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Theatre of Fear & Horror: The Grisly Spectacle of the Grand Guignol of Paris, 1897-1962 by
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I finished 100 plots from the Repertoire of the Grand Guignol, Color plates, and now I'm reading the essay Fear in Literature by André de Lorde.
"André de Lorde was the dominant figure in the Grand Guignol’s history. Dubbed the “Prince of Terror,” de Lorde wrote many of its most popular plays..."
— Oct 03, 2020 11:42AM
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"André de Lorde was the dominant figure in the Grand Guignol’s history. Dubbed the “Prince of Terror,” de Lorde wrote many of its most popular plays..."
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"He discovered the further away the sound source was from the audience, the more effective (or chilling) it was."
— Oct 03, 2020 11:34AM
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"In Hollywood, the “old dark house” mysteries of the silent era, like Paul Leni’s The Cat and Canary (1927) and horror spectacles like Phantom of the Opera (1925), owed much more to the Grand Guignol than Expressionism."
— Oct 03, 2020 11:33AM
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"The Grand Guignol’s most significant influence on world culture can be found in the popular sub-genres of the Hollywood film. While the scary phantasmagoric style and primitive psychological thriller existed from the very beginnings of the European motion picture industry, the Grand Guignol had a major impact on their look and development by the end of World War One."
— Oct 03, 2020 11:32AM
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