Get ready to enter a whole new world of Guillermo del Toro’s creation — the Oscar-winning filmmaker’s Cabinet of Curiosities anthology miniseries is hitting Netflix this October. 

“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,” del Toro told Netflix. 

A new trailer for the series gives us a glimpse of its oozing practical makeup effects, stacked cast and new creepy-crawlies to add to del Toro’s menagerie. As in the series, the filmmaker acts as a guide, passing the torch to a new filmmaker for each episode. “Welcome to my cabinet of curiosities,” he intones at the end of the trailer. Don’t mind if we do. 

Starting Oct. 25, two of the eight episodes will be released each day; by Halloween, you’ll be able to have a very spooky marathon viewing session. Del Toro also shared a cryptic new teaser showcasing the series’ grotesque creature designs and the titles of each episode. You can check it out below.

Guillermo Del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities Season 1 TeaserGet ready to embrace your fears.

Del Toro will serve as a guide to these realities; alongside his role as executive producer, co-showrunner, and writer for two of the episodes, he also provides an introduction to each.

But the Pan’s Labyrinth director isn’t the only filmmaker with his fingerprints on this Cabinet’s door knobs. “In this anthology, we gave ownership of each episode to the directors,” he says. “Each of the episodes has a whole world. They present you with different delights; some are savory, some are sweet. You get a surprise from each of the bites.”

Each episode of Cabinet of Curiosities will be directed by a different horror luminary, including David Prior (The Empty Man), Jennifer Kent (The Babadook), Panos Cosmatos (Mandy) and Ana Lily Amirpour (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night). The series is executive produced by Gary Ungar and J. Miles Dale (The Shape of Water); Dale also serves as co-showrunner with del Toro. 

And if you’re a fan of young adult book adaptations of the mid-2000s, this series comes with a very special crossover just for you: Catherine Hardwicke, who directed the first Twilight, will direct an episode starring Rupert Grint of Harry Potter fame. You can see the full list of each cast and crew in the episode guide below. 

“Dreams in the Witch House”

• Rupert Grint (Servant, Harry Potter), Ismael Cruz Cordova (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, The Undoing, Miss Bala), DJ Qualls (Turning Point, Supernatural), Nia Vardalos (Love, Victor, Station 19, My Big Fat Greek Wedding) and Tenika Davis (Jupiter’s Legacy, Titans) star in an episode written by Mika Watkins (Origin, Black Mirror, Troy: Fall of a City)  based on a short story by H.P. Lovecraft and directed by Catherine Hardwicke (Thirteen, Lords of Dogtown, Twilight)

“Graveyard Rats”

• David Hewlett (SEE, The Shape of Water, Stargate: Atlantis) stars in an episode based on a short story by Henry Kuttner and written and directed by Vincenzo Natali (In the Tall Grass, Splice,Cube, Hannibal) 

“Lot 36”

• Tim Blake Nelson (Watchmen, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs), Elpidia Carrillo (Predator, Bread & Roses, Euphoria), Demetrius Grosse (Fear the Walking Dead, Boon, Lovecraft Country) and Sebastian Roché (The Man in the High Castle; The Young Pope) star in an episode written by Regina Corrado (Deadwood, The Strain) based on an original story by Guillermo del Toro and directed by Guillermo Navarro (Godfather of Harlem, Narcos)

“Pickman’s Model”

• Ben Barnes (Shadow and Bone, Westworld, The Punisher), Crispin Glover (River’s Edge, Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, American Gods, Back to the Future, Willard; Charlie’s Angels), and Oriana Leman (The Whale, The Detectives) star in an episode written by Lee Patterson (Curve  The Colony) based on a short story by H.P. Lovecraft and directed by Keith Thomas (Firestarter, The Vigil)

“The Autopsy”

• Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham (Mythic Quest, Homeland, Amadeus), Glynn Turman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Fargo, The Wire) and Luke Roberts (Ransom, Black Sails) will appear in an episode written by David S. Goyer (The Sandman; Dark City; The Dark Knight; Batman Begins) based on a short story by Michael Shea and directed by David Prior (The Empty Man, AM1200)

“The Murmuring” 

• Essie Davis (The Babadook), Andrew Lincoln (The Walking Dead, Penguin Bloom) and Hannah Galway (Sex/Life) star in an episode based on an original story by Guillermo del Toro, written and directed by Jennifer Kent (The Babadook The Nightingale).  

“The Outside”

• Kate Micucci (The Little Hours, Mom) and Martin Starr (Silicon Valley, Party Down) lead an episode written by Haley Z. 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  Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon; The Bad Batch)

“The Viewing”

• Peter Weller (upcoming The Colosseum, Naked Lunch, Star Trek Into Darkness, Robocop), Eric André (The Eric Andre Show, The Righteous Gemstones), Sofia Boutella (Kingsman: The Secret Service, the upcoming Rebel Moon), Charlyne Yi (Always Be My Maybe, Good Girls), Steve Agee (Peacemaker, The Suicide Squad), Michael Therrialt (Locke and Key, Cult of Chucky) and Saad Siddiqui (From Scratch, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow) star in an episode directed by Panos Cosmatos (Mandy), who also writes along with Aaron Stewart-Ahn.

Stay tuned for more from del Toro this holiday season — his stop-motion Pinocchio adaptation hits Netflix in December.