Nightmare Alley (aka I'm something of a con man myself) with Julia McCarthy

Scare Level: Existentially disconcerting
Trigger Warnings: body horror, gaslighting, manipulation, gore, dead fetuses,

Nightmare Alley is Guillermo Del Toro's stab at doing a classic noir and Cate Blanchette is here to show all of you how it's done. Get ready for a devious psychiatrist named Lilith with femme fatale hair that doesn't quit.

• Director: Guillermo Del Toro
• Writers: Guillermo Del Toro and Kim Morgan based on the book by William Lindsay Gresham
• Stars:Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Rooney Mara, Ron Perlman, Mary Steenburgen
• IMDB says: An ambitious carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is.

Recommendations:

• Julia - Carnivale
• Emily- The X-Files Episode "Humbug"
• Ben - Basic Instinct
• Jeremy - Diabolique

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