What Did They Cut From Haute Tension???

[DeathDealer]

I heard a minute has been cut, but I can't seem to find out what in the minute was cut. I know it was blood, gore, and violence. But could anyone give details?

Thanks.

[Mattster]

That's a disgusting lie. It was hardly a minute. IMDb and various horror websites love to aid in the spread of rumors.

I'd be surprised if the cuts amounted to as much as 30 seconds.

[IGotsNewShoes]

I heard they cut the scene entirely where Dean Koontz and his lawyer go walking across the screen shaking their heads in disgust.

OK so I kid, I did hear that the mothers death is cut, you see it cut now but the gushing blood is gone.

[Cujo108]

I don't intend to view the cut version, but a guy at the HTF was kind enough to post some of the cuts that he noticed. I'll paste them here:

The decapitation is abbreviated right as the head comes off. No spurting blood.

The mother's throat-cut was truncated after the actual cut and the killer pulls back the head to open the wound to the camera. The heavy blood flow is gone. As the mother lies on the floor with a gaping wound, it's shortened with the extra gurling and blood excised.

The gas station attendant's death didn't appear to be cut too badly, but some of the impact seemed to softened slightly.

The face-off scene between Alex and the "killer" was definitely less brutal. It's still somewhat meaty, but the repeated bludgeoing with the barbed-wire spike is quite noticeably gone. If I recall correctly, she hits him like once in this.

The "saw" death at the end was reduced to mainly shots of the killer putting the saw through the car. This was pretty wet in the uncut version, so most of the splattering blood and impact is gone. There is only a very, very quick shot of the saw cutting across the victim's chest.

[Mattster]

I don't intend to view the cut version, but a guy at the HTF was kind enough to post some of the cuts that he noticed. I'll paste them here:

The decapitation is abbreviated right as the head comes off. No spurting blood.

The mother's throat-cut was truncated after the actual cut and the killer pulls back the head to open the wound to the camera. The heavy blood flow is gone. As the mother lies on the floor with a gaping wound, it's shortened with the extra gurling and blood excised.

The gas station attendant's death didn't appear to be cut too badly, but some of the impact seemed to softened slightly.

The face-off scene between Alex and the "killer" was definitely less brutal. It's still somewhat meaty, but the repeated bludgeoing with the barbed-wire spike is quite noticeably gone. If I recall correctly, she hits him like once in this.

The "saw" death at the end was reduced to mainly shots of the killer putting the saw through the car. This was pretty wet in the uncut version, so most of the splattering blood and impact is gone. There is only a very, very quick shot of the saw cutting across the victim's chest.

Some of these are exaggerations. It doesn't feel like enough to amount to a whole minute. I've seen both cuts, and I noticed what was missing, but it wasn't that bad. People around me were still going "Holy shit!" and "Oh my god!"

I'm curious as to why you refuse to see it theatrically just because it's been cut. It's awesome to see it on the big screen, despite the changes made. Why not support it so LGF sees that there's interest in the film and gives us a good domestic DVD, rather than letting it fade and die?

[Cujo108]

I already have a DVD that I'm perfectly happy with, so I don't care if they release a good R1 DVD. I'm not going to pay high theater prices to see a cut version of something I own uncut here at home. I could go watch it right now for free in my living room, and I'm not going to support LG here. I've grown rather tired of theaters in general anyway.

[Mattster]

I already have a DVD that I'm perfectly happy with, so I don't care if they release a good R1 DVD. I'm not going to pay high theater prices to see a cut version of something I own uncut here at home. I could go watch it right now for free in my living room, and I'm not going to support LG here. I've grown rather tired of theaters in general anyway.

Eh well that's valid I guess. Still though, people are blowing up over the cuts and the dubbing and giving up a chance to see it on the big screen. It's great either way.

[BloodMan]

There's an interview with Director Aja at www.chud.com and he says they cut 40 seconds from the film.

Edit - here's a link for all you lazy bastids. :) :)
http://chud.com/interviews/3284

[welb25]

depsite the cuts Ebert(who hated it) said it may well be the most violent R-Rated film in the history of the MPAA.

[DeathDealer]

How is the dubbing?

Ebert said is was extremely bad...Do you Agree?

[betterdan]

When Ebert said that his voice was actually dubbed.

[MrVess]

Perhaps the scum removed everything that he stole from Koontz?

Of course, if that's what happened, the cut "film" is 10 minutes long.

[tobaccoman]

The dubbing was alright other than that no explanation is really given for the use of two different languages. However, the synching towards the beginning of the film is horrendous. Once night time arrives though, you can barely and rarely see their mouths and you don't really pay attention so much to that as the intensity of the situation.

[KillerCannabis]

I already have a DVD that I'm perfectly happy with, so I don't care if they release a good R1 DVD. I'm not going to pay high theater prices to see a cut version of something I own uncut here at home. I could go watch it right now for free in my living room, and I'm not going to support LG here. I've grown rather tired of theaters in general anyway.

Amen to that brother. I've got the superior R2 Optimax release, so why would I spend $10 to watch it with a bunch of lame teens, cut and with a "hybrid" dub? Exactly. I won't.

[Andrew]

The dub isn't some haphazard way of appeasing both crowds--the use of occasional French dialogue is because in this version of the film Alex and her family are English-speaking (I guess American) people living in France. That's why the driver, the gas station attendant, the police men, etc. all speak French. Marie is also French, thus her French accent when she's speaking English and the French dialogue when she's muttering to herself. I'm not trying to defend the dubbing, but it wasn't done randomly.

[tobaccoman]

It wasn't done randomly, BUT there was no explanation as to why it used both languages which will ultimately (and did at the viewing I went to) leave people utterly confused.

[bigwes15]

Saw it today and liked it, but would definitely like to see what was cut out of those sequences.

[BloodMan]

The beheading... lots and lots of spraying blood all over the floor was cut. :)

[soxfan666]

depsite the cuts Ebert(who hated it) said it may well be the most violent R-Rated film in the history of the MPAA.

i saw this last night in the theatre and it was the first time i have seen the movie. I liked it alot and i agree with Ebert in that it was extremely violent and i am surprised that it wasnt more heavily cut. Hopefully this will do well here and lead to more heavy R ratings instead of shit pg-13 but, i was the only person in the theatre at a 9 pm saturday night showing. so im wondering if this will bomb.

[onebyone]

i was the only person in the theatre at a 9 pm saturday night showing. so im wondering if this will bomb.

Most box office sites are predicting that it made under 2 million and didn't even make the top ten, so it pretty much did. There is still a chance that it is the number 10 movie of the week as 3 movies seem to have made about 1.8 million, but very little chance it made much more than that. Ouch. I hope Land of the Dead does better, otherwise, helloooooo more PG-13 theatrical release horror movies.

[Nemesis]

foreign films naturally scare away a lot of people here.. well that's what happened to brotherhood of the wolf anyway.. not sure what it's like in the US in that regard though, never really made it to more than 1 movie over there and that was at universal studios in Orlando so it wasnt really representative

[tobaccoman]

I've been telling everybody at work that I went and saw this on Friday and no one has even heard of it. Only one person I've talked to has even heard about LOTD and he thought it was the sequel to last year's Dawn Of The Dead, but he couldn't wait until after this movie 'cuz that's when they're going to make the 4th and final one. What a fucking dumbass? But I guess I already knew that before talking to him about it and have come to expect as much from this shitpile.

[Agent Z]

foreign films naturally scare away a lot of people here.. well that's what happened to brotherhood of the wolf anyway.. not sure what it's like in the US in that regard though, never really made it to more than 1 movie over there and that was at universal studios in Orlando so it wasnt really representative

There is a perception that foreign films don't attract the general audiences (the ones who change their kid's diapers behind Luna's theater seat) here in the states, and I agree that they generally don't.

However, I'm not buying that that is the reason for High Tension tanking this weekend, as there really was no clear indication from the trailers that it was a foreign film anyway.

I think LG failed to promote the film enough, NC-17 rating or R-rating aside.

EDIT: http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/boxoffice/weekend/ Number 12 (albeit on a low number of screens and with hardly any press) :(

[bigdaddyhorse]

The trailers are confusing and the title doesn't scream anything cool.
The deck was stacked against this one. After seeing the trailer I thought, "if I knew nothing about this movie other than what I just saw, I wouldn't want to see it and would probably forget about it alltogether". Looks like that might've happened on a huge scale.

[rxfiend]

Most box office sites are predicting that it made under 2 million and didn't even make the top ten, so it pretty much did. There is still a chance that it is the number 10 movie of the week as 3 movies seem to have made about 1.8 million, but very little chance it made much more than that. Ouch. I hope Land of the Dead does better, otherwise, helloooooo more PG-13 theatrical release horror movies.


you got to take in account that High Tension only appeared in 1300 theaters. that's a VERY low number. Usually films are in the high 2000 / 3000 point.

[onebyone]

you got to take in account that High Tension only appeared in 1300 theaters. that's a VERY low number. Usually films are in the high 2000 / 3000 point.

Still, Crash, which has been out for 6 weeks, was in 908 theaters and made about the same amount. There is really no way to say this did well, even if it was only predicted that it would make six million opening weekend. Folks overestimated this and way underestimated Mr. And Mrs. Smith this weekend.

I wish they had done it uncut/unrated and released it in art house theaters. It would have probably done about the same business, and would have created more positive buzz for the DVD. I heard folks ragging on it at the store today, and I kind of wanted to cry.

Did they change the trailer for this? I never saw one on TV. The only one I saw was on the Cubed Zero DVD, and it had Sonic Youth's Superstar playing and I thought it was just fabulous. That is what got me to order the UK DVD right away.

[soxfan666]

i work part time in a liquor store and i talk about movies with customers all of the time and hardly any of them (young or old) have heard of the this movie. Maybe it will be one of the movies that takes off on DVD, cult following etc.....

[KR~!]

The trailer sucks for this. Thre studio that released dropped the ball big time, but they always do stupid stuff like that.

[dwatts]

Why not watch it in the theater?

Well, if any company releases a cut version of a film, newly dubbed, who'd buy it? Let alone a film that is over a year old. Lion's Gate are way too far behind the eight-ball.

As for supporting them to get more, I'm not sure I want to encourage more cut movies, newly dubbed into English for the reading impaired.

[tobaccoman]

Originally Posted By onebyone:
Still, Crash, which has been out for 6 weeks, was in 908 theaters and made about the same amount. There is really no way to say this did well, even if it was only predicted that it would make six million opening weekend. Folks overestimated this and way underestimated Mr. And Mrs. Smith this weekend.Well since Crash got extremely good reviews and was all over various entertainment news shows that's not real surprising.
Mr. And Mrs. Smith - you mean Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have drawing power. It also helps that I saw them both all over the magazine covers promoting this while in line to be checked out. EW anyone. I think HT had a one-sentence paragraph about it. Oh yeah, it'll do great!
Can't say I wasn't expecting as much though, that's the way these types of things usually go. I'm sure word-of-mouth has already spread across most movie-goers that this movie sucks so I'm sure it will be gone at the end of the month, if not sooner. Especially here in Fargo. Fuck dude, I know people who have seen Star Wars in theatres up to 6x already and plan on seeing it a couple more, yet they won't go to a different movie. And this specific person supposedly loves horror movies, but he won't go to this 'cuz he's only heard about it from me. WTF?!

[onebyone]

Mr. And Mrs. Smith - you mean Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have drawing power. It also helps that I saw them both all over the magazine covers promoting this while in line to be checked out. EW anyone.

I wasn't comparing the movies. I was just saying that the box office estimates were wrong about both of them this week. Because Mr. and Mrs Smith did 15-20 million dollars better than expected, there were probably even less people available to see High Tension. I am all about the math.

The movie didn't do very well. It's per screen average (http://boxofficeguru.com/weekend.htm) was just $1,323. That is terrible. I am sorry it didn't do better, but nonetheless that is how it is. Don't get mad at me about it as, despite rumors to the contrary, I didn't devise the advertising campaign for Lion's Gate. Plus, I am a huge fan of the film and am not talking smack about it at all. Hopefully, it will find its US audience on DVD.

[tobaccoman]

I wasn't agry. When I said "you mean", I wasn't talking about you specifically.

Also, I could give a rat's ass about how movies perform in theatres. There will always be movies I care to see made by people who can deliver "the goods" whatever "they" may be. And I will continue to seek the movies tailor made for the likes of me, whether I get to see them theatrically or not.

[onebyone]

Also, I could give a rat's ass about how movies perform in theatres. There will always be movies I care to see made by people who can deliver "the goods" whatever "they" may be. And I will continue to seek the movies tailor made for the likes of me, whether I get to see them theatrically or not.

As for what movies I go see, I don't care how they do at the box office. I care about how movies perform in the theaters because a. the math is fascinating and b. it directly influences what movies we will get to see in the theaters next. This especially holds true in the horror genre. One big hit or flop (although I hope High Tension was too small a release to do that here) will alter what movies get made for the next few years.

[tobaccoman]

It's called "independent" cinema. Yes I know the studioheads have the theatres under their thumb, but good movies will still be made (no matter what the genre) and as I previously stated, I don't even really care if the movies I want to see get a theatrical release. I'm so used to them not getting one anyways, so what's the difference. True horror never has been nor will it ever be a staple at your local theatre anyway.

[The Chaostar]

I'm not sure I want to encourage more cut movies, newly dubbed into English for the reading impaired.

You said it man!

[bigdaddyhorse]

Why not watch it in the theater?

Well, if any company releases a cut version of a film, newly dubbed, who'd buy it? Let alone a film that is over a year old. Lion's Gate are way too far behind the eight-ball.

As for supporting them to get more, I'm not sure I want to encourage more cut movies, newly dubbed into English for the reading impaired.

It's a catch-22 though and horror movies are always getting the black sheep treatment from studios and theaters. They think we want more cut shit since teens go to see shit like the Ring to try and get some cheap feels from their dates.
Then they bring out something like this, where fans of the movie say fuck it and watch their un-cut region 2 dvds, and those who don't know about it aren't shown any reason to want to see it. They were gonna fail no matter what, and unfortunately, it will probably reflect on studios feelings to the whole genre.
I fucking hate politics!

[Mattster]

It's a catch-22 though and horror movies are always getting the black sheep treatment from studios and theaters. They think we want more cut shit since teens go to see shit like the Ring to try and get some cheap feels from their dates.
Then they bring out something like this, where fans of the movie say fuck it and watch their un-cut region 2 dvds, and those who don't know about it aren't shown any reason to want to see it. They were gonna fail no matter what, and unfortunately, it will probably reflect on studios feelings to the whole genre.
I fucking hate politics!

Great point. These fanboys that are too cool to watch a cut version of a film don't seem to realize they're fucking over future horror films.

[dwatts]

Oh, so I'm a fanboy because I don't want to watch a cut film, a year after the DVD came out UNCUT, when it's newly dubbed? Give me a break. Who's the fanboy here?

Horror films always seem to get short-shrift in the theater. The fact is, it doesn't matter anymore, because we have DVD.

Now, if you like cut movies newly dubbed for the stupid, then go see it. But don't go sticking a label on those with better taste. Okay? ;)

[The Chaostar]

Couldn't have said it better myself. Dwatts, I now forgive you for all the horrible things you once said back in the past. :p

It doesn't have to do with being a fan boy. It has to do with being a cinema lover, knowing how to apreciate films. Try to watch a cut, dubbed in German print of Midnight Cowboy... The horror... The horror...

[Mattster]

Oh, so I'm a fanboy because I don't want to watch a cut film, a year after the DVD came out UNCUT, when it's newly dubbed? Give me a break. Who's the fanboy here?

Horror films always seem to get short-shrift in the theater. The fact is, it doesn't matter anymore, because we have DVD.

Now, if you like cut movies newly dubbed for the stupid, then go see it. But don't go sticking a label on those with better taste. Okay? ;)

I wasn't calling YOU a fanboy. Stop taking things so personally.

[onebyone]

That is just super duper that you guys are artistic and understand true cinema. Hell, I didn't see it either, because it was playing nowhere near me. However, it doesn't change the fact that how movies do at the box office affects what horror movies get made and/or distributed in the future. This movie wouldn't have even gotten this much of a US release were it not for recent horror movies doing well at the box office. It is really all about the $$$$$.

[bigwes15]

I totally understand those who didn't want to see it because of the dubbing and cutting, but I went anyway and was happy to see it on the big screen. I am very disappointed to see that it flopped so badly, but I don't think it has much to do with the R rating. This is just not a hollywood film, or even a very standard slasher. I think that teens who might have seen it (of which there were not many due in part I think to an advertising campaign that was little seen and confusing as to what this movie actually was) would have been distracted too much by the dubbing and foriegn setting to reccommend this. It is a solid movie, and I am hoping for an unrated dvd as I don't have an all-region player and can't watch the ones you guys are talking about. (unless any of them are region 0?)

[dwatts]

onebyone. I had not addressed your point at all. To address it now, the vast majority of horror films hitting the cinemas now - and over the last year or so - have been pretty poop-tacular. One or two decent ones, and a run of nastiness. I wouldn't miss them if they weren't there.

As for THIS film, for many genre fans it's just old old news.

[The Chaostar]

It is really all about the $$$$$.

Well, good movies rarely make money, and films that make money are rarely good onebyone. Right or wrong?

And european horror cinema doesn't REALLY need big US Box Office success. Haute Tension got released all over the world, mostly in it's original form, and did great, great business. It was a good film! The problem in horror cinema today is creative, not financial...

[onebyone]

Well, good movies rarely make money, and films that make money are rarely good onebyone. Right or wrong?

Some good movies have made money, yes. Of course, I don't subscribe to the "to be good, something must be scorned by the stupid, ignorant populace" point of view either.

[The Chaostar]

Of course, I don't subscribe to the "to be good, something must be scorned by the stupid, ignorant populace" point of view either.

I don't either. If I did, I'd hate Frank Capra who I adore. Wait a minute there, "It's a wonderful life" was a huge flop, wasn't it? ;)

[Luna]

The beheading... lots and lots of spraying blood all over the floor was cut. :)Spoiler tags, please. Now I'll be expecting what I spoiler tagged when I watch the movie, grr.

[legnadibrom]

i watched the uncut DVD last month and just watched this in the theater this evening, still quite violent and exciting..........
lots of youngsters with their cellphones

[tobaccoman]

My roommate has no piqued interest in this title too, so I think I might go see it again either today or tomorrow. If I do, I'm cheering in certain parts! After thinking so much about it the last few days, I actually like it so much more. And I even had the "twist" spoiled for me about 8 or 9 months ago, so that's just wierd. Usually a movie like that would just be ruined, but now I'm actually intrigued by it.

I just don't know if I want to go to it in theatres again 'cuz I really don't want to support Lion's Gate after they blatantly lied to us. I think I'll just send in my order for the DVD and have my roommate wait a week before he sees it. What do y'all think? Not that it will really persuade me since my roommates opinion is more valued than yours (sorry), but would still like to know. Hey, I'll even tell him what you tell me!

[foller]

You can find pictures of the cut scenes here:
www.schnittberichte.com
go to movies : G-L and then to "High Tension"

[aoiookami]

the movie opened at 12th place in the box office, pretty bad. I dont know why people are saying by not seeing this you are hurting horror movies being released theatrically. Uh, no. The past few horror titles (Amityville, House of Wax, Ring 2 , Grudge etc etc) all opened at #1 or #2 spots. This didnt do well because the horror community knows its censored and dubbed and over a year old, and I bet Lions Gate know they screwed up too.

[tobaccoman]

I dont know why people are saying by not seeing this you are hurting horror movies being released theatrically. Uh, no. The past few horror titles (Amityville, House of Wax, Ring 2 , Grudge etc etc) all opened at #1 or #2 spots. This didnt do well because the horror community knows its censored and dubbed and over a year old, and I bet Lions Gate know they screwed up too.But we don't want more remakes of popular movies rated PG-13 (OK, House Of Wax was R but the rest weren't, I think the people who've been saying this want more "hardcore" horror and not the watered down garbage (according to the reviews (I've only seen Ring 2 and for that example I'd agree)) that has recently been released.

[aoiookami]

But we don't want more remakes of popular movies rated PG-13 .

well, SAW was not a remake, rated R and it also opened at #1.

[soxfan666]

I think the people who've been saying this want more "hardcore" horror and not the watered down garbage (according to the reviews (I've only seen Ring 2 and for that example I'd agree)) that has recently been released.

i would go with this. One thing about High Tension is that it is being called a throwback to an 80's slasher. Why do we have throwbacks to that time? Because too much shit is being pumped out for teenie bopper crowd. The only hardcore horror movies that come out are direct to DVD (yes im sure there are a few exceptions). I and many other people are tired of pg-13 crap. I want blood, and swearing and nudity in my horror movies. Even with all movies what happened to some nudity? Everything now is shots of people's back or something like that. I am an adult and i want some goddam adult shit in a movie. If i want watered down i will take my kids to see sharkboy.

[tobaccoman]

Like I said earlier on in this thread or in one of the other Haute/High Tension threads, I could care less how movies rate at the theatres because there will ALWAYS be worthy titles available. Face it (now I'm not talking to you aoiookami), theatrical ratings are not going to stop people from making good movies. In fact, the studio heads are usually the major problem with horror movies and studio made movies will still be the ones flooding are theatres with "horror" movies since they basically own their asses.

[tobaccoman]

Originally Posted By: soxfan666
One thing about High Tension is that it is being called a throwback to an 80's slasher. Why do we have throwbacks to that time?I wouldn't call it that! If anything I'd say it's a polished late 90's slasher with a psychological/thriller twist and a hardcore edge. 80's slashers were mostly cheesy pieces of shit (although many are still great, most still suck ass as with any time period) with comedic/exploitation value and I'd say this movie has little of that.

[Myron Breck]

You can find pictures of the cut scenes here:
www.schnittberichte.com
go to movies : G-L and then to "High Tension"


Thanks for the link....doesn't look like we 'Mericans missed a whole lot from our cut. But I'll still spend extra to get an uncut version on DVD instead of putting the R-rated version in my collection.

[tobaccoman]

Basically the only question for me is "Should I add this to my collection now?" or "Shall I wait and see how LGF releases it on DVD?".

[Ash28M]

I think the failer at the box office had to do with the poor marketing of this film. I don't think i saw one High Tension commercial on tv in the weeks prior to the release. Many of my friends still haven't heard of the film.

[soxfan666]

I wouldn't call it that! If anything I'd say it's a polished late 90's slasher with a psychological/thriller twist and a hardcore edge. 80's slashers were mostly cheesy pieces of shit (although many are still great, most still suck ass as with any time period) with comedic/exploitation value and I'd say this movie has little of that.

alright, I will agree with that. I guess i just wish there were more movies like this (horror or not) that were made for adults. When i went to see this i thought to myself, "I hope this movie is packed and that the theatre checked id's and everyone is at least 18." Well, everyone was over 18 but thats because my wife and I were the only ones. I do blame LG for this. The best marketing for this movie to me was this site. i never saw anything on tv for it.

[Myron Breck]

Basically the only question for me is "Should I add this to my collection now?" or "Shall I wait and see how LGF releases it on DVD?".

I'm going to wait it out, personally. It's not like i HAVE to have it this second. You never know, LGF could pull their heads out of their own asses in time for this one. And if not, buy the R2 and be just as happy. :banana:

[KR~!]

None of my friends never even saw the lame TV spot.

This film never had a chance

[VideoViolence]

Just saw it Tuesday and the movie rules!!

[bigdaddyhorse]

Basically the only question for me is "Should I add this to my collection now?" or "Shall I wait and see how LGF releases it on DVD?".

LG has yet to release an un-rated or un-cut movie on dvd, so if you want un-cut, get it now. LG might have some nice extras, but it will be cut. Bet my last buck on that!

[tobaccoman]

I know LG hasn't released an uncut movie on dvd to date, but I'm hoping the circumstances surrounding this particular title will prompt them to do so. I also think it would be neat to have both versions on one release just in case one of my friends wants to see it (some of them really hate reading).

[bigdaddyhorse]

I know LG hasn't released an uncut movie on dvd to date, but I'm hoping the circumstances surrounding this particular title will prompt them to do so. I also think it would be neat to have both versions on one release just in case one of my friends wants to see it (some of them really hate reading).

I agree, but just find the optimism for LG doing something that good. I'll cross my fingers though since I didn't really place that bet (Vegas actually said no, unless I bet $1000 to win 3 :D ).
I think they'll do the original language with subs option, but still cut.

[deplopcinema]

1. High Tension was fabulous. Please look past the dubbing, cutting and politics and see the film for what it is: a grueling, violent, and extremely suspenseful gorefest. When was the last time there was one of those in American theaters? It brought me back to the days of Last House On The Left where crazy fuckers preyed on nice people and it was SCARY because being attacked like that is a fear that everyone has. I am GRATEFUL that I was able to walk into a movie theater and see something as unsettling as High Tension.

2. The Ad campaign was fabulous. I love LG's TV trailer - it's short, simple, and says very little. By doing that it doesn't give away a damn thing about the movie (too many trailers spoil great scenes) as well as creates a mystique around the film. After seeing the commercial I wanted to know more about High Tension. LG's big mistake however was that not many people saw the commercials. Had they put up the cash to have them played more often and during primetime things might've been different.

3. LAND OF THE DEAD TRAILER!!!!! Oh, did I ever shriek with delight when that came on during the coming attractions! I can't wait!

[Ash28M]

1. High Tension was fabulous. Please look past the dubbing, cutting and politics.!

Don't worry a big chunk of us have not and will never ever see this film dubbed or cut. So that's not really an issue here. Most of us loved the film.

[DeathDealer]

I saw the film today and it was brilliant, and I even saw the cut verison and it still was fanatastic. This has to be one of the best horror movies to be made in the last two years at least.

9/10

Question: What's the song they play in the trailer?

Question #2: What did you guys think of the ending and twist?

[Agent Z]

I love LG's TV trailer - it's short, simple, and says very little. By doing that it doesn't give away a damn thing about the movie (too many trailers spoil great scenes) as well as creates a mystique around the film.

Actually, one of the LG tv spots shows the very final scene, which is probably one of the biggest spoilers that I have ever seen in a promo spot :(

[onebyone]

Question: What's the song they play in the trailer?


Sonic Youth, Superstar, unless there is another trailer that I missed entirely.

[DeathDealer]

Do you guys know any other good french movies, with this same speed and style?

Damn, I need more of this kind.