High Tension (2003)

R
85 min
Horror
June 18, 2003

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Release Date

June 18, 2003

Director

Alexandre Aja

Writers

Alexandre Aja
Grégory Levasseur

Cast

Cécile De France
Maïwenn Le Besco
Philippe Nahon
Franck Khalfoun
Andrei Finti
Oana Pellea

Official Website

hightensionmovie.com

High Tension Synopsis

Marie and Alexia are schoolmates 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 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 terror...

Prepare to take a white-knuckle journey into the heart of fear with Lions Gate Films’ HIGH TENSION, the terrifying story of two girls’ battle for survival at the hands of a sadistic psychopath. Marking a return to the nightmarish intensity of 1970s horror classics, director Alexandre Aja reduces the genre to its bare essentials, building a narrative of intensifying dread that culminates in a truly shocking climax. Relentlessly tightening the screws of suspense, HIGH TENSION will have you struggling to catch your breath