A neo-noir psychological thriller set in a 1940s carnival starring Cate Blanchett and directed by Guillermo del Toro. If that sentence alone doesn’t sell you on the upcoming film Nightmare Alley, then the deliciously dark trailer just might.

Based on William Lindsay Gresham’s 1946 novel of the same name, with a screenplay co-written by Kim Morgan and del Toro, Nightmare Alley follows an ambitious carny (Bradley Cooper) with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words who hooks up with a female psychiatrist (Blanchett) who’s even more dangerous than he is.

Blanchett’s character Lilith oozes sophistication but recently speaking to Entertainment Weekly, the star admitted that her character is not a traditional femme fatale. “I think there’s a richness and a texture to her, in a way that perhaps there’s not in traditional femme fatales,” she says.

Nightmare Alley: Cate Blanchett shares details on her new role alongside Bradley Cooper in twisted psychological thriller