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High Tension (2003)

★ 6.8 · 1,452 ratings on TMDB

Hearts will bleed.

High Tension poster★ 6.8

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.

DirectorAlexandre Aja
CastAndrei Finti, Bogdan Uritescu, Cécile de France, Franck Khalfoun, Gabriel Spahiu, Jean-Claude de Goros
GenresHorror, Mystery, Thriller
The emergence reading

High Tension keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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