THEATRE OF HORRORS: THE SORDID STORY OF PARIS' GRAND GUIGNOL

2025

87 min.

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In 1897, when Bram Stoker published Dracula, Oscar Méténier invented the Grand-Guignol. Live depictions of death, bloody melodramas, screams of the victims and the audience: here is the story of this Parisian theater of horrors that revolutionized the depiction of death in art.

Original Title

Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand Guignol

Plot Summary

In 1897, when Bram Stoker published Dracula, Oscar Méténier invented the Grand-Guignol. Live depictions of death, bloody melodramas, screams of the victims and the audience: here is the story of this Parisian theater of horrors that revolutionized the depiction of death in art.

Release Date

September 8, 2025