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(1 - 36) of 36 OFCS Rating: 44% Rotten Page   1   D+ "Gorehounds will undoubtedly eat up these prolonged andcringe-inducing kills, but there's not much else for the rest of us."   FromTheBalcony   Bill Clark 4/10 "A genuinely discomforting, well-executed thriller that turns into a gratuitous, self-contradicting misstep in a heartbeat."   Bloody Disgusting   Brian Juergens A- "A roaring splatter flick that effectively makes up for all the pain and suffering caused by the recent wave of faux-horror films the 12 year-olds love these days."   FilmJerk.com   Brian Orndorf "The movie resists granting moral or visceral space."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 1.5/4 "A cinematically sound but sub-par horror flick readied for the American mass market by the addition of English credits and some truly atrocious dubbing."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   David N. Butterworth 3/4 "...an ideal companion piece to John Carpenter's Halloween."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair 4/4 "Who could have guessed that a so-called slasher movie could be as psychologically haunting as this one manages to be? A new classic of the horror genre has been born."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman 2/4 "A disturbingly lurid, sometimes riveting (dare I say fun?), but often offensive spectacle of violence."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez C- "The movie is certainly tense, but only from a gut-reaction standpoint. Emotionally, psychologically, there's nothing."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 2.5/4 "I find myself both enjoying the unapologetic bloodfest of Haute Tension and extending certain digits at it for trying to be overly clever."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress 1.5/4 "...[a] groundless gorefest...High Tension pounces on the opportunity to swagger in its meaningless artsy shock value"   Movie Eye   Frank Ochieng D "It's hard to tell whether it's really intended to induce chills or merely to serve as a parody of musty Tobe Hooper cliches."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/4 "For those who enjoy horror films and don't mind copious quantities of red-dyed fluids, this one is not to be missed."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 2.5/4 "a formally brilliant thriller ... Unfortunately, there's a third-act revelation that possibly spoils it by tacking on a needless and potentially offensive explanation"   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 3/5 "Nasty, ghastly French slasher flick's gut-churning tension is undermined by a head-scratching plot turn."   Netflix   James Rocchi "It is as tacky and hacky and dispiritingly cheap in the means of its manipulation as any American slasher film I’ve seen."   Pajiba   Jeremy C. Fox 73/100 "If this film is any indicator, [Aja and Levasseur] know their horror."   FilmFocus   Joe Utichi "Once the ride begins, you're forced to endure some nasty twists and turns."   Light Views   John Larsen 8/10 "The best slasher flick I’ve seen in…wait…it might be the best I can remember."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick 4/5 "Finally! Finally we have a horror movie released in 2005 that is worth watching!"   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr 2/4 "An effective but pointless exercise in style (and gore)."   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest C "Aja creates a very effective slasher thriller only to light a match and send it up in flames with a third act twist that makes absolutely no sense"   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 3/5 "Unfortunately, they squander their white-knuckle goodwill on an 11th-hour about-face so preposterous it undermines everything that preceded it."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh "[A] shocking, provocative, unforgettable movie about how women are too often overlooked, ignored, underestimated, and misunderstood..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson C "The ultimate rescue, however, comes when the credits roll and the lights come up."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 2.5/5 "a disappointing lapse into old-fashioned narrow-mindedness... unable to sustain considerable suspense"   Filmcritic.com   Nick Schager 3/5 "This unsettling, relentless horror film is so gruesome that it keeps you squirming from start to finish."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline C "Haute Tension is the epitome of manufactured terror...succeeds greatly in its first two-thirds, but the contrived, implausible climax leaves much to be desired."   TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)   Rick Curnutte 4/5 "Haute Tension is like a French art-house essay on slasher-movie cliches, and as such is good nasty fun."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves B- "High Tension fulfills its title promise for a goodly portion of the film but, at the critical moment, the plug gets pulled."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 4/5 "The settings are sparse and deserted, the kills are graphic and grotesque; there's a palpable sense of grungy intensity and desperation that helps to seal the deal."   eFilmCritic.com   Scott Weinberg C- "... this film is satisfied merely to wallow in women in peril, cinematic sadism and the spectacle of violent death and dismemberment."   Seattle Post-Intelligencer   Sean Axmaker 1/4 "Isn’t so much a bad movie as it is a despicable one."   Charlotte Weekly   Sean O'Connell 3/4 "An example of, if nothing else, the attitudes that keep lesbians a little farther back in the closet."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw 6/10 Read review   Movie Gazette   Anton Bitel 1/4 Read review   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito  (1 - 36) of 36 OFCS Rating: 44% Rotten Page   1