Horror maestro Guillermo del Toro has inked a deal with streaming service Netflix for a new horror anthology series called Guillermo del Toro presents 10 After Midnight, Deadline reports.

The Academy award-winning director, fresh off his recent success with his latest cinematic offering The Shape of Water, will present a series of personally selected stories geared specifically toward the horror genre. del Toro, as well as creating and executive producing the series, will also write and direct several episodes himself. Though, he will personally delegate the lions’ share of the series to selected genre writers/directors to allow his vision to come to fruition.

This is a win-win situation for horror fans nostalgic for the halcyon days of Masters of Horror. We have had the itch partially scratched with the some of the offering from the excellent Charlie Brooker helmed Black Mirror, even if the horror-themed stories in that excellent anthology were few and far between. And again with the upcoming Nightmare Cinema, boasting several acclaimed Masters of Horror. Now, we get a new anthology series helmed and guided by the hand of an absolute master of the genre. These are undoubtedly exciting times to be a horror fan right now for sure.

Guillermo del Toro is of course no stranger to the horror genre. Providing audiences with such genre favourites as Cronos, The Devil’s Backbone, Blade 2, Pan’s Labyrinth and Crimson Peak, this news is enough to send any contemporary horror fan a quivering with excitement and expectation. This continues the director’s collaboration with the streaming service after his beloved animated series Trollhunters.

Guillermo del Toro presents 10 After Midnight will see the director move towards a live-action offering for the platform. At present, no details of episode count or season premiere date have been set.

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