Nightmare Alley Is A Genre First For Guillermo Del Toro

Nightmare Alley Is A Genre First For Guillermo Del Toro

Guillermo del Toro’s psychological thriller Nightmare Alley won’t include an important classic horror/fantasy genre element of his past films.

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Nightmare Alley Is A Genre First For Guillermo Del Toro

After an entire directing career of blending horror, fantasy, and the supernatural, Nightmare Alley is taking Guillermo del Toro into new waters with its genre. Making his full feature directorial debut in 1993 with the horror film Cronos, del Toro has been a persistent force within Hollywood as he wows audiences and critics alike with his distinct visual style and dark tone. After winning Best Picture in 2018, del Toro is making his return to film direction with Nightmare Alley, starring Bradley Cooper

Although his passion projects tend to infuse the supernatural with horror elements, the films that have brought del Toro his highest acclaim are dark fantasies that play on his lifelong fascination with monsters. Aside from tentpole Hollywood movies like Hellboy and Blade II, it’s the more fairy tale-esque monster stories like Pan’s Labyrinth and The Shape of Water that have defined his career. The Shape of Water proved that del Toro had perfected his unique craft, which notably won him the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director in 2018. Since he hasn’t yet strayed from the horror, fantasy, and supernatural that have come to define the director’s style, it’s exciting to see what del Toro will bring with Nightmare Alley, which will take him in a brand new direction.

Nightmare Alley, an adaptation based on the 1946 novel of the same name, is a psychological thriller in the film noir style. In an interview with Collider, Guillermo del Toro revealed the film will have no supernatural elements, which marks a stark departure from the genre themes and elements of all his previous films. Each of his prior directed films has involved the supernatural in some way, while he says Nightmare Alley is firmly a dark human story. Just because it’s not horror-based or supernatural doesn’t mean it won’t have scary elements, as del Toro also revealed the upcoming movie will absolutely have an R rating.

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While Guillermo del Toro has said he enjoyed focusing on noir and horror in his earlier short films, this is the first time he’s diving into a strict film noir with major Hollywood backing. While it won’t be the typical supernatural or horror movie del Toro is known for, it will be a dark, society-based, psychological story that, as the trailer reveals, will still feature common del Toro horror-style calls. Without any supernatural elements, Nightmare Alley will be del Toro’s first time tackling a dark tale completely set in real, accessible figures, a gothic story strictly about humanity. The classic del Toro monsters won’t be sea creatures, superheroes, or fairy tale beasts, they’ll be human. Without any real fantasy or supernatural horror elements, the director is telling his first solely human tale.

While Nightmare Alley isn’t the first time del Toro is leaving the supernatural behind in a project, it’s the first time he’ll be omitting this genre element in a film he is directing himself. He’s done without the supernatural or fantasy in movies he’s produced like While She Was Out, Rudo y Cursi, and Cronicas, but he’s never tackled human stories like Nightmare Alley in his direction until now. As the Academy Award-winning Shape of Water director heads onto a new course genre-wise, it’ll be intriguing to see whether his film noir skills can garner him further Oscar nods with Nightmare Alley.

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