High Tension (2003) on Netflix
Marie and Alexia travel to Alexia's parents' secluded farmhouse for a quiet weekend. On the night they arrive, a killer breaks in, and Marie hides to help Alexia.
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Plot summary
Alexia travels with her friend Marie to spend a couple of days with her family in their farm in the country. They arrive late and they are welcomed by Alexia's father. Late in the night, a sadistic and sick killer breaks into the farmhouse, slaughters Alexia's family--including their dog--and kidnaps Alexia. Marie hides from the criminal and tries to help the hysterical and frightened Alexia, chase the maniac, and disclose his identity in the end.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about High Tension (2003)
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- Viewers noticed striking plot similarities between High Tension and Dean Koontz's novel Intensity, and director Alexandre Aja acknowledged at the 2004 Sundance Festival that he had read the novel; Koontz refused to sue because he found the film "so puerile, so disgusting, and so intellectually bankrupt".
- To avoid an NC-17 rating from the MPAA, about one minute was cut from High Tension and some scenes were edited so the American version would receive an R rating.
- High Tension grossed $3.2 million in North America against the $14 million Lionsgate spent on its distribution cost and marketing campaign, for a worldwide total of $6,291,958.
- After High Tension screened in the Midnight Madness section at the Toronto International Film Festival, other New French Extremity films followed there, including Calvaire (2004), Sheitan (2006), Frontier(s), Inside (2007) and Martyrs (2008).
