"High Tension": a repugnant slasher film for Freepers (MAJOR SPOILER)

[Pale Blue Dot]

So I saw the new film "High Tension" this afternoon. Why, you may ask, would I go see that movie? Well, I'm a movie fan. It doesn't matter what the genre is, if a movie is well-done and somewhat original, I'm there. So here is a French slasher movie opening up on 1,500 screens in the middle of the summer movie season. It must be pretty special, right? RIGHT?

The movie is about two female students, Marie and Alex, who go to Alex's family's isolated farm house on break to study. As soon as night falls there is a knock on the door from a psychotic redneck trucker, who proceeds to kill Alex's family in gruesome and ridiculous ways. He then kidnaps Alex, and it is up to Marie (who has gone undetected) to save her friend.

That's about it. There is a little suspense, and lots of bloody gore. It is absolutely no different from any number of American splatter movies from the past couple of years.

Until the ludicrous, offensive twist.

LAST CHANCE TO AVOID THE MAJOR SPOILER!!!!!!!!

You see, there really is no trucker. Marie has done all of the killing herself, due to a multiple personality disorder caused by the fact that she is a lesbian.

Yes, that's right, she has unrequited lesbian desires, and that turns her into a bloody, sadistic killer.

I doubt that the filmmakers themselves gave this much thought. I'll bet they wanted a twist to sell their movie, and they thought "What if Marie's a lesbian? That'll be cool!"

Which brings us back to the question of why a French film of such low quality was released on over 1,500 screens. My theory: Lion's Gate films made a cynical calculation that the "twist" would play right into America's irrational fear and hatred of gays and lesbians.

Don't go see this piece of crap. Without the twist, it's an average hack 'em up. With the twist, it's one of the most offensive films I've seen in some time.

End of rant.

[Catch22Dem]

1. She's a killer BECAUSE she's a lesbian or

She's a killer AND a lesbian. Just wanna clarify. If it's the latter, then I don't care. If it's the former, then it's just ridiculous and ignorant.

[Pale Blue Dot]

2. The film strongly implies

that her desire for Alex is the reason behind her killing. The trucker (before being revealed to be Marie) is shown as a sexual predator and necrophiliac.

[lenidog]

3. If you have a taste for horror flicks and want to see some that

are over the top and well at times rather bizarre check out some of the Chinese horror flicks that have been recently relaseaded into the US.

[lenidog]

4. Whatever their intentions were

whether they be tapping into homphobia or tapping into male interest into lesbianism it bombed. It came in 12th this weekend and made 1,750,000 dollars.

[Pale Blue Dot]

5. Maybe there is a God after all. nt

[Lydia Leftcoast]

6. Except for the lesbian angle, it sounds like a twist on the

American film "Identity."

[Pale Blue Dot]

7. It's "Identity" crossed with "Texas Chainsaw Massacre".

...and stripped of any quality whatsoever.

Can you tell I hated this movie?

[liberalpragmatist]

8. Oh, but the Freepers won't like it - it's French

Sounds like a poor calculation to me.