“Nightmare Alley” will definitely go down as a film that audiences initially under-appreciated.
Guillermo del Toro’s beautifully moody noir about a carnival “psychic” undone by his own greed got awards-show praise but flopped at the box office — perhaps partly due to resurgent Covid-19 fears.When I caught this dark and twisted tale at a gorgeous historic theatre near Seattle, the seats were empty and the downcast proprietor lamented his luck as he filled a bag of popcorn.
He’d signed up for a two-week exhibition and simply had to wait for this flatlining circus act to skip town.
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