Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand Guignol
November 20, 2025
1h 27m
Overview
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.
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