Human Monsters, Psychological, Body & Contagion, Genre Hybrids, Movements & Traditions
High Tension
2003
Hearts will bleed.
Directed by Alexandre Aja
User Rating
3.5
avg.
2615
Intensity
In 5 lists
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.
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Details
- Director
- Alexandre Aja
- Written by
- Alexandre Aja, Grégory Levasseur
- Produced by
- Alexandre Arcady, Robert Benmussa
- Composer
- François-Eudes Chanfrault
- Cinematographer
- Maxime Alexandre
- Editors
- Al Rundle, Baxter, Sophie Vermersch
- Makeup FX
- Giannetto De Rossi
- Studios
- Alexandre Films, EuropaCorp, MediaPro Pictures
- Origin countries
- France, Romania
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Language
- fr
- Rating
- R
- Also known as
- Switchblade Romance
- TMDB
- 6.8/10 (1,460 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 41% Rotten
- Metacritic
- 42/100
- IMDb
- 6.7/10 (82,016 votes)
Released June 18, 2003·Haute tension·$2,500,000 budget·$6,291,958 revenue
Awards
- NominatedFangoria Chainsaw Award— Best Wide Release Film(2006)
Cast
Crew
Alexandre Aja
Director
Grégory Levasseur
Writer
Alexandre Arcady
Producer
Robert Benmussa
Producer
François-Eudes Chanfrault
Original Music Composer
Maxime Alexandre
Director of Photography
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Al Rundle
Editor
No photo
Baxter
Editor
No photo
Sophie Vermersch
Editor
No photo
Renald Cotte Verdy
Production Design
Tony Egry
Production Design
Keywords
Links
Trailer
Podcasts
The Evolution of Horror — HOME INVASION Pt 21: High Tension /'Switchblade Romance' (2003) & Ils /'Them' (2006)
