Post by bigtuna on Mar 29, 2009 12:30:57 GMT -5
Oh, High Tension, you're so good to me. <3
I went through a phase a few years back, where I watched horror movies, almost exclusively. I was a horror movie aficiosseur (aficiosseur= Aficionado+Connoisseur. I couldn't decide which to go with while i was writing this, so i decided to go with both).
I used to go to the video store around the corner, rent 6 or 7 horror movies, watch them all, return them the next day, lather rinse repeat. So one day, i'm browsing the shelves, and i see High Tension. I take one look at the case, with the hot girl covered in blood, holding a giant saw that probably weighs more than she does, and that was it. Love at first sight. Needless to say, I rented it, along with 5 or 6 other movies, took it home and watched it.
"Oh my," I thought to myself. "What have we here?" I pondered. "Could it be? a slasher film, with copious amount of blood, and violence, and attractive women, and all kinds of terrible things occuring, without all the lame clichés that go with the genre? Could it be? WHY YES! YES IT COULD!"
Kyle summed this up fairly well in his review, so i'm going to give you the tuna's-notes version: girls go to house to visit family. man goes to house to kill family. man kidnaps one girl. other girl tries to save day.
that's the story, in a nutshell, but let's face it, we're not watching Casablanca, we're watching a movie with a blood covered girl with a huge saw on the dvd case. That's what we came to see, that's what we got.
The visuals are fantastic in this film. I'm one of those guys who thinks that every slice and and tear and puncture should be shown onscreen in full detail, and if any thing occurs offscreen, it had better be for dramatic effect, and I better be able to see the results. That's what this movie is all about. It doesn't pull any punches, and I love that. Not only that, but it doesn't have any of that flashy light, spinny camera bull(poop) that the Saw movies do all the time. God I hate that. It's a horror movie, people, not a Godsmack video.
Anyway, as awesome as most of the movie is, what with decapitations by dresser, and barbedwire-wrapped sticks in the face, the twist at the end really hurt my soul.
I'm sorry, Kyle, but yes, i'm one of those people. The first time i watched it, the twist was revealed, and i was like "WHAT THE (foul)?! what the (filth) is this (foul)?! MOTHER(filthfoul)!! THIS IS (filth)ING BULL(foul)!!" Basically, I was not a happy camper. I re-rented it a week later, and tried to look for hints, and couldn't find any. It just kinda came out of no where for the sake of being a twist. Also, one of the lead girls looks like Steven Tyler from Aerosmith.
Come on, look at the size of that mouth.
I recently bought the movie, because no matter how stupid the twist is, the rest of the movie more than makes up for it. But i found myself looking for more clues, and after a while, it seemed like I would use any excuse to pretend that the things were happening in the beginning explained what happened at the end. After a while, i just gave up and decided to enjoy the carnage. The twist still comes out of no where and makes me die a little inside (Although, i must say, if it weren't for the twist, we wouldn't have gotten the final shot of the movie, which is equal parts terrifying to behold, and beautiful).
But like I said, The rest of the movie is so balls to the wall fantastic (have you ever actually had your balls to a wall? it's not as exciting as it sounds.) that i'm willing to let the ending go. I love this movie so much that i want to recommend it to everyone on the planet, but i realize that others have more delicate sensibilities. So, don't watch this movie if:
You don't like blood.
You don't like twist endings.
You don't like female masturbation.
You don't like the French.
You don't Muse.
You don't like people drinking and driving
You don't like stains on hardwood or carpet floors.
If those things don't bother you, and you want to watch an amazing horror movie that doesn't have all the shortcomings of the formulaic tripe hollywood is crapping out, High Tension is for you.
On a side note, i've never known what tripe actually meant, i just new it was a term for things that sucked. turns out, in addition to being things that suck, tripe is also stomach tissue from oxes and cows and stuff, for use as food. neat.
THE MORE YOU KNOW.
I went through a phase a few years back, where I watched horror movies, almost exclusively. I was a horror movie aficiosseur (aficiosseur= Aficionado+Connoisseur. I couldn't decide which to go with while i was writing this, so i decided to go with both).
I used to go to the video store around the corner, rent 6 or 7 horror movies, watch them all, return them the next day, lather rinse repeat. So one day, i'm browsing the shelves, and i see High Tension. I take one look at the case, with the hot girl covered in blood, holding a giant saw that probably weighs more than she does, and that was it. Love at first sight. Needless to say, I rented it, along with 5 or 6 other movies, took it home and watched it.
"Oh my," I thought to myself. "What have we here?" I pondered. "Could it be? a slasher film, with copious amount of blood, and violence, and attractive women, and all kinds of terrible things occuring, without all the lame clichés that go with the genre? Could it be? WHY YES! YES IT COULD!"
Kyle summed this up fairly well in his review, so i'm going to give you the tuna's-notes version: girls go to house to visit family. man goes to house to kill family. man kidnaps one girl. other girl tries to save day.
that's the story, in a nutshell, but let's face it, we're not watching Casablanca, we're watching a movie with a blood covered girl with a huge saw on the dvd case. That's what we came to see, that's what we got.
The visuals are fantastic in this film. I'm one of those guys who thinks that every slice and and tear and puncture should be shown onscreen in full detail, and if any thing occurs offscreen, it had better be for dramatic effect, and I better be able to see the results. That's what this movie is all about. It doesn't pull any punches, and I love that. Not only that, but it doesn't have any of that flashy light, spinny camera bull(poop) that the Saw movies do all the time. God I hate that. It's a horror movie, people, not a Godsmack video.
Anyway, as awesome as most of the movie is, what with decapitations by dresser, and barbedwire-wrapped sticks in the face, the twist at the end really hurt my soul.
I'm sorry, Kyle, but yes, i'm one of those people. The first time i watched it, the twist was revealed, and i was like "WHAT THE (foul)?! what the (filth) is this (foul)?! MOTHER(filthfoul)!! THIS IS (filth)ING BULL(foul)!!" Basically, I was not a happy camper. I re-rented it a week later, and tried to look for hints, and couldn't find any. It just kinda came out of no where for the sake of being a twist. Also, one of the lead girls looks like Steven Tyler from Aerosmith.
Come on, look at the size of that mouth.
I recently bought the movie, because no matter how stupid the twist is, the rest of the movie more than makes up for it. But i found myself looking for more clues, and after a while, it seemed like I would use any excuse to pretend that the things were happening in the beginning explained what happened at the end. After a while, i just gave up and decided to enjoy the carnage. The twist still comes out of no where and makes me die a little inside (Although, i must say, if it weren't for the twist, we wouldn't have gotten the final shot of the movie, which is equal parts terrifying to behold, and beautiful).
But like I said, The rest of the movie is so balls to the wall fantastic (have you ever actually had your balls to a wall? it's not as exciting as it sounds.) that i'm willing to let the ending go. I love this movie so much that i want to recommend it to everyone on the planet, but i realize that others have more delicate sensibilities. So, don't watch this movie if:
You don't like blood.
You don't like twist endings.
You don't like female masturbation.
You don't like the French.
You don't Muse.
You don't like people drinking and driving
You don't like stains on hardwood or carpet floors.
If those things don't bother you, and you want to watch an amazing horror movie that doesn't have all the shortcomings of the formulaic tripe hollywood is crapping out, High Tension is for you.
On a side note, i've never known what tripe actually meant, i just new it was a term for things that sucked. turns out, in addition to being things that suck, tripe is also stomach tissue from oxes and cows and stuff, for use as food. neat.
THE MORE YOU KNOW.
