Nightmare Alley Filming Locations

Nightmare Alley Filming Locations: Nightmare Alley film follows a grifter Stan Carlisle working as a low-ranking carnival worker by using his knowledge, Carlisle crafts a golden ticket to success and for a big score, he soon finds something to bring down a dangerous tycoon with the help from a mysterious psychologist.

The Cast includes Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Rooney Mara, Ron Perlman, Mary Steenburgen, David Strathairn, Holt McCallany, Peter MacNeill, Mark Povinelli, and more…

When and Where was Nightmare Alley filmed?

Film Name	Nightmare Alley
Genre	Crime, Drama, Thriller
Filming location	USA and Canada
Filming Dates	January 2020 to December 2020
Release Date	December 17, 2021

The film’s filming took place primarily in the USA and Canada. The filming of the movie started in January 2020 and was completed in December 2020. In the below article, we will see the different locations where the film was filmed.

Nightmare Alley Filming Locations in Canada

North America is a Continent and Canada is a country located in North America that consists of ten provinces and three union territories. In the below article, we will see the different places in North America (Canada) where Nightmare Alley was filmed.

1. Country Heritage Park

Address: 8560 Tremaine Rd, Milton, ON L9T 2X3, Canada

The Country Heritage Park is a non-profit organization that is located next to Highway 401 and the Niagara Escarpment in Milton. The gas station and cafe where Stan gets off the bus featured in the film is filmed at the 1928 Ford Dealership at Country Heritage Park. It served as an open-air museum of rural life in the 19th century in Milton, Ontario.

2. Markham Fairgrounds

Address: 10801 McCowan Rd, Markham, ON L3P 3J3, Canada

Markham Fairgrounds is used as the traveling carnival set in the film where Stan learns Zeena and Pete’s techniques. The set was built in March 2020 on the grounds outside Toronto.

3. The Cotton Factory

Address: 270 Sherman Ave N, Hamilton, ON L8L 6N4, Canada

Cotton Factory is a historic industrial complex also known as The Imperial Cotton Company Limited. Cotton Factory in Hamilton is used as the Salvation Army alley from the rainy scene. The street between the warehouses of the Cotton Factory served as a filming location for the scene after Stan and Molly ran away from Grindle’s garden.

4. Black Creek Pioneer Village

Address: 1000 Murray Ross Pkwy, Toronto, ON M3J 2P3, Canada

Black Creek Pioneer Village is an open-air heritage museum in Toronto. The restaurant where Stan and Clem eat in the film and afterward the Salvation Army scene is filmed at the barroom of the Halfway House Inn at Black Creek Pioneer Village in North York.

5. The Carlu

Address: 444 Yonge St #7, Toronto, ON M5B 2H4, Canada

Historic event space The Carlu is located in Toronto and noted as the eponymous “Eaton’s Seventh Floor”. In the film when the time shifts Two years later, Stan -“The Great Stanton”- and Molly are performing in Buffalo, New York is actually filmed in this location.

6. South Simcoe Railway Heritage Corp

Address: Mill St W, Tottenham, ON L0G 1W0, Canada

The South Simcoe Railway is a railway which is located in Tottenham’s picturesque town and The train yards at the end of the film were filmed at the South Simcoe Railway. It is the oldest operating steam heritage railway in Ontario.

7. R. C. Harris Water Treatment Plant

Address: 2701 Queen St E, Scarborough, ON M4E 1H4, Canada

R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant is a Water treatment plant in Toronto, Canada, The filming unit used the R. C. Harris Water Treatment Plant to film the interior and exterior scenes of Ezra Grindle’s office in the film Nightmare Alley.

Nightmare Alley Filming Locations in the USA

There are several locations in the USA that are frequently used for filming. In addition to Canada, some locations in the United States were also used for the filming of Nightmare Alley.

1. Buffalo City Hall

Address: 65 Niagara Square, Buffalo, NY 14202, United States

Buffalo City Hall is in the City of Buffalo, New York. The exterior of psychologist Dr. Lilith Ritter’s office in the film was filmed in Buffalo City Hall. The cast and crew also filmed some scenes inside the building.

Nightmare Alley Official Trailer

Nightmare Alley was released at Alice Tully Hall in New York City on December 1, 2021, and then in the United States on December 17, 2021, by Searchlight Pictures. (External Link: IMDb)