Martyrs - S17 E133

Welcome to episode 3 of our “After Death” season on Shoot the Hostage, where Sarah continues her reign of terror by making Dan watch the single film, she engineered this entire eight-film run around: Pascal Laugier’s 2008 psychological horror, Martyrs.

(Content Warning: Contains frank discussions of extreme cinematic violence, abuse, and self-harm).

For cinephiles and sickos scouring the feeds for podcasts covering horror films, 2000s horror, and deeply disturbing films, Martyrs remains the undisputed monolith of French extreme horror cinema. But where does it sit in the fiery debate of…