Guillermo Del Toro’s Nightmare Alley 4-Disc Special Edition Is 50% Off Two Weeks After Launch

Guillermo del Toro fans can save 50% on all of his Criterion Collection movies, including the new Nightmare Alley Special Edition. Released October 28, the four-disc edition of the 2021 neo-noir film is on sale for only $30 (was $60) at Amazon. Criterion’s Nightmare Alley remaster includes two different versions of film on 4K UHD Blu-ray and standard Blu-ray, including a black-and-white extended director’s cut.

Fans can also save 50% on 4K Blu-ray editions of del Toro’s Pinocchio, The Shape of Water, and Cronos. You can also grab Pan’s Labyrinth on Blu-ray for only $20 (was $40).

$30 (was $60)

Features and Bonus Content:

4-Disc Special Edition
Remastered theatrical edition on 4K Blu-ray (150 minutes)
Black-and-white director’s cut on 4K Blu-ray (159 minutes)
Dolby Vision HDR
DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Surround Sound
2 Blu-ray discs with both editions and bonus content
Director’s cut audio commentary with Guillermo del Toro
Behind-the-scenes documentary
Introductions by del Toro for both editions
Conversation between del Toro and Bradley Cooper
Trailers
Optional English subtitles
Essay by true crime author Sarah Weinman

Guillermo del Toro supervised Criterion’s remaster and approved the Dolby Vision HDR and DTS HD MA 5.1 surround sound enhancements.

Criterion’s Special Edition includes notable new bonus features and premium, display-worthy packaging. The extended cut has a new audio commentary by del Toro, and fans can take a behind-the-scenes look at the production in a new documentary. This edition also has a conversation with del Toro and Bradley Cooper, who starred in and co-produced Nightmare Alley, and new introductions for both editions voiced by del Toro.

Considering Nightmare Alley is a neo-noir psychological thriller that takes place in 1939, the black-and-white director’s cut is a fitting inclusion. The director’s cut is nine minutes longer than the original theatrical release. The black-and-white edition is officially titled Nightmare Alley: Vision in Darkness and Light.

Despite bombing at the box office in 2021, Nightmare Alley was a Best Picture nominee at the Academy Awards. Ahead of awards season in 2022, a black-and-white version of the original 150-minute film received a limited theatrical release.

Nightmare Alley has a star-studded cast led by Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, and Willem Dafoe. Cooper plays a carnival worker with big ambitions and a murky past. If you like del Toro’s distinct brand of filmmaking, you’d probably like Nightmare Alley.

Along with directing the film, del Toro co-wrote the screenplay with Kim Morgan. Nightmare Alley was adapted from the 1946 novel by William Lindsay Gresham, which was first adapted for film in 1947.

Guillermo del Toro: The Criterion Collection Deals

Guillermo del Toro’s most recent film, a highly rated take on Frankenstein, is available to stream exclusively on Netflix. Insight Editions published an art and commentary book about the adaptation on October 28. The 334-page hardcover is available for $75 and eligible for Amazon’s Buy Two, Get One Free Book Sale this week. You can preorder Frankenstein: The Complete Screenplay by del Toro for $28 (was $30) ahead of its November 25 release.

Insight Editions also reissued the superb Guillermo del Toro book Cabinet of Curiosities on October 28. This is a hardcover collection of pages from del Toro’s notebooks and other written material. Amazon is offering a limited-time discount that drops the price to $45 (was $60).

For more Criterion Collection holiday deals, check out GameSpot’s massive roundup of all of the notable 4K Blu-rays, Blu-rays, and box sets up for grabs for 50% off ahead of Black Friday.

A few other notable recent releases are eligible for the 50% discount, including The Wes Anderson Archive for $250 (was $500), Twin Peaks Fire Walk with Me on 4K Blu-ray, and the Academy Award-winning animated movie Flow on 4K Blu-ray.

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