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FRANCE · 2003

High Tension

Alexandre Aja
home invasion female friendship survival horror isolated location psychological terror
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Synopsis

Best friends Marie and Alexia decide to spend a quiet weekend at Alexia's parents' secluded farmhouse. But on the night of their arrival, the girls' idyllic getaway turns into an endless night of horror.

Year2003
CountryFrance
DirectorAlexandre Aja
Cinematic Threads
I wanted to make a very personal movie, something in the tradition of those great Italian horror movies that I grew up with, like Dario Argento’s films and Lucio Fulci’s films—especially 'The Beyond' and 'City of the Living Dead'.
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