2038 – Nightmare Alley (2021)

timespace coordinates: 1939 traveling carnival / 1941 Buffalo, New York

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Nightmare Alley is a 2021 American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Guillermo del Toro from a screenplay by del Toro and Kim Morgan, based on the 1946 novel of the same name by William Lindsay Gresham, being the second feature film adaptation of Gresham’s novel, following the 1947 version.

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The film stars Bradley Cooper as a charming and ambitious carnival worker with a mysterious past who takes big risks to boost his career. Cate BlanchettToni ColletteWillem DafoeRichard JenkinsRooney MaraRon PerlmanMary Steenburgen, and David Strathairn also star. A black-and-white version, subtitled Vision in Darkness and Light, was released in select cities starting on January 14, 2022. (wiki)

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