High Tension

Sound is every thing in this movie. The music, the sound effects, everything.

High Tension is a well crafted cat and mouse thriller from France. The French are known to produce some extreme films and this is one of them. I can’t say much about it or it would spoil the story line. There is not much dialog but that’s because this is a very visual psychological drama. Warning, this is a very gory, bloody film. I don’t believe the extreme is for the torture p orn perspective but actually to up the reality of this particular killer. Kind of a Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original) atmosphere with a Collector tension. If you have not seen either, I recommend them… though they may not be for everybody that easily get squeamish.

Marie and Alexia are classmates and best friends. Hoping to prepare for their college exams in peace and quiet, they decide to spend a weekend in the country at Alexia's parents' secluded farmhouse. But in the dead of the night, a stranger knocks on the front door. And with the first swing of his knife, the girls' idyllic weekend turns into an endless night of horror.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeWLc4UdL8s

High Tension