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High Tension

DVD Widescreen Unrated More Info Unrated Close Caption: Yes Region Code: 1 UPC: 031398183532 Languages: French Dolby Digital 5.1 (Primary), English Dolby Digital, English subtitles, Spanish subtitles	Usually ships in 5-10 days	$13.49 (10% off) List Price: ~~$14.99~~
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Skinopsis

Hands down one of the best horror films to come along in years. Two female co–eds escape to the country but are rudely interrupted by a sadistic murderer. With gruesome violence and a tinge of lesbianism and nudity, this one lives up to its name and should not be missed.

Review

It's not the story that matters, it's how the story is told. The plotline of High Tension is familiar genre material, but director Alexandre Aja infuses the film with such high–voltage cinematic intensity that one is too busy perched on the edge of the seat to notice—or perhaps too busy covering one's eyes. This stylishly twisted French thriller is unapologetically gruesome, employing special effects from Giannetto De Rossi (Zombie) that make this one of the bloodiest films ever.

Two college girlfriends, Marie (Cécile De France) and Alex (The Fifth Element's Maïwenn Le Besco), vacation at Alex's family house in the country, but their rural idyll is soon shattered by the appearance of a hulking delivery man (Irreversible's Philippe Nahon) with a taste for serial murder. The two women are thrust into the woods for a night of hell.

Though clearly not for the squeamish, High Tension has much more to offer than just (admittedly entertaining) fountains of gore. Gorgeously filmed in widescreen, Aja's film generates suspense with great precision, right down to a controversial climax. The winner of Best Director, Actress (de France), and Effects in the prestigious Sitges festival devoted to genre cinema (the film also received the Melies award for the year's best horror film), this was called by one of that festival's jurors, "The most ferociously tense terror ride in twenty odd years... the most unrelentingly terrifying experience since Halloween." Miss this one at your own peril.

-- Travis Crawford

Product Format Information

DVD Widescreen: $13.49 (Unrated)

Availability: Usually ships in
5-10 days
Close Caption: Yes
Region Code: 1
UPC: 031398183532

Studio : Lions Gate Films

Languages: French Dolby Digital 5.1 (Primary) , English Dolby Digital , English Subtitles , Spanish Subtitles
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic 2.35
Extras: Trailers
Features:
This disc contains both the original French language Director's Cut version with English subtitles and the English language dubbed version shown in US theaters.
Audio commentary: Alexandre Aja and Cécile De France.
Documentaries: Make-Up FX featurette.
Documentaries: Building Tension featurette.
Documentaries: Making of High Tension featurette.