Such a frustrating disappointment

Just perfect...

Better Late Then Never

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

I just don't understand the appeal of these movies.The movie is exactly what it looks to be, its yet another in like a million movies where people are being chased by a crazed killer. Yawn.I gave it actually better than I usually would because its pretty well shot. But in the end its just another slasher flick - if you like them this may be for you but if you need, like, a plot or something interesting then pass.

As the headline suggests, I was really enjoying this. If they'd have only left it out, it would have worked so well. The scenes, as the title suggests, are really high tension moments. The build up till that point is pretty full on and then it happens. From then on I'm constantly trying to work out if that's true how did this happen etc, etc. It's not a bad movie. It just doesn't really add up and they've potentially, in my opinion, ruined what could have been a true classic trying to out sixth sense the sixth sense. A shame really. Was left disappointed.

Alexandre Aja directs a slasher flick that is in abundance of blood,gore and violence in this French film called "High Tension".Cecile De France and Maiwenn star in this movie that tells the story of Alex and Marie's trip to rural Southern France to study when a sudden appearance of a man driving a truck started to wreck havoc to the family of Alex and puts Alex into captivity.Marie hangs on for an opportunity to save Alex.But things become awkward in the end as it was presented that Marie and the killer are one and the same.Despite the much debated possibility of Marie and the killer being the same person,the movie as a slasher flick was definitely entertaining.Viewers who love blood,gore and excessive violence will definitely enjoy this film.As far as the issue of having Marie and the killer as one and the same,I felt that it was clearly presented in the first scene but many people missed it particularly those who were furious about it.But for people who caught it,there should be no issue at all.

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.