How to Use Grand Guignol in a Sentence
Grand Guignol
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For a Grand Guignol flourish, nothing beats the late-night fleshhacking in Satriale's.
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Dan Snierson,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Dec. 2025
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But if some of the address was a game show, much of it was a bloody Grand Guignol theater of horror stories, almost all about immigrants preying on the helpless and the innocent.
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Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
25 Feb. 2026
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The Grand Guignol gets a Bollywood makeover in Virat Pal’s satirical bloodfest about hapless paparazzi stumbling upon the dark secret behind a beloved Mumbai movie star’s beauty and tireless commitment to her craft.
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A.a. Dowd,
Vulture,
3 Oct. 2025
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The scenic design by Paul Tate dePOO III savors the show’s Grand Guignol flavors while leaving plenty of flexibility for antic comedy.
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Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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The stakes just keep getting higher in this Grand Guignol of bloodthirsty excess, as bereaved government agent Soo-hyun (Lee Byung-hun) descends into shocking depravity in his pursuit of serial killer Kyung-chul (Choi Min-sik).
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Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
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