High Tension

I have been waiting for write about this movie and have been having a difficult time trying to fit it into any of my posts so now I am at the point of Fuck It. I'm just going to write an entire post dedicated to this movie.

I love love love this movie. I love showing it to people for the first time and watching their reactions or recommending it to people and hearing what they have to say afterwards because without fail, their reactions are all exactly the same and they are so good every time. This is one of the biggest plot twist, WTF, screwed up, gory movies I've seen and I recommend it to anyone and everyone just for those reasons. Even if you don't like gore, you will walk away from this movie feeling uneasy but satisfied. It's a goodie for people who aren't into typical horror movies because it's easy enough that you won't be waiting for something to jump out at you the whole time, but messed up enough to leave a lasting affect.


This movie follows two girls, Marie and Alex, who are spending the weekend at Alex's parent's house. The first night at the house, a serial killer shows up and kills Alex's entire family in just the most effed up ways imaginable. Marie witnesses the first initial murder and goes and hides in her room. The killer ends up not finding her so she makes her way to the kitchen and sees him abducting Alex. He throws Alex into the back of his van and Marie jumps in without him noticing. He locks them in and drives off with the both of them inside.

I don't want to give away too much because I want YOU to watch it. I have been watching this movie for ten years and it still leaves me with white knuckles and sitting at the edge of my seat the entire time. I haven't met one person who wasn't relieved by the time this movie was over and didn't walk away a different person. Oh, and one little piece I forgot to add, this movie is in French, but that doesn't take away any of the tension you feel while watching it.

Here is the link to the trailer. You can also rent or purchase it on youtube or watch it in parts (ie. part 1, 2, 3, etc)