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  1. Nightmare Alley is a 2021 neo-noir psychological thriller film co-written and directed by Guillermo del Toro, and based on the 1946 novel of the same name by William Lindsay Gresham. It is the second feature film adaptation of Gresham's novel, following the 1947 film. A co-production between Searchlight Pictures, TSG Entertainment, and Double ...

  2. Dec 17, 2021 · Nightmare Alley highlights the American Dream's illusory nature, however, or at least shows how it can go horribly, irredeemably wrong. Ultimately, it is a story about how men bring misfortune on themselves. This is why Nightmare Alley's ending is poetically perfect, even if it is incredibly tragic and dark.

  3. Dec 17, 2021 · His “Nightmare Alley” is a movie of psychological tunnels and downward spirals. In entering them, Stan risks getting lost and never coming out the other side. Circular symbolism seems most explicit in the spins of an imposing Ferris wheel. Still more prominent in the aesthetic of Tamara Deverell ’s impeccable production design, heavy on ...

  4. Nightmare Alley: Directed by Guillermo del Toro. With Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe. A grifter working his way up from low-ranking carnival worker to lauded psychic medium matches wits with a psychologist bent on exposing him.

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    • Crime, Drama, Thriller
    • Guillermo del Toro
    • 2021-12-17
  5. Dec 17, 2021 · The novel of “Nightmare Alley” was a success, one that Gresham would never match, even as he published other books. Having been diagnosed with cancer, he would take his own life in 1962. “We ...

    • mark.olsen@latimes.com
    • Staff Writer
  6. A grifter working his way up from low-ranking carnival worker to lauded psychic medium matches wits with a psychologist bent on exposing him. Stan burns down his home and takes a job as a carny with a traveling carnival. Stan is disturbed at how any man could sink to the level of performing as a geek. Clem explains that he seeks out alcoholic ...

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  8. Nightmare Alley. Roustabout Stanton Carlisle (Tyrone Power) joins a traveling carny and unsuccessfully schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena (Joan Blondell) and her ...

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    • Crime, Drama