Film: Haute Tension (High Tension)

[Mr_AuDiO]

Has anyone seen this? Looks interesting and would like to know when will this hit Australia?

Trailers:

http://www.apple.com/trailers/lions_gate/high_tension/trailer/

 

[Tongue]

ive heard it its a pretty good/brutal flick as wel..i think its coming to theaters(in the USA) this summer...im assuming itll hit australia soon after, months maybe??

 

[onetwothreefour]

film: haute tension (high yension)

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(sorry, i don't know much about the film...i recall it *may* - though it could have been somewhere else - have been mentioned on aintitcoolnews, so that might be worth checking...)

 

[sybaritic]

Some pretty reputable critics have called it (I'm paraphrasing) very pretty crap. A highly styleized waste of fake blood.

Reputable critics they may be, some of them said the same kinds of things about movies like The Thin Red Line and Requiem for a Dream: two of my all time favorite movies.

Personally I have high hopes for this movie. It looks very brutal ala Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the original).

 

[tribal EffEct]

It looks pretty bloody, I'll probably see it unless it gets really bad reviews. But some of my favorite horror moves have gotten crap reviews, so I'll be looking for keywords like "senseless" and "demented" and "just another excuse to kill more people." Those usually bode well for horror fans

 

[tribal EffEct]

Review posted on a horror website I frequent and trust (reviewing the original French version).

The film starts off well, it looks great, and we know we’re in dark territory when we see a guy receiving a blow-job in an old truck, even more so when the full story is revealed. Marie (de France) and Alex (Maiwenn Le Besco) are travelling through the country to stay with Alex’s family. They arrive safely, but as they all drop off to sleep, the guy appears in his ‘Belleville Rendezvous’ truck for a killing spree and suddenly it’s “oh, shit” time. Switchblade is taut, tight and very well filmed. Every frame sets the dark mood, and the soundtrack is suitably jumpy. Then comes the TWIST (a recurring theme for Frightfest this year) and unfortunately things turn slightly silly in the last reel. Basically, a stalk’n’slash flick, but one that is extremely well made and has the courage to go all the way.

The film-makers are currently working on the remake of The Hills Have eyes.

Jim
I had high hopes for Switchblade Romance and for the most part I wasn't disappointed. The movie is gripping, the acting thoroughly convincing and the gore hits the spot, but I think the whole movie is let down by an unpredictable and largely unbelieveable twist that, at the end of the day, just wasn't necessary. Without it, this baby could have scored 4.5 or maybe even 5 stars, but with it I doubt the flick will hold up to many repeated viewings and as such I can't recommend it as much as I wish I could.

 

[smotpoker]

High Tension comes out today...

Anyone else here heard of the new gory suspense French movie coming out today(6-10-05) called High Tension?
This movie is supposed extremly brutal and suspenseful, and I hear it will have an NC-17 in some theatres and R in others. I can't wait to check it out. Anyone else gonna see it?

 

[JV]

ive never heard of it before.

/searches on yahoo for 'high tension'

ps. are you seeing it at the neon?

 

[smotpoker]

no i am seeing it at the Regal. It's also playing at Showcase south and Huber Heights. Pick up the DDN, and there is info about it in the GO section.
This film was originally released in 2004 in France. Unfortunutely, the US version will be prolly be dulled down a lot, damn US censorship!!!!!
It is called Haute Tension (French for High Tension). That might be better to type in for your search.

 

[alasdairm]

from imdb: haute tension

why look anywhere else for movie information than imdb?

alasdair

 

[xena]

this is a lions gate film, right? that's usually at least somewhat promising. this film looks ok from the previews. i'll probably just rent it.

 

[skylined]

I just saw it tonight. This movie is fucking crazy. The previews kind of mislead you as to what you think will happen in the movie. I won't spoil it though, you'll just have to see it.

 

[onetwothreefour]

there's already a high tension thread, so i'll merge this.

 

[physix]

is it ture this film has really bad overdubs?

i didn't think it was french to
begin with... but damn... couldn't
they have simply done subtitles??

if we'll put up with it for the martial artsy
films, surely we could put up with it for a
horror flick....


anything's better than overdubs.

 

[paintmeinvisible]

How much do I hate this movie? Let me count the ways. It tries to be 10 movies at once(Texas Chainsaw Massacre,Identity,Psycho,etc)and fails miserably. I thought it was ok until the twist ending. Spoilers below.
DO
NOT
READ
UNLESS
YOU'VE
SEEN
IT

Why did she kill her friend's family? Where did the truck come from? How was she driving the car and ramming herself with the truck at the same time? Why was this piece of shit made in the first place? There are enough plot holes for 20 different movies. Tiny as that girl was,yet she had the strength to ram a dresser into a man's head and completely rip it from his body. Not to mention,overpower her friend and gag and chain her. Speaking of,I thought that was Stephen Tyler from Aerosmith for a while. Great googly moogly,that was one ugly chick! Everyone in the theater was laughing from the beginning. And don't even get me started on that Abba-esque music they kept playing. Fucking French couldn't make a decent movie if we gave them a script.

 

[smotpoker]

This movie was sweet until the last little twist at the end! I don't know if I liked this movie, the ending just pissed me off.
Where did the truck come from? Did the mean guy not really exist? The twist sucked because now there are to many gaps in the story, to many things that don't make sense. But all and all, it was still really bloody, with some pretty creative ways to kill. Worth checking out if you are a gore fan.

 

[Perpetual Indulgence]

High Tension...I felt it watching this movie.

I thought this film had everything a horror movie should have. Fucking A plus from beginning to end. The music was awesome. I watched it last night and now I need to own it.

 

[Perpetual Indulgence]

spoilers

Why did she kill her friend's family? Where did the truck come from? How was she driving the car and ramming herself with the truck at the same time?

She was crazy in love with her friend. She wanted NOBODY to come between them. Suspend your disbelief for the split personality scenes in the movie. Without it, there would not be a twist.

As for it being a french film, I hardly noticed when it switched to subtitles. I was already engrossed into the movie.

 

[xena]

perpetual intelligence- thanks for bumping this thread. i forgot about watching this one!

 

[chemicalcompanion]

This thread deserves a bump like Ashley Simpson deserves to live.