Name: Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris’ Grand Guignol
Start: 2025-12-19T16:30:00-06:00
End: 2025-12-19T18:30:00-06:00
Location: Dave Barber Cinematheque

$Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris\u2019 Grand Guignol$

Dir. David Gregory
2025, USA, 90 min
English and French with English subtitles
Rated 18A
In 1897, in an alleyway located in the sordid neighborhood of Pigalle, an old chapel converted into a performance space was transformed into a theater steeped in naturalism, controversy, and macabre spectacles. Over the next 65 years, the Grand Guignol would provoke both repulsion and celebration in equal measure. Narrated by Barbara Steele and featuring state-of-the-art visual effects, Theatre of Horrors chronicles the sociocultural impact of France’s most infamous creation.
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