French Horror

By: Raymer

A highly subjective survey of the horror films that have come out of France. I know there are more I’m leaving out, but I don’t think lists of hundreds of films are necessarily useful. Also, with the exception of Irreversible, I’ve stayed away from the new French Extremism.

Also notable, but not on MUBI:

Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fay, Bruno Gantillon (1971)
Malefique, Eric Valette (2002)
Frontier(s), Xavier Gens (2007)

This is admittedly biased towards more recent films, since they’ve been easier for me to track down. Any recommendations on older films I’ve missed are more than welcome.

• 01
  The Fall of the House of Usher
  Jean Epstein
• 02
  Un chien andalou
  Luis Buñuel
• 03
  Diabolique
  Henri-Georges Clouzot
• 04
  Eyes Without a Face
  Georges Franju
• 05
  The Rape of the Vampire
  Jean Rollin
• 06
  Spirits of the Dead
  Federico Fellini
• 07
  The Tenant
  Roman Polanski
• 08
  The Grapes of Death
  Jean Rollin
• 09
  The Living Dead Girl
  Jean Rollin
• 10
  Faceless
  Jesús Franco
• 11
  With a Friend Like Harry
  Dominik Moll
• 12
  Criminal Lovers
  François Ozon
• 13
  Brotherhood of the Wolf
  Christophe Gans
• 14
  Trouble Every Day
  Claire Denis
• 15
  In My Skin
  Marina de Van
• 16
  Irreversible
  Gaspar Noé
• 17
  High Tension
  Alexandre Aja
• 18
  House of Voices
  Pascal Laugier
• 19
  They Came Back
  Robin Campillo
• 20
  Calvaire
  Fabrice Du Welz
• 21
  Lemming
  Dominik Moll
• 22
  Sheitan
  Kim Chapiron
• 23
  Them
  David Moreau
• 24
  Inside
  Alexandre Bustillo
• 25
  Martyrs
  Pascal Laugier
• 26
  Vinyan
  Fabrice Du Welz