@@grimace4257 well I've had multiple female friends I call home girl. The type of girls that would be UFC fighters. Strong women that probably even beat you up as a man yourself lol 😂
This movie was amazing. I remember my mother rented it for us. Hell of a night. The actress' performance was phenomenal. They don't make movies like they used to! Very rarely do they anyways...
I remember seeing this movie when I was super young with my cousin at his house. He had cable & it randomly came out at night on a horror movie marathon. Scared the crap out of me back then but good movie tho now that I remember it more clearly.
I think a better twist would of been if Marie was still the killer but the guy in the truck was real and it’s revealed that he was trying to help and could of known what Marie was actually like.
In the book, the character isn't crazy but the killer actually feels she might have the capacity to kill like him, so he doesn't kill her and asks her to be his partner so that idea isn't that crazy, however she chooses to not do that and saves the day. Read the book intensity by Dean Koontz its the true story and much better.
@@LeolaGlamour - What? Vess doesn't ask Chyna to be his partner. I've read the book a bunch of times as a teenager, I'd remember that part. Closest thing might be when he threatens to let her live long enough to watch him break his young captive mentally, but it's clearly a threat, not a "let's team up!".
FoundFlix and DeadMeat have been the two things getting me through this quarantine. So thankful for the hard work both the channels put in. (Also I'm way too chicken to watch horror movies, but I love watching these vids because they're just spooky enough
I dig the build up to the reveal, things like the mom's last word being "why" and the killer just happening to miss Marie each time, but I can't bring myself to like it. Maybe it's because Marie is so obviously about Alex from the start, maybe it's just because I'm tired of the twist being mental illness so often, I'm just not about it though.
It's always going to be mental illness or issues as I prefer for these monsters. People that kill are not mentally sound, everything is wrong with them.
@@nerdycurls6253 But it doesn't have to be mental illness. Not everyone who commits terrible crimes is mentally ill, in fact, best I remember, most murderers aren't mentally ill at all. Some people are just terrible people. You can do something with that, with someone who is just completely awful and out to add another girl to their list of victims. The vast majority of mentally ill people just want to live their lives and horror movies casting them as murderers doesn't make that any easier.
@@tympestbooks1727 you misunderstood me, I'm not saying everyone with a mental illness is a killer/murder or evil person. I just mean nobody who decides to take another person's life is of sound mind, which is why I prefer to use mental issues. Being a psycopath or sociopath literally means something is wrong with you. For me at least there is a very clear line between someone with mental illness which like you said are living their own lives peacefully, and as I would put it someone with mental issues who goes around harming others. However, I understand how my original comment looking back sounds problematic which I will apologize for, people with mental illness are not the "bad guys".
@@tympestbooks1727 That's not even true. Most killers and serial killers have at least one mental illness taking part in them becoming that way. Be it childhood trauma or some kind of sexual deviations, it can even be an unhealthy obsession with something(like the girl who killed her boyfriends or smth like that because of numbers she added up even though those numbers had no sense at all). Not to mention all the killers I heard about were psychopaths or sociopaths- and those are mental illnesses.
@@Nekoszowa Dude, any reading I've done has had the rate of serial killers with mental illnesses coming up at around 23-25% of them. That puts them at a slightly higher rate than the average American, around 20% of the general population, but not a majority of them. Now, many of those studies have had terribly low sample groups, but that doesn't mean you throw out the whole study, just that more research needs to be done. You're also linking a bunch of things that aren't themselves mental illnesses to mental illnesses. Childhood trauma can lead to a higher likely hood of developing mental illnesses later on, but isn't one on its own. Sexual deviations are also something that mentally ill people may have but that a ton of mentally completely healthy people have as well. Same thing for weird obsessions, anyone can develop a weird obsession, doesn't mean that they're mentally ill or likely to be a serial killer. As to all the killers you've heard of being psychopathic or sociopathic, maybe they were, but so are a ton of regular people just trying to live their lives. The rates for people being psychopathic or sociopathic both come up to about one percent of the population, considering the US has a population of around 330 million as of last year and a low ball estimate of 25-50 serial killers active at any given time, even if every single one of them was somehow either a psychopath or a sociopath, that would mean that the vast majority of people with either illness still tends towards average people.
I've owned this DVD for more than 10+years but when I saw you popup on my phone to review this movie I scrambled so quickly to hear your walk- thru of this film with excitement . I love your personality with storytelling thank you lol
@@selectidiot yea it was a huge hype in the early 2000s with American Psycho, Secret Window, the Mechanist.. But a couple of movies at least tried a more unique spin like Identity and the more recent Split..
Serial killers have said that most of their victims ask “why?”, along with “please don’t” “you don’t have to do this” and “I have a family.” For a hint at Marie’s split personality it’s a terrible one, and has nothing to do with it. They didn’t film any scenes with “giving clues” in mind, and actually went to great lengths to display feats that such a small woman could never do. The gas station scene, her hopping in back of the killer’s vehicle, and going with her friend to visit family, all taken straight from Intensity. There’s more, but I suggest reading the book, or even the TV Movie, which are both far better.
From Wikipedia: "Several viewers of the film noticed striking similarities between the plot of the film High Tension and the plot of (author Dean Koontz's book) Intensity. When questioned at the Sundance Festival in 2004, the director Alexandre Aja acknowledged that he had read the novel and was aware of the similarities. On his website, Koontz stated that he was aware of the comparison but would not sue "because he found the film so puerile, so disgusting, and so intellectually bankrupt that he didn’t want the association with it that would inevitably come if he pursued an action against the filmmaker."" As someone who has both read the book and watched the movie, there are scenes in the movie that are almost EXACTLY like the book, almost as though the book was used as an outline for what they filmed. In fact, up until the big twist reveal, it is almost exactly the same. When this movie came out, I had coincidentally read the book like a month before I saw it, and I was literally calling scenes as they were happening. It really ruined the movie for me when I got to the end expecting a writing credit for Koontz and seeing none. Aja calling them "similarities" is dirty feeling.
I was unaware at the time I first saw this. But it's why I refuse to watch the movie Gravity, with Sandra Bullock, as great as she is... They ripped off Tess Gerritsen's book and didn't give her any acknowledgment - at least Aja said that he was reading Intensity, and it may not have been an intentional thing, but it's irrelevant - and Gerritsen did sue the studio (Sony, maybe? Can't remember. Doesn't matter anyway). So on top of all the BS space stuff and things that had fixes but were done to serve/prop up the plot instead (Clooney could have just been pulled back to her, like, wtf?), it's a movie I refuse to see. I've enjoyed TG's writing for a long time and she was totally shut out and told to be grateful, basically, because the movie was considered a success.
I read Koontz' book a million years ago but every time I hear someone talk about it this movie (which I haven't seen, I'm more of a horror movie synopsis fan 🤣) I go "this is totally Intensity by Dean Koontz". I mean even the title has the word intense in it. How glib can you be...
Yes! Intensity was one of the first thriller books I read so I’m very biased on this subject, but read the book instead. I found out about the movie a few years ago and I’ve always been on the fence about watching it because I heard it was a rip off, but I didn’t know about the twist. This just made me firmly never want to watch it. Chyna was a resourceful and fully developed character who had a whole arc of going from someone who did her best to remain quiet and hidden to protect herself to a full on badass who becomes the person she needed as a child. They replaced this strong and well rounded character with a mentally unstable lesbian obsessed with a straight girl. Like woooow, let’s not only rip off this book, but then also butcher the ending to have the whole story not make a lick of sense AND bring in that old stereotype of the “crazy obsessed lesbian”.
This is definitely more than “inspired” by Intensity, but more like a reverse fanfiction of the novel. I mean even the name, is extremely similarly. When watching this video it was immediately clear, and I went directly to the comments to find if others did too. I love Intensity, the suspense and battle of wits is amazing, and I don’t think that the movie twist improves the original plot.
I was in a similar boat where when I first watched the movie I was almost angry (more frustrated) at the twist and how it made any sense, but upon later viewings and some research it makes much more sense and is actually one of my all time favorite twists. I found out that one of the primary things that you see in people who committed a horrid act but don’t even realize is the sense of creating a separate self to take the blame-it’s a coping mechanism, and intended to avoid the guilt by asserting that this other separate entity committed all of it-its very interesting to see this executed so well-truly represents that frame of mind in a horrible way.
I did a thesis on New French Extremity breaking down the sub-genres. What a thrill to watch at least a dozen movies, then dissect and write about them, and more of a thrill to read the finished project. My therapist is one wealthy woman. But, the conclusion was the French must name every trend they invent, or it's not worth their effort.
This was the only movie I snuck into as a kid. I made some silly mistakes along the way so they got me as the movie started 😕. Would have been a crazy experience as a 10 year old.
This movie seems to be heavily inspired by Dean Koontz thriller novel "Intensity", with everything playing about the same way up until the twist in this movie. Even the titles feel similar.
The moment he talked about Marie creeping on Alex showering through the window I was like "The twist is that she's the killer aint it?" And then the mom said why, and that confirmed it.
When the film came out, it was accused of plagiarizing the 1995 book Intensity, from a very well known novelist, Dean Koontz. I have read the novel (it was pretty good) but haven't watched High Tension. From this Ending Explained I noticed reaaaaally striking similarities (the titles are almost the same, too!). The plot is almost the same except the plot twist which doesn't happen in the book. The director said he has read the novel and is aware of the similarities. Dean Koontz said he would not sue because he found the film so puerile, so disgusting, and so intellectually bankrupt that he didn’t want the association with it that would inevitably come if he pursued an action against the filmmaker (via Wikipedia)
I’d love to see you do an Ending Explained for The Number 23 with Jim Carrey. It was a trippy movie that I really enjoyed and would love a full explanation of it :D
Rutger was damn gem. And that truck splitting the body in half scene caught me off guard. No gore but damn if you don't really need that to feel the impact
First horror movie I saw was Poltergeist (I'm old). Dunno if you've seen it, but there's a scene where a dude rips his own face off chunk by chunk... Wish I could forget that one too Lol.
@@Chris-ci8vs back then it was pretty horrific. By today standards with better effects, it made them look rather comical but back then it was as realistic as it could be.
At first I really thought this was going to be a serious movie through and through but that twist turned it into a comical moment. Great breakdown as usual, this is exactly why I watch your channel.
Thanks Chris that line about how perfect the family is helped me understand the motivation if Alex’s family is as perfect as presented, a lesbian daughter would throw a wrench in that dynamic so because Alex would not switch sides,Marie got rid of those that would obstruct her path to be with Alex. Jimmy’s death was just plot convenience
It felt like they got to the end, realized they were way under on time, and said "quick, add this twist to extend it." A good twist should add to the plot, it shouldn't undo everything leading up to it.
No they stole the plot of everything else, couldn't keep the true ending because that would be a complete rip off and created this twist to sloppily hide the fact he stole the whole plot of intensity and book and movie by Dean Koontz.
@@santioliva But its not bad writing, the true ending is pretty good. Had Dean decided to make a twist it probably would have been great as well because he'd have written it differently.
What are your thoughts about the recently released Conjuring 3 trailer? I hope Demon nun makes a small cameo in the film like she did in Anabelle Creation
I LOVE THIS MOVIE. i first watched it back in middle school 06’-09 and it still haunts me to this day haha. i’m extremely happy ur making this video, i can never talk about this movie cuz it’s so rare for me to find people who have seen it!
I remember seeing this movie in the theater with my girlfriend at the time, not knowing anything about this movie and being absolutely blown away by the brutal violence. We had no idea what the movie was about before going into the theater. To this day High Tension remains one of the crazier movie going experiences I’ve had while watching it in the cinema.
Please review Tumbbad Indian movie. One of the best horrors with a great story line. You would absolutely love it. They spent 6 years to make the sets authentic, with trees growing over etc. Music D with Jesper Kyd, master mind behind Assassins creed scores.
I just noticed that in the still of Maria at around 19:50 you notice on her shirt has there’s an x slash mark across where she was later stabbed with the crowbar. It’s a subtle pattern, just slightly darker than the rest of her shirt and more of a wrinkled texture, but it may possibly be a foreshadowing detail as well. Edit: you can notice it in other stills, but that one was the most noticeable to me due to being after the explanation, and also because it was on screen longer.
Yeah, it is pretty dangerous out there if you have an actually deadly condition like cancer, or you get hit by a car or something like that. Let's hope he doesn't text while driving and doesn't live near any toxic waste dumps!
The problem is that it doesn't make much sense overall. It could've been an interesting twist but it feels like cheating. Too many moments don't add up, including the fact that Marie never have any "blackout" at any moment.
@@enriquesanchez9016 but once we find out that the film is from the viewpoint of an unreliable narrator, things don't have to add up or make sense. I think that's the point of having an unreliable narrator, you can't trust they are telling you the whole story.
@@Roger-le1bv That's exactly right. People just aren't grasping that these events are from Marie's perspective until the very end. This is set up right at the beginning very clearly, but people just aren't paying attention.
@@Roger-le1bv that's called bad writing as she wasn't actually narrating, we see events play out and then when she's the killer, that's not an unreliable narrator, she was not telling a story, it's a bad twist it's not illegal to like it, movies a ripoff anyway
I watched this movie when I was little with my mom (she was very into horror movies) The scene of the guy having the dismembered head suck him off has been engraved in my brain ever since I was like 8 years old. To the point that I forgot the rest of the movie except that one scene. I even thought I made it up! so you made that memory come running back at me 😂😂
Would love to see a video from you about French extremity films like Spooky astronauts and Disturbing Breakdowns as per Spooky Rice! Thank you for your wonderful content
I love watching your summaries and reviews for movies like this. There’s too much gore for me to enjoy so I appreciate this! I would love for a Martyrs review! I don’t know if could get myself to watch that one despite loving horror!
What movie? I must have missed it and I'm trying to stay awake so your abbreviation has me confused lol. Sorry! I'm really not meaning/trying to be snarky
I loved this film, and the others from this period of French horror, in particular Inside, Frontier(s), Martyrs, Ils, Calvaire. PLEASE do a video or a series covering some of these, or that period in general!
This movie actually shares strong similarities with the first part of the book "Intensity" by Dean Koontz. By the second half, when they leave the house, is when there are major differences (along with characters names and such). Go read it and then watch the first part of the movie again.
Revisiting this film makes me wish the French Extreme Horror Wave lasted longer than it did. You had a handful of genuine classics in there, many of which FoundFlix mentions.
I still remember this whole twist made me disgusted. I just, could not believe it. My suspension of disbelief was thrown out the window, and I still hate this movie to this day. You did a good job explaining it though.
If you like the beginning of the movie (or just the premise) I highly recommend the book Intensity by Dean Koontz. This movie was a massive rip off of that book, but not the twist.
this was made in 2003 and its a horror movie im not sure what you expected nor why you would even watch this video.. also the film is from the viewpoint of an unreliable narrator, things don't have to add up or make sense
Please do an ending explained for the new Shudder movie "The Power." They do a decent job wrapping things up, but I'd like to hear your take on the story and the slow-burn of the film itself.
This movie was the greatest thing I'd ever seen - for the first ten minutes after watching it. The minute I let myself analyze it, I turned against it.
Oh damn I'm early, I'm at work tryna see what was in store for me later in the day, aaahhhh good ol High Tension, hope my day isnt as shit as the twist. Have a good one FoundFlix 😩👌🏾
I would LOVE if you would cover all the other French horror from the same time period. Movies like Martyrs and this were great additions to the genre compared to the awful trend in American based horror from the same time. It would be great to expose others to these horror classics by covering them all and tossing together a great playlist of them, but maybe, just maybe, you could cover some lesser known films of the same time that I haven't heard of or seen. I'd be so enthused to see anything half as good as this, Martyrs, Them, Sheitan, and so many more. I know it's got to be difficult to cover more niche and unknown movies as more familiar and popular movies get more views typically and views equate to money in most circumstances.
@@original-australian_OG It my be your heart and soul, but it's definitely not your skin. Or anyone's skin. This is strictly a no skin area. How else would we see god, right?
I'm binging these videos and have been hearing about people dying for hours with no reaction but without even thinking, let out an "aww" as soon as the dog died. I know I'm not the only one haha
I never seen this. But I knew she was the killer by the first 3-5 mins of this review. 1) she said herself was the killer duh. 2) the probability of the killer just barely missing her that many times, her being the right place at the right time even when logic says he should have still found her indicate a flaw in reality. There for the reality is fabricated.
This applies to every final girl/character, doesn't make a twist obvious, no antagonist in a slasher should really have trouble with any final character
I love watching these right before bed and tossing the dice on whether I get nightmares or not :)
Same 🤣
Living life in the fast lane
🤣 sometimes I just can't do it.
Most accurate comment!
You live life to the fullest!
This was a real gem. The actresses turned it out. Homegirl gave us a whole new level of psychotic.
I vomited in my throat when I read homegirl.
@@grimace4257 well I've had multiple female friends I call home girl. The type of girls that would be UFC fighters. Strong women that probably even beat you up as a man yourself lol 😂
This movie was amazing. I remember my mother rented it for us. Hell of a night. The actress' performance was phenomenal. They don't make movies like they used to! Very rarely do they anyways...
@@grimace4257 what wrong with homegirl
I didn’t know anyone else said homeboy/homegirl. I thought I was the only one!
If I'm ever in a horror movie, I pray it's not a french one because of Raw, Martyrs, High Tension, Inside, etc
Inside is a top tier horror film, best of all of the ones mentioned for sure.
same lmao
one question is raw supposed to be rec
@@EinarB05 no, rec was spanish not french. still good though. look up raw from 2016 it's another fantastic horror film.
I'm about to watch raw ( it's free on tubi) andddddd I'm not sure if I'm ready
That’s why she clean the room like that, he wasn’t just looking for her. He was covering up his tracks, of saying someone came over
The very ending with Marie at the mental institution suddenly reaching for Alex is one of my all time favorite jump scares.
I remember when I saw this movie. I jumped at that part
But why Alex visited her in the hospital after she killed all of her family's members?
@@incrimepodcast2020 looking for closure, trying to understand why she did it or just because plot stuff?
im so happy to know people remember this. no one ever knows what im talking about.
It's a classic fav...don't feel bad folks never know what I'm talking about either🤣
Are they not horror fans? I haven't come across many in the horror fan community who aren't at least aware of the film
I remember seeing this when I was 14 and was scared of my neighbors for weeks
I remember seeing this movie when I was super young with my cousin at his house. He had cable & it randomly came out at night on a horror movie marathon. Scared the crap out of me back then but good movie tho now that I remember it more clearly.
It’s trash and you should feel ashamed. The worst in years.
I think a better twist would of been if Marie was still the killer but the guy in the truck was real and it’s revealed that he was trying to help and could of known what Marie was actually like.
In the book, the character isn't crazy but the killer actually feels she might have the capacity to kill like him, so he doesn't kill her and asks her to be his partner so that idea isn't that crazy, however she chooses to not do that and saves the day. Read the book intensity by Dean Koontz its the true story and much better.
That would have made the movie more interesting.
@@LeolaGlamour - What? Vess doesn't ask Chyna to be his partner. I've read the book a bunch of times as a teenager, I'd remember that part.
Closest thing might be when he threatens to let her live long enough to watch him break his young captive mentally, but it's clearly a threat, not a "let's team up!".
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That might be the movie then.
@@LeolaGlamour That sounds so cliché
FoundFlix and DeadMeat have been the two things getting me through this quarantine. So thankful for the hard work both the channels put in. (Also I'm way too chicken to watch horror movies, but I love watching these vids because they're just spooky enough
Same
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Same dead meat and found mix are great
Same here
@@Fcatchickennugget they are
same, also like the Nerd Explains channel with his "how to beat" series. just to get different perspectives.
I dig the build up to the reveal, things like the mom's last word being "why" and the killer just happening to miss Marie each time, but I can't bring myself to like it. Maybe it's because Marie is so obviously about Alex from the start, maybe it's just because I'm tired of the twist being mental illness so often, I'm just not about it though.
It's always going to be mental illness or issues as I prefer for these monsters. People that kill are not mentally sound, everything is wrong with them.
@@nerdycurls6253 But it doesn't have to be mental illness. Not everyone who commits terrible crimes is mentally ill, in fact, best I remember, most murderers aren't mentally ill at all. Some people are just terrible people. You can do something with that, with someone who is just completely awful and out to add another girl to their list of victims.
The vast majority of mentally ill people just want to live their lives and horror movies casting them as murderers doesn't make that any easier.
@@tympestbooks1727 you misunderstood me, I'm not saying everyone with a mental illness is a killer/murder or evil person. I just mean nobody who decides to take another person's life is of sound mind, which is why I prefer to use mental issues. Being a psycopath or sociopath literally means something is wrong with you.
For me at least there is a very clear line between someone with mental illness which like you said are living their own lives peacefully, and as I would put it someone with mental issues who goes around harming others. However, I understand how my original comment looking back sounds problematic which I will apologize for, people with mental illness are not the "bad guys".
@@tympestbooks1727 That's not even true. Most killers and serial killers have at least one mental illness taking part in them becoming that way. Be it childhood trauma or some kind of sexual deviations, it can even be an unhealthy obsession with something(like the girl who killed her boyfriends or smth like that because of numbers she added up even though those numbers had no sense at all). Not to mention all the killers I heard about were psychopaths or sociopaths- and those are mental illnesses.
@@Nekoszowa Dude, any reading I've done has had the rate of serial killers with mental illnesses coming up at around 23-25% of them. That puts them at a slightly higher rate than the average American, around 20% of the general population, but not a majority of them. Now, many of those studies have had terribly low sample groups, but that doesn't mean you throw out the whole study, just that more research needs to be done.
You're also linking a bunch of things that aren't themselves mental illnesses to mental illnesses. Childhood trauma can lead to a higher likely hood of developing mental illnesses later on, but isn't one on its own. Sexual deviations are also something that mentally ill people may have but that a ton of mentally completely healthy people have as well. Same thing for weird obsessions, anyone can develop a weird obsession, doesn't mean that they're mentally ill or likely to be a serial killer.
As to all the killers you've heard of being psychopathic or sociopathic, maybe they were, but so are a ton of regular people just trying to live their lives. The rates for people being psychopathic or sociopathic both come up to about one percent of the population, considering the US has a population of around 330 million as of last year and a low ball estimate of 25-50 serial killers active at any given time, even if every single one of them was somehow either a psychopath or a sociopath, that would mean that the vast majority of people with either illness still tends towards average people.
I've owned this DVD for more than 10+years but when I saw you popup on my phone to review this movie I scrambled so quickly to hear your walk- thru of this film with excitement . I love your personality with storytelling thank you lol
When the mom said “why?” you kinda knew Marie was the killer.
Yup exactly
@@ryuzaki6865 yeah I thought that would make either Marie or Alex the killer,but yeah Marie made more sense after the initial setup
yeah, my reaction was DID again.
I am so bored of DID in horrors/thrillers.
@@selectidiot yea it was a huge hype in the early 2000s with American Psycho, Secret Window, the Mechanist.. But a couple of movies at least tried a more unique spin like Identity and the more recent Split..
Serial killers have said that most of their victims ask “why?”, along with “please don’t” “you don’t have to do this” and “I have a family.”
For a hint at Marie’s split personality it’s a terrible one, and has nothing to do with it.
They didn’t film any scenes with “giving clues” in mind, and actually went to great lengths to display feats that such a small woman could never do.
The gas station scene, her hopping in back of the killer’s vehicle, and going with her friend to visit family, all taken straight from Intensity.
There’s more, but I suggest reading the book, or even the TV Movie, which are both far better.
Your uploads are some of the highlights of my week. You've also saved me so much money lol
From Wikipedia: "Several viewers of the film noticed striking similarities between the plot of the film High Tension and the plot of (author Dean Koontz's book) Intensity. When questioned at the Sundance Festival in 2004, the director Alexandre Aja acknowledged that he had read the novel and was aware of the similarities. On his website, Koontz stated that he was aware of the comparison but would not sue "because he found the film so puerile, so disgusting, and so intellectually bankrupt that he didn’t want the association with it that would inevitably come if he pursued an action against the filmmaker."" As someone who has both read the book and watched the movie, there are scenes in the movie that are almost EXACTLY like the book, almost as though the book was used as an outline for what they filmed. In fact, up until the big twist reveal, it is almost exactly the same. When this movie came out, I had coincidentally read the book like a month before I saw it, and I was literally calling scenes as they were happening. It really ruined the movie for me when I got to the end expecting a writing credit for Koontz and seeing none. Aja calling them "similarities" is dirty feeling.
I was unaware at the time I first saw this. But it's why I refuse to watch the movie Gravity, with Sandra Bullock, as great as she is... They ripped off Tess Gerritsen's book and didn't give her any acknowledgment - at least Aja said that he was reading Intensity, and it may not have been an intentional thing, but it's irrelevant - and Gerritsen did sue the studio (Sony, maybe? Can't remember. Doesn't matter anyway). So on top of all the BS space stuff and things that had fixes but were done to serve/prop up the plot instead (Clooney could have just been pulled back to her, like, wtf?), it's a movie I refuse to see. I've enjoyed TG's writing for a long time and she was totally shut out and told to be grateful, basically, because the movie was considered a success.
I read Koontz' book a million years ago but every time I hear someone talk about it this movie (which I haven't seen, I'm more of a horror movie synopsis fan 🤣) I go "this is totally Intensity by Dean Koontz". I mean even the title has the word intense in it. How glib can you be...
Yes! Intensity was one of the first thriller books I read so I’m very biased on this subject, but read the book instead.
I found out about the movie a few years ago and I’ve always been on the fence about watching it because I heard it was a rip off, but I didn’t know about the twist. This just made me firmly never want to watch it.
Chyna was a resourceful and fully developed character who had a whole arc of going from someone who did her best to remain quiet and hidden to protect herself to a full on badass who becomes the person she needed as a child. They replaced this strong and well rounded character with a mentally unstable lesbian obsessed with a straight girl.
Like woooow, let’s not only rip off this book, but then also butcher the ending to have the whole story not make a lick of sense AND bring in that old stereotype of the “crazy obsessed lesbian”.
This is definitely more than “inspired” by Intensity, but more like a reverse fanfiction of the novel. I mean even the name, is extremely similarly. When watching this video it was immediately clear, and I went directly to the comments to find if others did too. I love Intensity, the suspense and battle of wits is amazing, and I don’t think that the movie twist improves the original plot.
That's funny that Koontz was calling the film those things, because the film is so much better than his book. Koontz is a terrible writer.
As soon as you said “Can a twist ruin a movie?” I realized I’ve seen this movie on accident and was confused with the twist
I was too when I saw it. I’m still confused with this video XD
I was in a similar boat where when I first watched the movie I was almost angry (more frustrated) at the twist and how it made any sense, but upon later viewings and some research it makes much more sense and is actually one of my all time favorite twists. I found out that one of the primary things that you see in people who committed a horrid act but don’t even realize is the sense of creating a separate self to take the blame-it’s a coping mechanism, and intended to avoid the guilt by asserting that this other separate entity committed all of it-its very interesting to see this executed so well-truly represents that frame of mind in a horrible way.
I’ve started watching all of the horror movies he’s covered starting with insidious
A surprising amount are on Tubi
@@johnmundinger3581 The rest I find on media box HD
@@iHaveTheDocuments Wait. Do you have THOSE documents?
@@chief5002 Yes, ALL of them.
@@iHaveTheDocuments Welp there goes my plans. Those orphans live another sad parentless day i guess.
This upload literally came just after I finished rewatched Ryan Hollinger's video on New French Extremity. It was so well timed it felt, weird.
I did a thesis on New French Extremity breaking down the sub-genres. What a thrill to watch at least a dozen movies, then dissect and write about them, and more of a thrill to read the finished project. My therapist is one wealthy woman. But, the conclusion was the French must name every trend they invent, or it's not worth their effort.
This is 1 of my favorite thrillers that not many people know about.
This was the only movie I snuck into as a kid. I made some silly mistakes along the way so they got me as the movie started 😕. Would have been a crazy experience as a 10 year old.
This movie seems to be heavily inspired by Dean Koontz thriller novel "Intensity", with everything playing about the same way up until the twist in this movie. Even the titles feel similar.
I knew I recognized this story, you just reminded me of the book and I 100% agree. Almost thought this was supposed to be an adaptation of it.
So glad it's that time of the week again.
Facts
Me, like thirty seconds in: I smell lesbians
After the shower and headphone scenes: I called it. Just wait.
wym just wait
@@yt-sh Till the end of the video, and, bam, I called it
I think it's more like lesbian, singular
The moment he talked about Marie creeping on Alex showering through the window I was like "The twist is that she's the killer aint it?" And then the mom said why, and that confirmed it.
the first statement were my same thoughts.
i literally would have never guessed you’d be covering this movie! i love this one, and all french extremity films, personally!!
Not only my favorite channel, but also a Muse fan??? Too good to be true.
When the film came out, it was accused of plagiarizing the 1995 book Intensity, from a very well known novelist, Dean Koontz. I have read the novel (it was pretty good) but haven't watched High Tension. From this Ending Explained I noticed reaaaaally striking similarities (the titles are almost the same, too!). The plot is almost the same except the plot twist which doesn't happen in the book. The director said he has read the novel and is aware of the similarities. Dean Koontz said he would not sue because he found the film so puerile, so disgusting, and so intellectually bankrupt that he didn’t want the association with it that would inevitably come if he pursued an action against the filmmaker (via Wikipedia)
it is disgusting & diabolical pure evil
I know my comment was old, thanks for background. I read the book, loved it and grew mad at the striking similarities.
Raining outside. I got food. FoundFlix uploads. It's gonna be a good day.
I’d love to see you do an Ending Explained for The Number 23 with Jim Carrey. It was a trippy movie that I really enjoyed and would love a full explanation of it :D
Foundflix being a muse fan is everything I needed in life
Can we have an ending explained on "The Hitcher" (1986)?
Such an underrated film, which I feel should get more notice!
Rutger was damn gem. And that truck splitting the body in half scene caught me off guard. No gore but damn if you don't really need that to feel the impact
I see people rarely mention Frontier(s) when it comes to french horror. It`s epic.
Another delightful New French Extremity!
This was the first horror movie I ever watched. The beheading while she’s in the closet scarred me for life. I wish I could forget the ripping skin.
First horror movie I saw was Poltergeist (I'm old). Dunno if you've seen it, but there's a scene where a dude rips his own face off chunk by chunk... Wish I could forget that one too Lol.
@@Kendro311 I found that movie hilarious
first horror movie ever? oh my you have no idea
@@Chris-ci8vs back then it was pretty horrific. By today standards with better effects, it made them look rather comical but back then it was as realistic as it could be.
@@Kendro311 😂 I couldn't even watch that part as a kid . Freaked me out ! Even til this day it is still freaky .
I’ve loved this movie for over 10 years and I will continue
I'm not sure if anyone else says this, but thank you for always putting videos out. It always makes my day when there's a new video out.
At first I really thought this was going to be a serious movie through and through but that twist turned it into a comical moment. Great breakdown as usual, this is exactly why I watch your channel.
Thanks Chris that line about how perfect the family is helped me understand the motivation if Alex’s family is as perfect as presented, a lesbian daughter would throw a wrench in that dynamic so because Alex would not switch sides,Marie got rid of those that would obstruct her path to be with Alex. Jimmy’s death was just plot convenience
I always loved the musical score to this movie. It’s really dark, grungy electronic music. So perfect for the plot.
I think this was also known as Switchblade Romance when I saw it in the UK when it came out. Still remember it quite vividly.
Yup.
And Haute Tension as well.
High Tension: me waiting for FoundFlix's verdict on a movie
"Just woke up and its time for some fresh air. Ah French people"
Me: standing outside in my pajamas for my morning joint... guess I'm French
Are you smoking a cigarette?
@@iamthephantomlord please be sarcasm...please. 😩😂
It felt like they got to the end, realized they were way under on time, and said "quick, add this twist to extend it." A good twist should add to the plot, it shouldn't undo everything leading up to it.
No they stole the plot of everything else, couldn't keep the true ending because that would be a complete rip off and created this twist to sloppily hide the fact he stole the whole plot of intensity and book and movie by Dean Koontz.
at least someone gets it :D bad writing has gotten so much worse, and more acceptable as time goes on.
@@santioliva
But its not bad writing, the true ending is pretty good. Had Dean decided to make a twist it probably would have been great as well because he'd have written it differently.
It doesn't undo things though, it add greatly to the story. This movie was amazing.
@@LeolaGlamourmovie is superior to that book
"...I can make a whole video just about that stuff." Please do - would definitely love to watch that too!
What are your thoughts about the recently released Conjuring 3 trailer? I hope Demon nun makes a small cameo in the film like she did in Anabelle Creation
I LOVE THIS MOVIE. i first watched it back in middle school 06’-09 and it still haunts me to this day haha. i’m extremely happy ur making this video, i can never talk about this movie cuz it’s so rare for me to find people who have seen it!
Pls keep posting. I fall asleep to these every night
What can I say, I love watching every movie you breakdown. You make me go back and re watch every movie with a keen eye. Thank you
I was gonna go to the store. It's 40 minutes away and closes in an hour. I guess I'm going tomorrow.
I literally watch these while doing anything. ANYTHING!! It launches im watching! And judging by proxy...🤭
IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THE TITLE OF THIS MOVIE FOR YEARS I HAVENT SEEN IT SINCE I WAS A KID!
Last time I was this early, my mother hadn't realized I was a disappointment yet.
😂
Its going to be okay
Dont worry.
We are all disappointment
The first ultrasound?
I remember seeing this movie in the theater with my girlfriend at the time, not knowing anything about this movie and being absolutely blown away by the brutal violence. We had no idea what the movie was about before going into the theater. To this day High Tension remains one of the crazier movie going experiences I’ve had while watching it in the cinema.
Please review Tumbbad Indian movie. One of the best horrors with a great story line. You would absolutely love it. They spent 6 years to make the sets authentic, with trees growing over etc. Music D with Jesper Kyd, master mind behind Assassins creed scores.
Thank you for this recommendation! Now I know what to watch tomorrow 😁
*"Go To Your Moms tonight Babe, Foundflix posted"*
as soon as you mentioned martrys i knew this one would be rough:/
was just on a foundflix marathon before clicking on this! 🙏🙏🙏
I just noticed that in the still of Maria at around 19:50 you notice on her shirt has there’s an x slash mark across where she was later stabbed with the crowbar.
It’s a subtle pattern, just slightly darker than the rest of her shirt and more of a wrinkled texture, but it may possibly be a foreshadowing detail as well.
Edit: you can notice it in other stills, but that one was the most noticeable to me due to being after the explanation, and also because it was on screen longer.
I know its been almost a year, but still, this "mark" is on the wrong shoulder, so its just a shirt, nothing more. i.imgur.com/bn8aK12.png
I love how you explain movies so matter-of-fact.. makes me less scared
what’s up y’all! BREAK OUT THE POPCORNNNNN 🍾🎉🎉🎉🎉
Yeeeeaaaahh
The opening theme is still so hauntingly beautiful!
I knew he would be on time this week after the mishap of last week.
Ur pfp brings back bad memories.......LMAO-
@@BlameMonte what is it
@@PattyMurphi it's a deep web video that was viral back in the day showing 2 ppl in that pfp mask torturing a man.
@@BlameMonte yikes. I won't look it up then
@@PattyMurphi its not graphic, they just pat him on the back while he's crying eating soup. black room soup is the name
I gotta be honest when she mentioned the dream I was like "oh, she's gonna be the killer. God, that would be *way* too obvious..."
I'd really like to see you talk about WΔZ. This movie traumatised me when i was younger and nobody ever talks about it...
Everyone asks when is next upload, but nobody asks him how he's doing and if he is keeping safe during rona :(
Did, you??
@@wolfscreek6106 yes
Because it's "sooooo dangerous," wink wink, nudge nudge.
@@cvdinjapan7935 it depends on where you are and on your health conditions tbh
Yeah, it is pretty dangerous out there if you have an actually deadly condition like cancer, or you get hit by a car or something like that. Let's hope he doesn't text while driving and doesn't live near any toxic waste dumps!
High Tension frequently makes worst twist ending horror movie lists, but I like it. Don't mind the ending at all.
The problem is that it doesn't make much sense overall. It could've been an interesting twist but it feels like cheating. Too many moments don't add up, including the fact that Marie never have any "blackout" at any moment.
@@enriquesanchez9016 but once we find out that the film is from the viewpoint of an unreliable narrator, things don't have to add up or make sense. I think that's the point of having an unreliable narrator, you can't trust they are telling you the whole story.
@@Roger-le1bv That's exactly right. People just aren't grasping that these events are from Marie's perspective until the very end. This is set up right at the beginning very clearly, but people just aren't paying attention.
@@Roger-le1bv that's called bad writing as she wasn't actually narrating, we see events play out and then when she's the killer, that's not an unreliable narrator, she was not telling a story, it's a bad twist it's not illegal to like it, movies a ripoff anyway
@@thedevilsrockstxr2309 wrong
I watched this movie when I was little with my mom (she was very into horror movies) The scene of the guy having the dismembered head suck him off has been engraved in my brain ever since I was like 8 years old. To the point that I forgot the rest of the movie except that one scene. I even thought I made it up! so you made that memory come running back at me 😂😂
Odd mom
I watched it with my mom too. I warned her it was going to be in French and she didn't believe me. Lol
Same except my mom chose jeepers creepers 2
This whole mOvie traumatized me and gave me anxiety as a child 🤣 had me scared someone was gonna just come in and slay me And my family 💀💀💀💀
@@cocojames4486 It happens. Please read the late Michelle Mcnamara (od death, btw)
Did anyone not ever notice the decapitated head is Alex’s
So glad you did this movie!!! I was wondering why it hadn't been reviewed by the channels I follow yet. It's a CLASSIC!
Would love to see a video from you about French extremity films like Spooky astronauts and Disturbing Breakdowns as per Spooky Rice! Thank you for your wonderful content
This movie cost me entire nights of sleep for weeks when I was a kid.
Seems appropriate your name is NIGHTMARE-NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE-NIGHTMARE-NIGHTMARE then
right!!! i saw this as a child too !
The thing I look forward to on a Sunday 😌
I like ya pfp g
Me too
I remember seeing this when it first came out and being caught off guard by random scenes so many times. Such a good watch!
This was such an amazing movie that was my gateway into the New French Extremity.
I really wish you would do the VHS trilogy.
Those movies are so cursed
@@carnage8120 What do you mean
@@youmayhaveheard7316 just watch them you'll get to know
I think he did check his older vids
@@pimptrees he didn't watched the movies tho there's where the fun begins
I’d love to see him make a video on the films from 90-00 on the french horror movies he said
when you see that foundflix uploaded 3 mins ago its gonna be good
i've not seen anyone mention this but in the UK this was titled "Switchblade romance" may explain why some folks struggled to find it.
I love watching your summaries and reviews for movies like this. There’s too much gore for me to enjoy so I appreciate this! I would love for a Martyrs review! I don’t know if could get myself to watch that one despite loving horror!
omg you referred Ils. it's such a good movie. prob the most scared i ever was seeing a movie.
Jesus, its that scary?
What movie? I must have missed it and I'm trying to stay awake so your abbreviation has me confused lol. Sorry! I'm really not meaning/trying to be snarky
First time I saw this a long time ago, I really was not expecting the twist.
High tension? That's just me waiting for the next foundflix video.
🤣nice
Getting a notification for a new vid feels like a text from a crush.
I loved this film, and the others from this period of French horror, in particular Inside, Frontier(s), Martyrs, Ils, Calvaire. PLEASE do a video or a series covering some of these, or that period in general!
This movie actually shares strong similarities with the first part of the book "Intensity" by Dean Koontz. By the second half, when they leave the house, is when there are major differences (along with characters names and such). Go read it and then watch the first part of the movie again.
Nah. I love the movie, why would I want to read some pos version of it?
Yes!!!!!
It’s so freaking similar
Revisiting this film makes me wish the French Extreme Horror Wave lasted longer than it did. You had a handful of genuine classics in there, many of which FoundFlix mentions.
I still remember this whole twist made me disgusted. I just, could not believe it. My suspension of disbelief was thrown out the window, and I still hate this movie to this day.
You did a good job explaining it though.
Yeah. all these mental health/split personality kind of twist is kinda cheap tbh.
If you like the beginning of the movie (or just the premise) I highly recommend the book Intensity by Dean Koontz. This movie was a massive rip off of that book, but not the twist.
As someone who is Female-attracted.... that kinda sucked. But I mean, you can't always be the good guy... we just usually aren't either
as someone who actually has DID (multiple personalities) I'm so fucking sick of directors thinking people like me are terrifying scum of the earth
this was made in 2003 and its a horror movie im not sure what you expected nor why you would even watch this video.. also the film is from the viewpoint of an unreliable narrator, things don't have to add up or make sense
Please do an ending explained for the new Shudder movie "The Power." They do a decent job wrapping things up, but I'd like to hear your take on the story and the slow-burn of the film itself.
I planned on watching "The Power" today. Hope it's decent.
I love your hair cut 😊😊 and wow that's a twist whoa
This movie was the greatest thing I'd ever seen - for the first ten minutes after watching it. The minute I let myself analyze it, I turned against it.
Oh damn I'm early, I'm at work tryna see what was in store for me later in the day, aaahhhh good ol High Tension, hope my day isnt as shit as the twist. Have a good one FoundFlix 😩👌🏾
I would LOVE if you would cover all the other French horror from the same time period. Movies like Martyrs and this were great additions to the genre compared to the awful trend in American based horror from the same time.
It would be great to expose others to these horror classics by covering them all and tossing together a great playlist of them, but maybe, just maybe, you could cover some lesser known films of the same time that I haven't heard of or seen. I'd be so enthused to see anything half as good as this, Martyrs, Them, Sheitan, and so many more. I know it's got to be difficult to cover more niche and unknown movies as more familiar and popular movies get more views typically and views equate to money in most circumstances.
French "Martyrs" 2008, is my heart and soul. My daily breath.
@@original-australian_OG It my be your heart and soul, but it's definitely not your skin. Or anyone's skin. This is strictly a no skin area. How else would we see god, right?
Idk this movie but god bless this man for only having an ad at the end of the video.
I'm binging these videos and have been hearing about people dying for hours with no reaction but without even thinking, let out an "aww" as soon as the dog died. I know I'm not the only one haha
I never seen this. But I knew she was the killer by the first 3-5 mins of this review. 1) she said herself was the killer duh. 2) the probability of the killer just barely missing her that many times, her being the right place at the right time even when logic says he should have still found her indicate a flaw in reality. There for the reality is fabricated.
This applies to every final girl/character, doesn't make a twist obvious, no antagonist in a slasher should really have trouble with any final character
Surprised you didn't mention similarities between this and Dean Koontz novel Intensity.
Why would he? This is so much better than that pos book.
Omg. Can you do Irreversible. That's pretty intense stuff
Why would you even ask for him to do that. He’s probably already seen it but if not don’t make him watch that..
Nuuuuuuu 😂
This is the one horror movie that i will never forget. Years later, i forgot the name but the twist stayed with me
I can’t handle suspenseful movies but I always wanna know what happens thanks dude! I love how cheerfully you talk about the most messed up movies 😂
I remember watching this shit when I was a kid the ending traumatized me 😂😂
I love your short hair dude. Looks good
This is me sending good vibes to Chris as thanks for all the serotonin he provides me with 💕✨
This was definitely one of my favorites! Can you do Wolf Creek and Touristas?
Nice hair cut, dude. Really sharp looking.