


Lilith Ritter had a deep scar on her chest, though she never explained how she got it. Why Did Psychologist Lilith Ritter Betray Stan? Stan flew too high toward the sun, but the weight of sins threw him so low that he descended into madness from which he would never really recover. When that realm broke, God was staring at Stan, who was accountable for the Kimball tragedy, the murder of Ezra Grindle and his muscleman, Anderson. In simpler terms, Stan created a realm of lies that sparked a chain of events that probably might not have occurred if Stan hadn’t lied to them in the first place. But in reality, his act of playing god backfired against his will and Felicia shot Charles and herself to reunite with Julian sooner. Stan thought he was helping the parents by giving them false hope and curing them of their pain. Stan made them believe that he could talk to Julian’s spirit and gave them hope that they would reunite with their son in the afterlife. The parents lost their only son, Julian, in the war and had thus been yearning for closure. Stan fell into the labyrinth when he started doing spooky acts for money and encountered Judge Charles Kimball and his wife Felicia. He hinted that the act of mentalism and spooky shows to trick people was a labyrinth of lies that could trick a man into believing that he had power that was equal to God’s. Pete, like a father-figure, warned Stan that the book of codes could be misused. If Stan was an archetype of Icarus, then Pete definitely portrayed his father, Daedalus, the great inventor of the labyrinth. Stan, who needs both money and food, helps the carnies to relocate the carnival due to an upcoming storm and soon befriends Clem, who asks for Stan’s help to catch the “geek” who escapes his cage.Ĭredits: Searchlight Pictures/ TSG Entertainment

With no money in his hand to pay for the show, Stan tries to sneak out of the back of the tent when the muscle man, Bruno (Ron Perlman), catches him and inquires if he needs a job. Stan enters the carnival and visits a “Human Freak Show” created by Clement “Clem” Hoately (Willem Dafoe), the owner of the carnival. At the bus stop, his eyes catch the lights on a ferris wheel and a carnival that lies ahead. Stan takes the bus ride to travel to a nearby town to start a new life. Stan walks away from the house with the intention of leaving behind his past, unaware that the horrors of his sins will haunt him forever. After a moment of thought, Stan lights up a matchstick and burns down his house, along with the dead body buried inside it. The tale, set in 1939, opens with Stanton “Stan” Carlisle (Bradley Cooper), who drags a dead body to a large hole made in his midwestern house. However, his vision of the set design and subtle psychological layers in the character do make a difference. Guillermo del Toro’s version of the narrative is similarly set during World War II. In 1947, Edmund Goulding adapted the book that followed the man’s tragic journey and his hustle to escape poverty. Directed by Guillermo del Toro, “Nightmare Alley” is the second film based on William Lindsay Gresham’s novel of the same name.
