The movie Nightmare Alley is Oscar winning director Guillermo del Toro’s follow up to The Shape of Water.
In Nightmare Alley a corrupt con-man (Bradley Cooper) teams up with a female psychiatrist (Cate Blanchett) to trick people into giving them money.
It is a remake of the 1947 film of the same name. The original film featured Tyrone Power and Joan Blondell in the lead roles and was based on the William Lindsay Gresham novel.
The remake features Toni Collette, Michael Shannon, Rooney Mara and Richard Jenkins in supporting roles.