From the Silent Film era to the New French Extremity movement, France has been a site for the imaginings of the dark and disturbing. Pushing the boundaries of what could be explored visually and psychologically on the silver screen. Below are some examples from the classic to the modern within the genre.
Les Diaboliques: The Devils
1955
A boy's boarding school is being run by a man named Michel Delassalle. But it is his frail wife Christina who actually owns the school and puts up with her husband's abuse. That is, until she learns of the relationship between her husband and another teacher at the school. Confronting and then bonding with her husband's mistress over their shared mistreatment by his words and hands, they plot to get rid of him.
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Les yeux sans visage: Eyes Without a Face
1960
After his daughter's face was disfigured in a car crash, a plastic surgeon is determined to attempt a face transplant. But where and how to acquire this new face?
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Le Vourdalak: The Vourdalak
2023
Based on an 1839 novella, "The Family of the Vourdalak", the "Vourdalak" or "Russian vampire" in this film comes back to his family's home to siphon the life from his loved ones. A lost French marquis has the unfortunate luck of taking refuge in this home after being robbed and losing his companions in the nearby woods.
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La nuit a dévoré le monde: The Night Eats the World
2018
After Sam knocks out and sleeps through a party at his ex-girlfriend's place, it would appear that a zombie apocalypse has fallen upon Paris. Waking up to the chaos, he locks himself up in an apartment and prepares to fight for his survival.
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Deep Fear
2022
A graduation visit to the catacombs ends up with a group of friends discovering a war-time bunker. Little do they know they've not only found a piece of history, but they've unleashed something from those depths. Something now on the hunt.
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