‘Nightmare Alley’: Guillermo del Toro’s Approach to Noir and “Eye Protein” Production Design [Interview]

Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley marks the filmmaker’s first foray into noir. The movie adapts the novel by William Lindsay Gresham and arrives in theaters on December 17. Bradley Cooper stars as an ambitious young carny, Stan Carlisle, with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words. Here, we see him hooking up with a female psychiatrist […]

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‘Silent Hill’ Creator Feels a Remake Would be Difficult For Konami to Pull Off

In case you didn’t read the interview with Video Games Chronicle and Silent Hill creator Keiichiro Toyama talking about his upcoming project with Bokeh Game Studio and Slitterhead, the topic of Silent Hill inevitably came up (as did Hideo Kojima’s P.T.). The topic turned to the long-rumored remake of the survival horror classic, and in […]

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‘Nightmare Alley’ Clip: Bradley Cooper & Cate Blanchett Become a Dangerous Duo [Video]

Guillermo del Toro‘s new movie Nightmare Alley is on the way this holiday season from Searchlight Pictures, with the hotly anticipated film only in theaters on December 17. You can read Meagan Navarro’s review for Bloody Disgusting right here, and as of this morning, you can also grab your tickets now! Your wildest dreams await…  Bloody Disgusting has the first […]

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Tickets for Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Nightmare Alley’ on Sale Now; Get a Collectible Poster from Regal

Guillermo del Toro‘s new movie Nightmare Alley is on the way this holiday season from Searchlight Pictures, with the hotly anticipated film only in theaters on December 17. You can read Meagan Navarro’s review for Bloody Disgusting right here, and as of this morning, you can also grab your tickets now! Your wildest dreams await…  Regal Crown Club […]

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[Review] Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Nightmare Alley’ Is a Bleak, Winding Road to Ruin

The opening scene in Guillermo del Toro’s latest gives a grim introduction to lead Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper) as he drags a wrapped body into the floorboards of a house, then sets the place ablaze. Intentionally presented without context, it casts Stanton in harsh light. That, of course, is by design. Appearances are often deceiving, and nothing […]

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Guillermo del Toro’s ‘At the Mountains of Madness’ Adaptation May Still Happen in Weirder, Smaller Form

Guillermo del Toro is a filmmaker juggling many passion projects, but none quite as ambitious or enduring as his adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness. All hope faded after the project fell into purgatory since its 2006 script origins. Now, del Toro renews that hope with new details that the project may […]

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Guillermo del Toro’s “Cabinet of Curiosities” Collects a Cast!

From Netflix and Oscar winner Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water, Blade 2, Hellboy) comes the anthology series “Cabinet of Curiosities,” and the lineups of attached directors and stars are incredibly impressive. Episode directors for the series will include Panos Cosmatos (Mandy), Jennifer Kent (The Babadook), Vincenzo Natali (Splice), and David Prior (The Empty Man). Today, Deadline reports that Harry Potter‘s Rupert Grint, who has […]

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Noirvember: The Original ‘Nightmare Alley’ Spins a Haunting Tale of Deceit and Tragedy

The first adaptation of William Lindsay Gresham‘s 1946 novel is a bit of a genre-bending anomaly. Nightmare Alley featured a larger than usual budget for its type, a film noir that bleeds into other genres with a lead star intentionally playing against type. It centers around an unlikable protagonist haunted by his actions. Much of it is […]

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Official Trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Nightmare Alley’ Calls to Mind…Tim Burton’s ‘Batman’?!

Academy Award winner Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water) has returned with his brand new genre offering, Nightmare Alley, which finally has an official trailer. The footage from the film is nothing short of stunning, looking like del Toro’s own take on Gotham City, calling to mind Tim Burton’s Batman and its even more astonishing […]

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Image Gallery Takes You Down Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Nightmare Alley’ With Bradley Cooper, Toni Collette, Ron Perlman and More

Guillermo del Toro‘s new movie Nightmare Alley is on the way this holiday season from Searchlight Pictures, with the hotly anticipated film only in theaters on December 17. One thing we need to make clear right off the bat? Nightmare Alley isn’t a horror movie. “It has happened to me in the past with Crimson Peak, where people went […]

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‘Antlers’: Read Nick Antosca’s Short Story “The Quiet Boy” That the Creepy New Movie Was Based On

“That presence was standing behind her. Giving off an overpowering desire to perform acts of cruelty. To mutilate, to desecrate, to inhale the agony of others.” Now playing in theaters, the Guillermo del Toro-produced, Scott Cooper-directed horror movie Antlers was co-written by “Channel Zero” creator Nick Antosca, based on a short story Antosca wrote titled “The Quiet Boy.“ If you’ve […]

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[Review] ‘Antlers’ Sleepwalks Through Somber Folkloric Family Nightmare

Everything about Antlers, on paper, ticks off the boxes that mark it as one of the year’s most highly anticipated horror movies. Or rather, last year, where it was initially scheduled before the pandemic bounced it off the calendar and stretched out anticipation further. Based on the short story “The Quiet Boy” by Nick Antosca, produced […]

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Scott Cooper’s ‘Antlers’ Will World Premiere at Beyond Fest in October

In addition to our Beyond Fest screenings of V/H/S/94, Freddy vs. Jason, You’re Next, and Fede Alvarez’s Evil Dead Uncut, alongside Halloween Kills, The Black Phone, and Titane, this year’s positively stacked Beyond Fest lineup will also include Antlers, we’ve learned! Searchlight Pictures and Beyond Fest announced today the World Premiere of Scott Cooper’s new […]

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Step Right Up: First Trailer Takes a Trip Down Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Nightmare Alley’

Come on in and find out… is he man or beast? The trailer for Guillermo del Toro‘s new movie Nightmare Alley has finally arrived from Searchlight Pictures, with the hotly anticipated film only in theaters on December 17. One thing we need to make clear right off the bat? Nightmare Alley isn’t a horror movie. “It has […]

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