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Cast
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| Philippe Nahon | ... |
Le tueur
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Jimmy
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Père Alex
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Mère Alex
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Tom
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Gendarme
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Storyline
Alexia travels with her friend Marie to spend a couple of days with her family in their farm in the country. They arrive late and they are welcomed by Alexia's father. Late in the night, a sadistic and sick killer breaks into the farmhouse, slaughters Alexia's family--including their dog--and kidnaps Alexia. Marie hides from the criminal and tries to help the hysterical and frightened Alexia, chase the maniac, and disclose his identity in the end. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Hearts will bleed.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for graphic bloody killings, terror, sexual content and language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
FranceRelease Date:
10 June 2005 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
High Tension See more »Box Office
Budget:
€2,200,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$8,328 (Chile) (15 September 2006)Gross:
$30,781 (Chile) (22 September 2006)Company Credits
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2.35 : 1
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(Scott Nickoley / Jamie Dunlap / Molly Pasutti / Marc Ferrari)
Ed. Koka Media / Killer Tracks
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Cécile De France did most of the stunt driving during the car chase through the woods. See more »Goofs
The interior light of the yellow Ford during the car chase See more »Soundtracks
"I Believe"(Scott Nickoley / Jamie Dunlap / Molly Pasutti / Marc Ferrari)
Ed. Koka Media / Killer Tracks
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Oh my god. Without a doubt I have not been affected by a movie this much since watching the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre when I was well under age and the movie was certainly more than dodgy. I couldn't sleep after watching that and was very uneasy, multiplied a gazillion times by the imagination of a kid. This certainly had a similar affect on me, it scared me and horrified me, it even surprised me more than any other movie has of late.
If you have any preconception about foreign cinema being weaker to Hollywood then you have hardly spent enough time watching foreign cinema and too much time engrossed in poor romantic flicks with Clooney et al. You really need to get out and grab some of that Japanese, Spanish and French cinema action. It's easily had and there's a lot to it, far better movies...anyway, I find myself digressing again.
From the outset this movie pitches itself as a hard horror, it isn't going to pull any punches and it's going to show you like it is, harrowing and horrific. That said, the story then turns to a slower pace and you find that it's mixing the suspenseful thriller in with the moments of full on horror, and it's done so well. Too well in fact, and watching the psychotic at work is sometimes shocking.
It rides a fine line between schlock horror and suspense horror, it manages to combine the two without falling into a complete gore flick. It is gory mind you, very gory. I was eating a couple of biscuits during the movie and I stopped until it was finished, even then I wasn't sure.
That's where this movies strength lies, it really pushes the boundaries of between those two types of movies but keeps its feet firmly in the suspense, and tension area. The film is exceedingly tense, and it's raised slowly to begin with, but creeps up at every set piece, and it's not long before the shocking and surprising final set piece is upon you. That in itself is terrifying, and as it unfolded on me I was stunned.
Part of me thinks that this movie could have done much better without all the horror, but I'm not sure that the film would have carried on the tension and suspense alone, it's the very presence of the horror that adds to and heightens the pressure.
A very stylish, tense film, truly a suspense-thriller-horror to be proud of from the French. Please Hollywood, don't remake it.