Alexandra West has written about genre films for The Toronto Star, Rue Morgue Magazine and Offscreen Film Journal. In 2012, she co-founded the Faculty of Horror podcast, exploring the films’ analytical side. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsForeword by Andrea SubissatiIntroduction1 • Vive la Révolution! France’s Bloody and Divided History2 • Cinéma pour Tous: The Film Industry in France3 • Time Destroys All Things: Gaspar Noé’s Carne (1991), I Stand Alone (1998) and Irréversible (2002)4 • Body Commodification: Romance (1999), Pola X (1999) and Baise-moi (2000)5 • In Wolf’s Clothing: Sombre (1998) and L’Humanité (1999)6 • Fine Young Cannibals: Trouble Every Day (2001) and In My Skin (2002)7 • Lovers in a Dangerous Time: Criminal Lovers (1999) and Twentynine Palms (2003)8 • Without Borders: Intimacy (2001), Demonlover (2002) and Ma Mère (2004)9 • I Won’t Let Anyone Come Between Us: High Tension (2003)10 • Bon Voyage: Calvaire (2004), Sheitan (2006) and Frontier(s) (2007)11 • Enfant Terrible: Them (2006) and The Pack (2009)12 • It’s So Easy to Create a Victim: Martyrs (2008)13 • Living Womb: Inside (2007)14 • American Remakes in New French Extremity: The Hills Have Eyes (2006), Mirrors (2008), The Eye (2008) and Maniac (2012)ConclusionAppendix: The Business of Violence: An Interview with Colin GeddesChapter NotesBibliographyIndex

“West’s persuasive text makes you want to go back and revisit this body of work from her perspective”—Video Watchdog; “quite a profound and thorough analysis of the extreme French art house and horror films of this movement”—Fangoria; “West’s book is so tres fantastique that I wish it were a reference guide that covered hundreds of films”—Flick Attack; “fans and scholars of the New French Extremity genre will welcome Alexandra West’s Films of the New French Extremity...a timely and well-researched examination of the darker side of French cinema. West’s analysis is, thankfully, readable and relatable, avoiding the often suffocatingly dull academic prose found in genre studies. Films of the New French Extremity will most likely serve as the analytic lightning rod for fans and scholars of the NFE for some time to come...the first comprehensive overview and timeline of one of the most challenging genres to emerge in recent years”—Bright Lights Film Journal; “a comprehensive examination”—ProtoView.

Alexandra West has written about genre films for The Toronto Star, Rue Morgue Magazine and Offscreen Film Journal. In 2012, she co-founded the Faculty of Horror podcast, exploring the films’ analytical side. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsForeword by Andrea SubissatiIntroduction1 • Vive la Révolution! France’s Bloody and Divided History2 • Cinéma pour Tous: The Film Industry in France3 • Time Destroys All Things: Gaspar Noé’s Carne (1991), I Stand Alone (1998) and Irréversible (2002)4 • Body Commodification: Romance (1999), Pola X (1999) and Baise-moi (2000)5 • In Wolf’s Clothing: Sombre (1998) and L’Humanité (1999)6 • Fine Young Cannibals: Trouble Every Day (2001) and In My Skin (2002)7 • Lovers in a Dangerous Time: Criminal Lovers (1999) and Twentynine Palms (2003)8 • Without Borders: Intimacy (2001), Demonlover (2002) and Ma Mère (2004)9 • I Won’t Let Anyone Come Between Us: High Tension (2003)10 • Bon Voyage: Calvaire (2004), Sheitan (2006) and Frontier(s) (2007)11 • Enfant Terrible: Them (2006) and The Pack (2009)12 • It’s So Easy to Create a Victim: Martyrs (2008)13 • Living Womb: Inside (2007)14 • American Remakes in New French Extremity: The Hills Have Eyes (2006), Mirrors (2008), The Eye (2008) and Maniac (2012)ConclusionAppendix: The Business of Violence: An Interview with Colin GeddesChapter NotesBibliographyIndex

“West’s persuasive text makes you want to go back and revisit this body of work from her perspective”—Video Watchdog; “quite a profound and thorough analysis of the extreme French art house and horror films of this movement”—Fangoria; “West’s book is so tres fantastique that I wish it were a reference guide that covered hundreds of films”—Flick Attack; “fans and scholars of the New French Extremity genre will welcome Alexandra West’s Films of the New French Extremity...a timely and well-researched examination of the darker side of French cinema. West’s analysis is, thankfully, readable and relatable, avoiding the often suffocatingly dull academic prose found in genre studies. Films of the New French Extremity will most likely serve as the analytic lightning rod for fans and scholars of the NFE for some time to come...the first comprehensive overview and timeline of one of the most challenging genres to emerge in recent years”—Bright Lights Film Journal; “a comprehensive examination”—ProtoView.

Alexandra West has written about genre films for The Toronto Star, Rue Morgue Magazine and Offscreen Film Journal. In 2012, she co-founded the Faculty of Horror podcast, exploring the films’ analytical side. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsForeword by Andrea SubissatiIntroduction1 • Vive la Révolution! France’s Bloody and Divided History2 • Cinéma pour Tous: The Film Industry in France3 • Time Destroys All Things: Gaspar Noé’s Carne (1991), I Stand Alone (1998) and Irréversible (2002)4 • Body Commodification: Romance (1999), Pola X (1999) and Baise-moi (2000)5 • In Wolf’s Clothing: Sombre (1998) and L’Humanité (1999)6 • Fine Young Cannibals: Trouble Every Day (2001) and In My Skin (2002)7 • Lovers in a Dangerous Time: Criminal Lovers (1999) and Twentynine Palms (2003)8 • Without Borders: Intimacy (2001), Demonlover (2002) and Ma Mère (2004)9 • I Won’t Let Anyone Come Between Us: High Tension (2003)10 • Bon Voyage: Calvaire (2004), Sheitan (2006) and Frontier(s) (2007)11 • Enfant Terrible: Them (2006) and The Pack (2009)12 • It’s So Easy to Create a Victim: Martyrs (2008)13 • Living Womb: Inside (2007)14 • American Remakes in New French Extremity: The Hills Have Eyes (2006), Mirrors (2008), The Eye (2008) and Maniac (2012)ConclusionAppendix: The Business of Violence: An Interview with Colin GeddesChapter NotesBibliographyIndex

“West’s persuasive text makes you want to go back and revisit this body of work from her perspective”—Video Watchdog; “quite a profound and thorough analysis of the extreme French art house and horror films of this movement”—Fangoria; “West’s book is so tres fantastique that I wish it were a reference guide that covered hundreds of films”—Flick Attack; “fans and scholars of the New French Extremity genre will welcome Alexandra West’s Films of the New French Extremity...a timely and well-researched examination of the darker side of French cinema. West’s analysis is, thankfully, readable and relatable, avoiding the often suffocatingly dull academic prose found in genre studies. Films of the New French Extremity will most likely serve as the analytic lightning rod for fans and scholars of the NFE for some time to come...the first comprehensive overview and timeline of one of the most challenging genres to emerge in recent years”—Bright Lights Film Journal; “a comprehensive examination”—ProtoView.