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Overview

User Rating:
6.8/10   18,468 votes
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Director:
Alexandre Aja
Writers:
Alexandre Aja (writer)
Grégory Levasseur (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
10 June 2005 (USA) more
Tagline:
Hearts will bleed.
Plot:
Two college friends, Marie and Alexa, encounter loads of trouble (and blood) while on vacation at Alexa's parents' country home when a mysterious killer invades their quiet getaway. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
4 wins & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(129 articles)
Cecile De France Joins Hereafter
 (From toxicshock. 10 November 2009, 11:20 PM, PST)

Clint Eastwood’s Hereafter Takes on Death, Adds High Tension Star
 (From FilmSchoolRejects. 10 November 2009, 2:36 PM, PST)

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This is scum more (481 total)

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Cécile De France ... Marie
Maïwenn Le Besco ... Alexia (as Maïwenn)
Philippe Nahon ... Le tueur
Franck Khalfoun ... Jimmy
Andrei Finti ... Alex's Father

Oana Pellea ... Alex's Mother
Marco Claudiu Pascu ... Tom
Jean-Claude de Goros ... Police Captain
Bogdan Uritescu ... Gendarme
Gabriel Spahiu ... Homme voiture
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Switchblade Romance (International: English title) (UK) (DVD box title)
High Tension (USA)
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MPAA:
Rated R for graphic bloody killings, terror, sexual content and language. (edited version); Rated NC-17 for strong graphic violence.
Runtime:
91 min | Germany:85 min (DVD version) | South Korea:84 min (re-cut version) | USA:89 min (edited version)
Country:
France
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | SDDS (US version) | Dolby Digital (US version) | Dolby Digital EX (original version)
Certification:
New Zealand:R18 | USA:NC-17 (original rating) | USA:R (edited for re-rating) | Canada:R (Manitoba) | Australia:R | Czech Republic:15 | Sweden:15 | Malaysia:(Banned) | Argentina:16 | Portugal:M/18 | USA:R (cut) | USA:Unrated (DVD rating) | South Korea:18 (re-rating) (cut) (DVD rating) (uncut) | Germany:18 (SPIO/JK) (cut) | Austria:18 | Canada:18A (British Columbia/Ontario) | Canada:R (Alberta) | Finland:K-18 | France:-16 | Hong Kong:III | Ireland:18 | Italy:VM14 | Japan:R-15 | Norway:18 | Singapore:R21 | South Korea:Limited (original rating) | Spain:18 | UK:18 | USA:R (edited version) | Germany:18 (cut) | Canada:16+ (Quebec)
Filming Locations:
Bucharest, Romania more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Shot in 36 days. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When the car driver is attacked near the end, Alex is showered in blood, including her face and teeth. In the next scenes, her teeth are perfectly white and the blood has dried very quickly. more
Quotes:
[repeated line]
Marie: I won't let anyone come between us any more.
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Movie Connections:
References Halloween (1978) more
Soundtrack:
A2 more

FAQ

On the R1 Unrated DVD, there are three different set-up options. What are the differences?
What song do Marie and Alex sing while driving in the car?
What is the song in the trailer?
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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
This is scum, 11 October 2009
2/10
Author: samkay1 from Canada

Contrary to what many people think, cinema was not originally American. It started in France in the 1890's. For the first half of the twentieth century French cinema was always considered glamorous, aesthetic and prestigious. If you wanna make the perfect paradox, compare that to High Tension. Being un-pretentious was one of the motives that drove the French New Wave in the late 1950's early 1960's with directors like Goddard and Truffaut. The French New Wave was inventive, High Tension is everything but.

After talking about horror for a couple of minutes, the clerk at my local store recommended this to me. It was a mistake to listen to him. High Tension is nothing more than a rip-off of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Last House on the Left, and The Hills Have Eyes. There in no talent going into this picture whatsoever. The acting is bad, the directing is amateurish, and the writing is almost non existent (They pretty much just merged Hooper's and Craven's scripts into one, and took out bits here and there.) Even the music is pathetic. All we hear is a couple of keyboard licks repeated over and over again. John Carpenter often scores his movies like this, but at least he actually makes music using coherent scales and tones. This is just a rubbish remix.

On top of all this, High Tension is not scary. It is extremely dull and pointless, and should definitely be skipped. It is an insult to Horror and to film.

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