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It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

As the headline indicates, after a few minutes I announced the plot to the room. Some said I was wrong, most realized I had ruined the "twist." I give it a 2, because, spoiling the big reveal was fun for me. I enjoy horror films. Different styles, even. But I was suspicious towards the hype surrounding this one. I admit my review of it isn't very kind, perhaps not even fair. I do think it's important, especially for those who haven't seen this, to know the "twist" isn't much--if you're paying close attention, the whole plot will be handed to you, in a nutshell, within the first few minutes of this movie.Just thought folks should know. Sorry to be such a sour reviewer.

I just finished watching 'High Tension', and I have to say, I liked it so much that I think I'm going to watch it a second time with my father. It's kind of difficult to pinpoint exactly what makes 'High Tension' so great. After all, it's essentially just another 'Home Invasion' film with a plot that's very similar to 'Ils' and 'The Strangers'. However, Alexandre Aja really knows how to build up suspense-after all, they don't call the movie 'High Tension' for no reason. If you're like me, a person who's become desensitized to most gory or 'scary' films, than I would definitely recommend this one, because unlike so many other movies with similar plots, 'High Tension' is so incredibly suspenseful that I literally could not relax while watching it in my bed.The only drawback of the movie in my opinion is the ending-but once I got used to the little plot twist, and accepted it, I actually felt the movie was better for it.Also, and pardon me for going all over the place about this one, but it's just so god damned good. This movie has your heart pounding right up to the very end. I was so impressed with this movie that I even contemplated watching Aja's remake of 'The Hill Have Eyes', which I saw long ago in theaters and don't recall liking it that much (although I will say I thought the second one was real good).Another thing that I liked about this movie (as opposed to 'Inside') was that it doesn't just rely on gore to creep the viewer out. In a way it was similar to 'Martyrs' in that sense. When the movie does get violent, it's quite graphic, but nothing ever seems like 'gore for gores sake'. When I was a teenager I was all about watching the most graphic horror films available (I was definitely into 'Ichi The Killer' and the first two collections of the 'Guinea Pig' series). Nowadays though, I don't really care for violence without substance (don't get me wrong, I still love 'Ichi', but in retrospect I found the Guinea Pig Series rather boring). After watching some of the most extreme 'torture-porn' titles, I kind of got to the point where that kind of thing didn't have that much effect on me-I honestly found 'Inside' so boring that I turned it off about 3/4 of the way through, because the gratuitous violence seemed so unnecessary, and that's what I love about movies like 'High Tension', 'Kill List' and 'Martyrs'-sure, they truly are quite violent, but I never felt like the three listed films tried to just rely on the gore for shock value or scares. If you're looking for a heart-pounding, truly frightening horror movie, then check out 'High Tension', it's one of those rare horror movies that one comes upon every once in a great while that truly achieves what it sets out to do-scare the living crap out of you.

This was your standard slasher movie with a twist at the end. The movie was okay. Only continue reading if you've watched the movie. My review is more about the psychology of the story from the two writers. One of them must have had a girlfriend who was stalked by a lesbian and this movie represents that ordeal represented in a horror film. Marie is you stereo typical lesbian with short hair and a manly face. She wants to dominate and possess the more feminine Alex and goes about killing her family to achieve this. We are first to believe that the killer is some psycho madman who drives a truck and kidnaps Alex, but at the end we see who really is the psycho. The important scene is when at the house, the madman, cuts out Alex's face from a family photograph.

Alexandra Aja (The Hills Have Eyes 2006) directs this French-made gore-fest combining atmospheric tension with an excellent twist that will satisfy the torture porn audiences that loved films such as "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 20003" and "Hostel" that earmarked horror of the new millennium. This intense film follows the relationship of two females, Marie and Alexa, who decide to take a vacation at Alexa's parents country house which is eventually invaded by a big stomping weirdo in coveralls that seems to effortlessly slash everyone he comes across with no remorse. One of the girls is taken hostage in a really creepy old truck and the body count rises as the girls must play hide and seek in the traditional slasher film style. I do not want to give away the twist-ending, but its worth the trouble for gore and blood fans.This is the typical horror/gore movie. It includes graphically violent murder scenes, really bad French/English dubbing throughout at least half the film, and panic-induced girls running through the woods and hiding under the bed being chased by what seems to be the run-of-the-mills blood-soaked serial killer in overalls. Its illogical and goes against all laws of physics, but the direction is above average, and the tension is high (hence the title). Its a sick and twisted ride through the bizarre and impossible, but audiences of shock value flicks will appreciate its stimulation. You have been warned. Take it or leave it.