Seeking out the
5000 greatest films
in a century of cinema
High Tension
Haute tension
Directed by
Alexandre Aja
Produced by Robert Benmussa and Alexandre Arcady
Produced by Robert Benmussa and Alexandre Arcady
With:
Cécile De France, Maïwenn, Philippe Nahon, Franck Khalfoun, Andrei Finti, and Oana Pellea
Cinematography:
Maxime Alexandre
Editing: Baxter, Al Rundle, and Sophie Vermersch
Music: François-Eudes Chanfrault
Editing: Baxter, Al Rundle, and Sophie Vermersch
Music: François-Eudes Chanfrault
Runtime:
91 min
Release Date: 10 June 2005
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
Color: Color
Release Date: 10 June 2005
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
Color: Color
Twitter Capsule:
This calling card masquerading as a movie attempts a novel take on the slasher genre, but director, co-writer, co-producer Alexandre Aja doesn't put in the necessary work (in any of his roles) to pull off his conceit. Thus, this empty, stupid, tedious exercise results in nothing more than graphic violence for the sake of graphic violence and bullshit conceptual twits for the sake of bullshit conceptual twits.