Rotten
An extremely well-made, very grisly and ultimately dishonest slasher film that's too clever for its own good.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
High Tension
Hearts will bleed.
2003 · 1h 31m · R
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Alexandre Aja
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Alexandre Aja Director
- Cécile de France as Marie
- Maïwenn as Alexia
- Philippe Nahon as The Killer
- Andrei Finti as Alex' Father
- Oana Pellea as Alex' Mother
- Marco Claudiu Pascu as Tom
- Franck Khalfoun as Jimmy
- Jean-Claude de Goros as Gendarmerie Captain
- Bogdan Uritescu as Gendarme
- Gabriel Spahiu as Man in the Car
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
41%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Director Alexandre Aja, who wrote this with Gregory Levasseur, doesn't have a gift for horror suspense so much as a compleat geek knowledge of all the superior scare flicks that have preceded High Tension.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Fresh
You have to give it to the filmmakers for their contempt of convention: no foreplay, no teasing, no steady buildup of dread, just a knock on the door and the slaughterer is there.
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
Rotten
A lame exercise, delivering shameless thrills at the expense of logic and genuine suspense.
Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times
Rotten
Very bloody, sometimes difficult to watch and sometimes just tiresome.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
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