It was the summer of 2004 when my pusher of all things horror and off the beaten path (Pusher Ted), told me about Haute Tension. At this point in my life, I had thought I had seen it all. I assumed all horror movies were in English, that they all had scary looking monsters, chase scenes with masks and knives or they all had names. Freddy. Jason. Michael Myers.
Truly, my suburbanized views of horror movies were about to change forever.
Haute Tension, written and directed by Alexandre Aja, was first released in 2003 in France, followed by a screening at the Midnight Madness section of the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival. The critics were mediocre, but vocal. Thefans were elated. The underground cultists were rabid. The film, although cut to a Rated R level, was quite the success. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
