Body Horror Returns: Cannes Film Festival Screens Marion Le Corroller's 'Sanguine'
The body horror genre is experiencing a resurgence, exemplified by the screening of Marion Le Corroller's film 'Sanguine' at the Festival de Cannes. This subgenre of horror uses distorted bodies and manipulated flesh to create an 'anxiogenic vertigo' and offers an emancipatory counter-narrative, particularly against new beauty standards. The article explores how body horror transforms the body into a space of struggle.
Key facts
- Marion Le Corroller's 'Sanguine' was presented at the Festival de Cannes.
- Body horror is a subgenre of horror that distorts bodies and manipulates flesh.
- The genre creates an 'anxiogenic vertigo' in viewers.
- Body horror offers an emancipatory counter-narrative.
- The genre challenges new beauty standards.
- The article is published by Le Monde.
- The article was published on June 7, 2026.
- The article is part of the 'M-Perso' section.
Entities
Artists
- Marion Le Corroller
Institutions
- Festival de Cannes
- Le Monde
Locations
- Cannes
- France