gets more and more predictable as the minutes go by and it kind of fizzles out into nothing in the rushed finale – 60%. Graveyard Rats (Vincenzo Natali): An unsurprising but entertaining horror tale of a classic cut, though I can imagine a chase with a reanimated corpse in narrow underground passages in a different, separate and far more horror-effective version – 65%. The Autopsy (David Prior): The first story driven by a likeable character (played by the charismatic F. Murray Abraham), and the first downright satisfying episode that beautifully manages to capture the atmosphere of 1950s literary sci-fi/horror stories. Also, after The Autopsy of Jane Doe, another excellent procedural horror film from the autopsy room, and that doesn't happen until the second half. I must follow David Prior in the future – 80%. The Outside (Ana Lily Amirpour): This is one of those rare cases where the predictability of the plot is assumed and it doesn't matter at all, on the contrary it underlines the overall point of the story. The cinematography and the behaviour of the characters are very weird – 70%. Pickman's Model (Keith Thomas): It has a slower pace, which is understandable for a short story set over a span of a few years, but once things get going towards the end, it's a classic Lovecraftian ride. And I loved the casting of both the sinister Glover and Ben Barnes, whose mustache and grey streak in his hair work perfectly as an age-makeup – 75%. Dreams in the Witch House (Catherine Hardwicke): Another H.P. Lovecraft adaptation in quick succession, but this time it is unfortunately the weakest and also the most "horror-ish" episode of the whole anthology. Bland, outdated, unimaginative – 40%. The Viewing (Panos Cosmatos): An audiovisual genre feast. If you know what to expect from the director of Mandy and Beyond the Black Rainbow, that's exactly what you'll get! Panos is simply awesome and I can't wait to see what he does next. A superbly cast, cinematographed, musically performed and overall hypnotically led episode, in short, the essence of what I would imagine to be the highlight of the entire anthology – 85%. The Murmuring (Jennifer Kent): I can see why this particular story was intended to be the conclusion of the entire miniseries. Although the horror element is very stale and wouldn't have been enough on its own, the eighth installment works very well in the portrayal of normal, one-dimensional characters played by well-chosen actors. It's more of a dark relationship drama than a horror movie (and some of the users here can't stomach that – a couple of the reviews on this episode made me downright nauseous), but as an ending to an entire anthology, it's very thought-provoking, functional and with a very human message – 75%.
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Very nicely put together in terms of production, but still unexciting, forgettable and without substance. In other words, typical Netflix of recent times. For me, with the exception of the solid The Autopsy, by David Prior, all of the stories are united by their inability to engage and draw you into the plot until something explicitly genre-worthy starts happening, which in most cases happens near the end, instead of the beginning.
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