High Tension, the Glossary
High Tension (French: Haute tension,; also known as Switchblade Romance in some international countries) is a 2003 French slasher film directed by Alexandre Aja, co-written with Grégory Levasseur, and starring Cécile de France and Maïwenn.[1]
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- Films directed by Alexandre Aja
- French serial killer films
- French slasher films
- French splatter films
- French-language horror films
- New French Extremity films
Achilles tendon
The Achilles tendon or heel cord, also known as the calcaneal tendon, is a tendon at the back of the lower leg, and is the thickest in the human body.
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Alexandre Aja
Alexandre Jouan-Arcady, known professionally as Alexandre Aja (born 7 August 1978), is a French filmmaker best known for his work in the horror genre.
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Alexandre Arcady
Alexandre Arcady (born 17 March 1947) is a French actor, film director, producer and screenwriter.
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AllMovie
AllMovie (previously All Movie Guide) is an online database with information about films, television programs, television series, and screen actors.
Bloody Disgusting
Bloody Disgusting is an American multi-media company, which began as a horror genre-focused news site/website specializing in information services that covered various horror medias, including: film, television, video games, comics, and music.
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Butcher knife
A butcher knife or butcher's knife is a knife designed and used primarily for the butchering or dressing of animal carcasses.
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Calvaire (film)
Calvaire (Calvary, also known as The Ordeal) is a 2004 psychological horror film directed by Fabrice Du Welz, starring Laurent Lucas, Philippe Nahon and Jackie Berroyer. High Tension and Calvaire (film) are 2000s French-language films, French LGBT-related films, French-language horror films and LGBT-related horror films.
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Cécile de France
Cécile de France (born 17 July 1975) is a Belgian actress.
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CinemaScore
CinemaScore is a market research firm based in Las Vegas.
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Concrete saw
A concrete saw (also known as a consaw, road saw, cut-off saw, slab saw or quick cut) is a power tool used for cutting concrete, masonry, brick, asphalt, tile, and other solid materials.
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Dean Koontz
Dean Ray Koontz (born July 9, 1945) is an American author.
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Didier Barbelivien
Didier René Henri Barbelivien (born 10 March 1954 in Paris) is a French author, lyricist, songwriter and singer.
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Dubbing
Dubbing (re-recording and mixing) is a post-production process used in filmmaking and video production, often in concert with sound design, in which additional or supplementary recordings (doubles) are lip-synced and "mixed" with original production sound to create the finished soundtrack.
Duel (1971 film)
Duel is a 1971 American road action-thriller television film directed by Steven Spielberg.
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EuropaCorp
EuropaCorp S.A. (stylised in opening logo as EUROPA CORP. until 2022) is a French motion picture company headquartered in Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris, and one of a few full service independent studios that both produces and distributes feature films. High Tension and EuropaCorp are EuropaCorp films.
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Félix Gray
Félix Boutboul, best known by the pseudonym of Félix Gray (born 28 June 1958), is a French singer and songwriter.
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François-Eudes Chanfrault
François-Eudes Chanfrault (2 December 1974 – 11 March 2016), also credited as François Eudes and Francois Eudes, was a French composer and laptop musician.
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Franck Khalfoun
Franck Ange Khalfoun (born 9 March 1968) is a French film director and screenwriter, known for directing P2, Wrong Turn at Tahoe, Maniac, and the ''Amityville'' franchise entry Amityville: The Awakening.
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Frontier(s)
Frontier(s) (Frontière(s)) is a 2007 French-Swiss independent horror film written and directed by Xavier Gens in his feature length debut and stars Karina Testa, Aurélien Wiik, Estelle Lefébure, and Samuel Le Bihan. High Tension and Frontier(s) are 2000s French-language films, French independent films, French serial killer films, French splatter films and new French Extremity films.
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Grand Guignol
Le Théâtre du Grand-Guignol ("The Theatre of the Great Puppet")—known as the Grand Guignol–was a theatre in the Pigalle district of Paris (7, cité Chaptal).
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Grégory Levasseur
Grégory Levasseur (born 1979 in Douarnenez, France) is a French screenwriter and film producer, best known for The Hills Have Eyes (2006), High Tension (2003), Maniac (2012) Piranha 3-D (2010), Mirrors (2008), P2 (2007), and ''Furia'' (1999), all of which he collaborated on with Alexandre Aja.
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Halloween (1978 film)
Halloween (advertised as John Carpenter's Halloween) is a 1978 American independent slasher film directed and scored by John Carpenter, who co-wrote it with its producer Debra Hill.
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Horrorcore
Horrorcore, also called horror hip hop, horror rap, death hip hop, death rap, or murder rap is a subgenre of hip hop music based on horror-themed and often darkly transgressive lyrical content and imagery.
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Inside (2007 film)
Inside (À l'intérieur) is a 2007 French slasher film directed by Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo in their directorial debut, written by Bustillo, and starring Béatrice Dalle and Alysson Paradis. High Tension and Inside (2007 film) are 2000s French-language films, films about home invasion and French splatter films.
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Intensity (film)
Intensity is a 1997 American television psychological thriller film directed by Yves Simoneau, and starring John C. McGinley, Molly Parker, Piper Laurie, and Tori Paul. High Tension and Intensity (film) are films about home invasion.
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Intensity (novel)
Intensity is a 1995 horror novel by American author Dean Koontz.
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James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli (born September 25, 1967) is an American film critic and former engineer.
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Lionsgate
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (also known as Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation, and doing business as Lionsgate) is a Canadian-American entertainment company currently headquartered in Santa Monica, California.
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Lionsgate Films
Lionsgate Films (formerly known as Cinépix Film Properties) is a Canadian-American film production and distribution studio founded in Canada in 1962.
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List of films featuring home invasions
There is a body of films that feature home invasions. High Tension and List of films featuring home invasions are films about home invasion.
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Maïwenn
Maïwenn Aurélia Nedjma Le Besco (born 17 April 1976), known mononymously as Maïwenn, is a French actress and filmmaker.
Marc Ferrari
Marc Schumann Ferrari (born January 27, 1962), known professionally as Marc Ferrari, is an American guitarist.
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Martyrs (2008 film)
Martyrs is a 2008 French-language psychological horror film written and directed by Pascal Laugier, and starring Mylène Jampanoï, Morjana Alaoui, and Catherine Bégin. High Tension and Martyrs (2008 film) are films about home invasion, French horror films, French independent films, French splatter films and Obscenity controversies in film.
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Maxime Alexandre
Maxime Alexandre, (February 4, 1971 in Ronse, East Flanders, Belgium) is a Belgian-Italian cinematographer, who was most recently cinematographer on the Netflix Oxygen, the films Role Play directed by Vincent Thomas, Shazam! directed by David F. Sandberg, and Crawl, directed by Alexandre Aja.
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McFarland & Company
McFarland & Company, Inc., is an American independent book publisher based in Jefferson, North Carolina, that specializes in academic and reference works, as well as general-interest adult nonfiction.
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Motion Picture Association
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) is an American trade association representing the five major film studios of the United States, as well as the video streaming service Netflix.
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Motion Picture Association film rating system
The Motion Picture Association film rating system is used in the United States and its territories to rate a motion picture's suitability for certain audiences based on its content.
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Moviepilot
Moviepilot (stylized Movie Pilot) was a fan-centric online magazine covering the film industry.
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Muse (band)
Muse are an English rock band from Teignmouth, Devon, formed in 1994.
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New Born
"New Born" is a song by the English rock band Muse, from their second studio album, Origin of Symmetry (2001).
New Extremity
New Extreme Films (New Extremity or, also often, New French Extremity) describes a range of transgressive films made at the turn of the 21st century that sparked controversy, and provoked significant debate and discussion. High Tension and New Extremity are French horror films and Obscenity controversies in film.
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New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
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Oana Pellea
Oana Dariana Pellea (born 29 January 1962) is a Romanian actress, the daughter of actor Amza Pellea.
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One-way mirror
A one-way mirror, also called two-way mirror (or one-way glass, half-silvered mirror, and semi-transparent mirror), is a reciprocal mirror that appears reflective from one side and transparent from the other.
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Philippe Nahon
Philippe Nahon (24 December 1938 – 19 April 2020) was a French actor.
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Plot twist
A plot twist is a literary technique that introduces a radical change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot in a work of fiction.
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Psychiatric hospital
Psychiatric hospitals, also known as mental health hospitals, or behavioral health hospitals are hospitals or wards specializing in the treatment of severe mental disorders, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, major depressive disorder, and others.
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Reuters
Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters.
Ricchi e Poveri
Ricchi e Poveri ("The Rich and The Poor") is an Italian pop group formed in Genoa in 1967, originally consisting of Angela Brambati, Angelo Sotgiu, Franco Gatti and Marina Occhiena.
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Roger Ebert
Roger Joseph Ebert (June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, essayist, screenwriter, and author.
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Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television.
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Sarà perché ti amo
"i" ("It must be because I love you") is a song by Italian pop group i, released in 1981 as the lead single from their ninth studio album, lt.
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Serial killer
A serial killer (also called a serial murderer) is a person who murders two or more people,An offender can be anyone.
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Sheitan (film)
Sheitan ("Devil" in Arabic) is a 2006 French horror film directed by debutant director Kim Chapiron. High Tension and Sheitan (film) are 2000s French-language films.
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Slasher film
A slasher film is a subgenre of horror films involving a killer or a group of killers stalking and murdering a group of people, usually by use of bladed or sharp tools. High Tension and slasher film are Obscenity controversies in film.
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Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth was an American rock band based in New York City and formed in 1981.
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Superstar (Delaney and Bonnie song)
"Superstar" is a 1969 song written by Bonnie Bramlett and Leon Russell, that has been a hit for many artists in different genres in the years since.
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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a 1974 American independent horror film produced, co-composed, and directed by Tobe Hooper, who co-wrote it with Kim Henkel. High Tension and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre are Obscenity controversies in film.
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The Village Voice
The Village Voice is an American news and culture publication based in Greenwich Village, New York City, known for being the country's first alternative newsweekly.
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Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes (5 April 1588 – 4 December 1679) was an English philosopher.
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Time (magazine)
Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.
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Tubi
Tubi (stylized as tubi) is an American over-the-top content platform and ad-supported streaming service owned by Fox Corporation since 2020.
U-Roy
Ewart Beckford OD (21 September 1942 – 17 February 2021), known by the stage name U-Roy, was a Jamaican vocalist and pioneer of toasting.
Weighted arithmetic mean
The weighted arithmetic mean is similar to an ordinary arithmetic mean (the most common type of average), except that instead of each of the data points contributing equally to the final average, some data points contribute more than others.
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Wide release
In the motion picture industry, a wide release (short for nationwide release) is a film playing at the same time at cinemas in most markets across a country.
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2003 Toronto International Film Festival
The 28th Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 4 to September 13, 2003.
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See also
Films directed by Alexandre Aja
- Crawl (2019 film)
- Furia (film)
- High Tension
- Horns (film)
- Mirrors (2008 film)
- Never Let Go (2024 film)
- Oxygen (2021 film)
- Piranha 3D
- The 9th Life of Louis Drax
- The Hills Have Eyes (2006 film)
French serial killer films
- Above the Law (2017 film)
- Basic Instinct
- Bluebeard (1972 film)
- Castle of the Living Dead
- Dark Glasses
- Deadly Circuit
- Exit (2000 film)
- Eyes Without a Face (film)
- Frontier(s)
- Hannibal Rising (film)
- Harry, He's Here to Help
- High Tension
- Holy Spider
- Knife+Heart
- L'Etrangleur
- Landru (film)
- Le Boucher
- Next Time I'll Aim for the Heart
- Orphan (2009 film)
- Room 13 (1964 film)
- Tell No One
- The Bride Wore Black
- The Hatter's Ghost
- The House That Jack Built (2018 film)
- The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
- The Judge and the Assassin
- The Night of the Generals
- The Prey (2011 film)
- The Vampire of Düsseldorf
- The Young Poisoner's Handbook
- Titane
- Without Apparent Motive
French slasher films
- Among the Living (2014 film)
- Basic Instinct
- Blood and Black Lace
- Bloodbeat
- Bruiser (2000 film)
- Deadly Games (1989 film)
- Deep in the Woods
- Devil Story
- Faceless (1988 film)
- High Lane (film)
- High Tension
- I Am the Ripper
- Knife+Heart
- Maniac (2011 film)
- Maniac (2012 film)
- My Little Eye
- Ogroff
- Orphan (2009 film)
French splatter films
- Baby Blood
- Blood for Dracula
- Cemetery Man
- Devil Story
- Faceless (1988 film)
- Flesh for Frankenstein
- Frontier(s)
- High Tension
- I Will Walk Like a Crazy Horse
- In My Skin (film)
- Inside (2007 film)
- La Morte Vivante
- Land of the Dead
- Les raisins de la mort
- Maniac (2012 film)
- Martyrs (2008 film)
- Necronomicon (film)
- Nightmare Weekend
- Ogroff
- Raw (film)
- Revenge (2017 film)
- Revenge of the Living Dead Girls
- Sexandroide
- She Is Conann
- Silent Hill (film)
- Silent Hill: Revelation
- Smoking Causes Coughing
- Taxidermia
- The Doom Generation
- The Horde (2009 film)
- Titane
- Unicorn Wars
French-language horror films
- Calvaire (film)
- Deep in the Woods
- Eyes Without a Face (film)
- High Tension
- Infested
- Revenge of the Living Dead Girls
- The Advent Calendar
- The Blood Rose
- The Fall of the House of Usher (1928 French film)
New French Extremity films
- Baise-moi
- Demonlover
- Don't Look Back (2009 film)
- Frontier(s)
- Get In (film)
- Glowing Eyes (film)
- High Tension
- In My Skin (film)
- La Vie nouvelle
- Pola X
- Secret Things
- Sombre
- The Pornographer
- Trouble Every Day (film)
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Tension
Also known as Haute Tension, Switchblade Romance.
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