#Upcoming Horror Movies That Will Freak You Out

More of a thriller than a horror movie, with none of the supernatural elements we’ve come to know and love from Mexican maestro Guillermo del Toro, “Nightmare Alley” will be a dark, psychological noir with a hard-R rating. Based on the book published in 1946, which was adapted into a film a year later, this updated take has a spectacular cast that includes Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara (“Carol” reunion!), and Willem Dafoe. It focuses on the seedy underbelly of society in the ’40s, telling a story about a carnival full of grifters, including a manipulative carny (Cooper) who meets his match in Blanchett’s psychiatrist. 

While del Toro has had his fingers in many pies since winning the Oscar for “The Shape of Water,” this is his first time back in the director’s chair since 2017. Production shut down literally halfway through filming when the pandemic started, meaning that we have been waiting for this one for a very long time. This is just one of many reasons why “Nightmare Alley” is one of the hotly-anticipated films (in any genre) of 2021.