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Grand guignol

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A Parisian theatre which specialized in grotesque and grisly horror shows. historical
  2. 2
    That which thrives on grotesquery and gore. broadly

    "I may remark, in passing, that I did not go to see any bullfights... . But if I had preferred a Grand Guignol thrill to a great experience of a great nation,... ."

Noun
  1. 1
    a play of a macabre or horrific nature wordnet

Etymology

Popular form of Le Théâtre du Grand-Guignol.

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