Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand Guignol (2025) — film poster, directed by David Gregory

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

2025
1h 27min Feature
Directed by
David Gregory
Not currently streaming on CaSTV

Synopsis

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.