Bradley Cooper turns dark in ‘Nightmare Alley’

An ambitious carny (played by Bradley Cooper) with a talent for manipulating people hooks up with a female psychiatrist (Cate Blanchett) who is even more dangerous than he is in the new noir thriller “Nightmare Alley.” Also starring Toni Colette, Willem Dafoe and Ron Perlman, this noir thriller, inspired by the 1947 Tyrone Power film of the same name, is directed by horror and fantasy master Guillermo del Toro (“Hell Boy,” “Pan’s Labyrinth”). Rated R, in theaters Dec. 17.