Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris’ 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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The Occupant of The Room
Dir. Kier-La Janisse
2025, Canada, 31 min
A school teacher’s late-night arrival without a reservation at a hotel in the Alps leaves him with no other option than to accept the room of a missing guest, leading to a sleepless night full of strange and mysterious occurrences.

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