High Tension Movie Review 2003

French splatter exploitation film finds college friends Marie (De France) and Alex (Maiwenn) spending the weekend at the isolated farmhouse of Alex's parents. Your standard gross killer (Nahon), who enjoys decapitation, kills Alex's family and kidnaps Alex so he can torture her at his leisure. Marie sets out to rescue her. There's a lot more gore and even more bad dubbing. Americans do these things much better.

Distribution

CinemaNow, 4553 Glencoe Ave., Ste. 200, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292, URL: http://www.cinemanow.com, Remarks: Formerly known as Lions Gate Home Entertainment

Available on DVD
Running time 91 minutes.
Originally from French.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Trapped with a Killer!, Psycho-Thriller, Psychotics/Sociopaths, Criminally Insane, Slasher Flicks

Screenplay

Alexandre Aja, Gregory Levasseur

Cast

Cecile de France, Maiwenn Le Besco, Philippe Nahon, Franck Khalfoun, Andrei Finti, Oana Pellea, Marco Claudiu Pascu

Cinematography

Maxime Alexandre

Director

Alexandre Aja

Music

Francois Eudes

Other

Pierre Andre, Didier Lozahic, Emmanuel Augeard, Gregory Levasseur

Producer

Alexandre Arcady, Robert Benmussa, Europacorp, Alexandre Films, Europacorp