Guillermo del Toro Discusses Inverting the American Dream in NewNightmare AlleyFeaturette

Though Searchlight Pictures ’ approaching featureNightmare AlleyfromGuillermo del Torodefinitelylooks and sounds like an otherworldly thriller , del Toro ’s insisted from the saltation that his latest project is a straight - up classic noir as drenched in boredom as it is ( ordinary ) thrills to terrify you .

Never one to settle for going the straightforward itinerary , del Toro ’s desire for Nightmare Alley to be view and engaged with as a proper noir is more than evident in a newfangled featurette , in which he and stars Cate Blanchett , Willem Dafoe , Ron Perlman , and David Strathairn discuss some of the conception at workplace in the Modern labor . While much of the featurette ’s new glimpses of the movie only further hint the idea that there might actually be something supernatural to the plot , del Toro himself describes the story as one that ’s more focussed on mine the wickedness that can be find by invert the American Dream into something more villainous .

Del Toro could be hear to pull everyone ’s legs with this whole “ there ’s no actual monster - monsters ” angle , but there ’s a hearty prospect that he ’s actually being quite serious in saying that there ’s nothing out of the average lurking in Nightmare Alley ’s shadows . audience will be capable to bump out for themselves when Nightmare Alley hits theater on on December 17 .

Bradley Cooper as Stanton “Stan” Carlisle, facing some psychological demons from the looks of it.