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Aro Recommended High Tension

 

aka: Haute tension, Switchblade Romance
France 2003, 87 minutes
Dir. Alexandre Aja
In French with English subtitles
Rating: [R18]
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Horror / Psycho, Girl-centric

Feat. Cecile De France, Maïwenn 

 

Aroview: A grisly yet indeed tense French horror movie directed with stunning virtuosity, about two women whose rural weekend getaway turns horrific when they are preyed upon by a relentless psychopath.

Influenced by "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" in particular - with its backwoods setting and no help at hand - this was similarly conceived as an uncompromising horror movie with an aim to deliver the scariest experience possible. Though it succeeds spectacularly to this end, it ultimately impales its own narrative and stops short of being the modern genre classic it might have been.

NZ International Film Festival 2005

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  • cast and/or crew interviews
  • extra stuff
  • trailers
  • aspect ratio: 2.35:1
 

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