Highest-Rated Movies about 'Grand Guignol'

Scarface (1983), The 400 Blows (1959), Black Swan (2010), Eyes Without a Face - Les yeux sans visage (1959), Eastern Promises (2007), Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994), Blood Simple (1984), Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Grand Guignol movies.

#16. Spider (2002)

Storyline: Dennis Clegg is in his thirties and lives in a halfway house for the mentally ill in London. Dennis, nicknamed "Spider" by his mother has been institutionalized with acute schizophrenia for some 20 years. He has never truly recovered, however, and as the story progresses we vicariously experience his increasingly fragile grip on reality.

Plot Keywords: jigsaw puzzle, drink, drinking, death of wife, child abuse, cat, burial ...

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#17. À l'intérieur (2007)

Storyline: Four months before Christmas, Sarah and Matthieu Scarangelo were in a car crash, of which Sarah and her unborn baby were the only survivors. On Christmas Eve, Sarah stays home alone, where she grieves her husband and prepares to go to the hospital the next morning for the delivery. As night falls, a woman knocks on Sarah's door asking to use the phone. When she refuses, the woman reveals that she knows Sarah and tries to force her way in. Sarah calls the police; they inspect the home and determine the woman has left, but promise to keep watch over Sarah through the night. The woman returns and tries to take Sarah's unborn child, but Sarah locks herself in the bathroom. The strange woman torments Sarah through the night and kills all who try help her.

Plot Keywords: sadism, stabbed in the head, mother daughter relationship, brunette, matricide, pregnancy, tragic event ...

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#18. Cronos (1993)

Storyline: In 1536, in Veracruz, Mexico, during the Inquisition, an alchemist builds a mysterious and sophisticated device named Cronos to provide eternal life to the owner. In the present days, the antiques dealer Jesus Gris finds Cronos hidden inside an ancient statue while cleaning it with his granddaughter Aurora. He accidentally triggers the device and soon his wife Mercedes and he note that he has a younger appearance. Out of the blue, the stranger Angel de la Guardia visits Gris's shop and buys the old statue. On the next day, Gris finds his shop trashed and Angel's card on the floor. He pays a visit to Angel that introduces him to the eccentric millionaire De la Guardia that explains the healing power and the eternal life given by Cronos. Angel is sent by De la Guardia to hunt down Gris to get Cronos no matter the costs.

Plot Keywords: hopscotch, altar, artifact, auction, bare butt, barefoot, beating ...

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#20. Lost River (2014)

Storyline: "Lost River" is a dark fairy tale about love, family and the fight for survival in the face of danger. In the virtually abandoned city of Lost River, Billy (Christina Hendricks), a single mother of two, is led into a macabre underworld in her quest to save her childhood home and hold her family together. Her teenage son Bones (Iain De Casestecker) discovers a mystery about the origins of Lost River that triggers his curiosity and sets into motion an unexpected journey that will test his limits and the limits of those he loves.

Plot Keywords: retro, sadism, curse, underwater scene, suspense, neo noir, lynchian ...

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#21. Ed Gein (2001)

Storyline: The true story of Edward Gein, the farmer whose horrific crimes inspired Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Silence of the Lambs. This is the first film to Gein's tormented upbringing, his adored but domineering mother, and the 1957 arrest uncovered the most bizarre series of murders America has ever seen.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: based on true story, psychotic, serial killer, fratricide, killer, murderer, good versus evil ...

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#22. Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971)

Storyline: In Paris, in the beginning of the Twentieth Century, Cesar Charron owns a theater at the Rue Morgue where he performs the play "Murders in the Rue Morgue" with his wife Madeleine Charron, who has dreadful nightmares. When there are several murders by acid of people connected to Cesar, the prime suspect of Inspector Vidocq would be Cesar's former partner Rene Marot. But Marot murdered Madeleine's mother many years ago and committed suicide immediately after.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Plot Keywords: murder, performance, actor, paris france, dream, detective, maniac ...

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