The What do you think of when you hear French cinema? You might well think

high-brow art house movies, French New Wave, filmmakers like Jean-Lute Godar,

Francois Truffaut and Jacques de Mee.

But let's not forget that for over a hundred years now,

the French have been pioneers of gruesome macabre entertainment.

In the late 1800s French audiences would flock to theatre grand guignol in Paris to see gruesome

blood-drenched live theatre performances.

In early cinema, it was French director George Meliers who's often cited for creating the first ever horror film with the Manor of the Devil.

And movies we've already discussed this series, like Laid the Abolique or eyes without a face,

still remain shocking and terrifying to this day.

But it was around the turn of the military.

But it was around the turn of the millennium that a new movement in French cinema began,

one that drew on its country's history in both high-brow art and grisly gore. This movement became known as New French

extremity, a term first coined by the art forum critic James Quant, who grouped together a collection

of shocking transgressive films by French directors like Claire D'nee and Gasper Nue. These were artful, thought-provoking movies made by

respected French filmmakers that also happened to be some of the most shocking, gruesome and deeply discuss two classics from the new French

extremity, trouble every day and inside.

Welcome. Welcome back to the evolution of horror. My name is Mike and as ever I am your host.

If you're tuning in for the first time then welcome welcome in this podcast we explore and

dissect the history and the evolution of the horror genre by looking at

particular sub-genres one series at a time we are currently in the middle of

our sixth series exploring both body horror and

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