Note: These links are for articles which discuss the original 2008 French film Martyrs, directed by Pascal Laugier, NOT the 2015 remake. * **[The Philosophy of ‘Martyrs’: Transcendence in Torture] ( ".New French Extremity, a movement of European films that revel in transgressive depictions of violence and sex (or both at the same time), takes the superficial aesthetic traits of Torture Porn and moulds the on-screen horror into something..