We chat with director Keith Thomas about his installment of Guillermo del Toro's CabinetofCuriosities, 'Pickman's Model,' and how it came out of the Lovecraft tale:
Two iconic H.P. Lovecraft tales are getting the small-screen treatment with Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities. The Netflix horror anthology features adaptations of both "Pickman's Model" from The Vigil director Keith Thomas and "Dreams in the Witch House" from Lords of Dogtown's Catherine Hardwicke.
Keith Thomas on Cabinet of Curiosities Screen Rant: Cabinet of Curiosities, what a wonderful collection of horror, I'm going to call them mini-movies at this point. I was reading that Guillermo del Toro had handpicked all of the filmmakers involved with this. How did it come about for you to be a part of this one?
Keith Thomas: Yeah, I read it as a kid, so I kind of I knew it in and out. It's a short story, and by that, it's actually really short, it's, I think, less than 10 pages. So, the question was, "How do you expand that? How do you make that something that's a full episode?" I was really pleased with the script when I first got it that Lee Patterson wrote expanding this story.
I love that Videodrome reference. Speaking of Ben, this whole special was perfectly cast, but Ben and Crispin are the key to really selling this episode. How challenging was it for you to find the perfect two people to play these characters? Keith Thomas: Yeah, I worked closely with Colin, the DP, and Tamara, the production designer. We wanted different feelings for the different times in which things are taking place, which also meant a different kind of look, in terms of color grading and the way those things felt. But for me, I always wanted to play with this idea that it's possible that what Thurber is experiencing is in his head, so I wanted it to be somewhat subjective with what we're seeing.
Speaking of Lovecraft, you can't have a story of his without some kind of elder being in there of some sort, and the creatures that are in this are horrifying to look at, in a great way. How did those designs come about, was that from the source material or was that you?
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