Cabinet of Curiosities Episode 7 Review | The Viewing 

Man ep 7 felt like watching a dream. You find something monsterous and hedious and try to run from it as far as possible

I'm confused with the film... so I watch this review. Now, I'm confused with this review. So I turn next to the comment section.. got confused more.

Anybody else get David Carradine in Kill Bill vibes from Peter Weller

This episode was visually stunning but I just didn't get it.

The mood and thoughts I got was that human intelligence, accomplishment, sophistication, and wealth is all hubris compared to superior life forms. Despite picking the best of the best for the viewing party, it was all useless. What happened was inevitable despite their accomplishments

I have no idea what this episode is about. Couldn't even explain to someone if they asked. Like a bad acid trip episode

I wasn't impressed. It's my least favorite episode, even though I didn't like Pickman's Model or Dreams in the Witch House because they weren't Lovecraft stories. I'm fine with slow pacing if the dialogue and story are compelling and this time, it wasn't. The drug scene where people keep saying it was "trippy" wasn't "trippy" at all. There were better scenes in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas or Pulp Fiction. I;m also not a fan of the style used where they hang on a close up for an awkward amount of time. The way the episode ended fell flat. It was walking in slow motion near the city and there was no reason to keep showing the other two racing away in the car. It would have been better served just showing the tail lights disappear into the darkness and have the thing walk down an ally TOWARD the city instead of past it. I have one more episode to watch. I hope this one is better. So far, I've only actually LIKED the first 3. The 4th was okay. 5 & 6 were disappointing because they completely rewrote the stories and just used familiar names in them.

Not my favourite. Just took too long to get anywhere, we just sat around until the last ten minutes, got some quick horror and then it's over. Feels like they spent too much time building up and failed with their payoff.

So the alien got high, killed as many people as it could and took over Peter Weller. Ok. Bad herb. Anyway, go watch episode 3 again. Best in the cabinet.

i didn't get what this episode was about. all this buildup only for a monster to go kill them all. it felt like a waste of time.

Finally a horror series for real, serious, horror fans, not fans who like the cliche, dumb, drama “horror,” with useless sex (like AHS), stupid plots, and naked underweight girls getting killed. I loved every episodes, especially this episode, it was psychedelic, weird, and scary. This series is a masterpiece.

The director's dad was George p. Cosmatos who directed Rambo first blood part 2, cobra and tombstone and worked with Peter Weller on of unknown origin (1983) and leviathan (1989).

I loved this episode. Panos Cosmatos is a true artist and I'll watch anything he creates.

I loved the music and the atmosphere yet I wish the alien hadn't just killed everyone just like that. I mean they could've done something more with it. Also, an alien enclosed in an asteroid that was resistant to x-rays and all of that, was awakened by... weed smoke? Lol

What Eric Andre does on his weekends

I liked how this episode had a skip button so I didn’t waste my time watching it. I watched the first half carefully then punted.

SPOILER ALERT! One detail I noticed is how the two characters who were most reluctant to take Lionel's drugs, Randall (Eric Andre) and Charlotte (Charlyne Yi! 😍), are the ones who make it out alive. Terrified and traumatized, but alive. Perhaps something of a karmic reward for them resisting the temptation of hedonism? Plus, yeah, while the episode did feel overly simplistic storywise and overly long, the finale with the monster was certainly worth the wait. The scenes where the transformed Lionel screams at his/its own reflection and then wanders out of the drainpipe into a city will stay with me for a while. You're left wondering: how much of Lionel is still in there? Is the creature murderous, or merely struggling to control his/its power? What will he/it do now that he's/it's on the loose on Earth?

Definitely the best episode by far... felt like a real movie.

The rich old dude did some heroin and snorted lots of coke but wouldn't hit the joint? Maybe they should have just taken some LSD.

True masterpiece. It felt like having a trip. I was hooked the entire time.

I'm glad this was not the pilot episode, otherwise, it would have turned me off completely from watching the whole show. I hate this kind of horror movie execution, all visuals and shallow storytelling.

10/10 masterpiece. the vibes are amazing, the story is excellent, the dialogue is perfect, and theres so many layers to each characters words that i felt that it was individual pieces of the same soul debating itself.

We didn't like this one as much - great review as always, Steve!

Loved this episode, simply for the ending. Felt like it was aiming for a Tarantino vibe with the slow build towards the third act which is where the story really took off. That creature/alien was straight up creepy and I loved it. I almost want to see the continuation of it’s story and could watch it melt a few more faces.

Had a Kill Bill feel with thunderdrome loved it

So divisive. For me this was the worst episode by a long stretch. I found it pretentious, all character development irrelevant and just swathes of style over actual solid substance. I enjoyed the immersive experience in that it was bold and different… but what was the point in developing the characters (of which I only mildly cared about 2) for this to be completely irrelevant with a (IMO) rubbishy naff not scary monster. The buildup suggested something much grander than the underwhelming payoff.

THe problem with this episode is that it doesnt make its goal clear. If this was meant as a character study, art haus, short film, then it achieves that goal brilliantly. Spot on. 10 out of 10. Full of subtext and metaphors and atmosphere.. But if it was meant as part of a "horror" anthology, where the audience would expect the horror to be the point, or at least a main ingredient, then it kind of wandered off topic and tossed in a little bit of horror at the end as an after thought. And that left people feeling a little... lost, as to what they should have expected. The characters were not characters but "types". Very typical medium, typical scientist, typical writer, musician.. But they represented an aspect of human interest, curiosity and creativity. So it wasnt like a deep dive into characters but more like a basic setup for something really interesting to come. And the first half of the episode is just hyping up the thing to come, the "item" we're all meant to be viewing. It is all setup, making us wonder, what kind of extraordinary thing a guy like this could have? A guy who has that whiskey, and this architecture and personal music made etc.. what kind of unique item excites him so much? All, long, admittedly interesting and well written setup, but still mainly setup. That didnt really pay off. We are hypes so much about the item, that an alien popping from an alien egg falls a bit flat, horror-wise. And all it does is kill or posess people? I at least expected something more mental, more fundamental to human interest, maybe something about giving into vices or something more relevant to the first half of the episode. When its just body horror and murder, it does feel a bit hollow and pointless. All built up with very meh and irrelevant pay off makes it feel a bit pointless

I loved it...till the last minute. Seemed very unfinished to me. All that buildup (fantastic buildup mind you) to finally see the creature, see it assimilate and go...into the sewer. The End. My wife and I both went WTF? She absolutely was pissed and thought we wasted the time. I can't argue. The cast was amazing, the set design, the idea...all wonderful. But my god that was an underwhelming finish. Very unsatisfying! ("That's what she said..." - Michael Scott)

It was without a doubt the worst piece of "horror" I've ever seen in my life. A pointless plot that takes way too long to get where it's going for absolutely no payoff. It wasn't scary. I felt absolutely nothing watching it besides that it was made by a pretentious director trying far too hard to be unique and different, to ultimately accomplish nothing of substance. It's a rock. The monster moves so incredibly slowly that its barely a threat to anything. The only people who even tried to escape did, easily. Absolutely pointless episode that actually managed to annoy me for wasting an hour of my life.

Can someone tell me the model of the green car at the end.. I guess a lamborghini gountach but it's so brief I wasn't sure

I feel like it set up so many points to veer off into something profound or at the very least, interesting. I like the creepy factor, but it should have tied into the focus on music or drugs

Anyone else get Scooby-Doo vibes?

After watching this episode I felt immediately the need to search and watch every material made by the director ''Panos Cosmatos''

Next to the autopsy this is my favorite of the series. The complete series was very good, it put me in mind of Masters of Horror that was a lot alike. I don’t really feel like the RU-vid guy broke it down very good though, seems like he repeated what he said- I thought it was cool but not a lot of feelings and gave it 8.8 which is fair and what he got from it. I thought it had a lot of “feeling” and meaning. I really like the director of episode 7 he did Mandy also was dope, but if you can’t appreciate his style I think you’ll be lost anyway. 9.3 for me. Maybe you should watch Mandy and rewatch the viewing, check out the director’s style and then you can do a decent review bubby

The ending was so disappointing! You should write these kind of stories from the (hopefully) clever ending backwards. The writers here had a cool premise but didn’t know what to do with it. Have they never seen The Twilight Zone? Or even Tales from the Crypt for crying out loud. This was a seriously wasted opportunity, but the first 2/3rds is absolutely masterful.

Ep7 was soooo bad, dont know how anyone enjoyed it. I dont care if the basic dialogue and characters were intentional for some theme or metaphor, it was incredibly boring to watch and then we get a random ass alien at the end. What a waste of time. Also people are overhyping the atmosphere imo, but even so thats not enough to call this a masterpiece or anything close to it.

Hands down my favourite episode of the whole series.

I'm on a mission to find the stoner rock song playing in the van when they meet Hector. If you have an idea let a bruddah know.

heightened senses is its theme

Haven't fully watched it yet I'll come back to listen to the review in a bit. I was wondering if anyone else got Terry Silver from Cobra Kai vibes from Peter Wellers character especially in regards to the rum? And a constant Stranger Things vibe from the use of Synth music.

I thought it was awful. Super slow and dull. it seemed written by a junior high school student. Acting not great either. Poor story telling.

I aboslutely loved this episode.

IMHO its overrated. Panos Cosmatos is a solid talent but people act like he can do no wrong after Mandy. Great vibe in the Viewing, the colors, music and composition are all there. Theres some excellent character development. But the last portion itself? Meatheaded and limp.

I want a full movie by this guy.

Definitely one of my top favorite episodes next 3 and 5. Does anyone know what song is playing during the cocaine scene in this episode?

Such a boring episode. Nonsense for 40 minutes, then some monster kills people and become human.

i hate that when mpnster walking slowly as i waiting for whats the point of this story series

This one was the least like the others until the end, which I liked about it, as most of the episodes had blatantly overlapping parts. The alien represents the wealthy and powerful enticing people but ultimately wrecking havok on the world

Loved everything (dialogue, photography, lightning, etc), but the plot. Too simplistic. Lead to nowhere.

I need someone to explain this one to me its the only one not based on a short story

Am I the only person that hated Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?

Dialogue was cool Weller was the G in this one for sure

All the episodes before this were so engaging and interesting but this one was so boring. Just sitting talking for the majority of the episode

Felt like color out of space in Tarantino style

You related to Macaulay Culkin? Or Daniel Radcliff?

I didnt understand this ep

This show is not my cup of tea, just here to let you know I appreciate the effort you put in

This one was so confusing

1st that episode felt like a waste of time

OR this was the worst episode

Didn't think much of this episode.in fact was the worst episode in series.👎👎👎

This show suck big time

An inane plot. So predictable. The house reminds me of the lair of James Bond's villains. Complete with drugs, golden rifles, a bodyguard, single malt whiskey. The James Bond's films are more thrilling. The rich man reminded me too of Bill in the Kill Bill series.

I did not like this series atall, im tired , im fedup, not even single episode of this series made me feel some thrill or excitement. This is just ridiculous. What was the point of this series?? This is just waste of time

I won't be a dick and dislike the video but i will give you some engagement by telling you that i think you're off base here. Panos seems to be really good at suggesting really huge ideas underlying the events of the film without explicitly confirming anything with an expectation that the viewer can make some plot leaps on their own, don't need their hands held and with some subtle contextual inferences, your imagination can run wild where exposition would set limits on something thats scarier or more interesting as undefined.