Starring:

Cecile de France, Maiwenn Le Besco, Philippe Nahon, Frank Khalfoun, Andrei Finti.

Directed by:

Alexandre Aja.

Produced by :

Robert Benmussa, Alexandre Arcady.

MPAA Rating:

NC-17 for strong graphic violence.

Distributor:

Lions Gate Films.

Release Date:

June 3rd, 2005.

Marie and Alexia are schoolmates and best friends. Hoping to prepare for their college exams in peace and quiet, they decide to spend a weekend in the country at Alexia?s parents? secluded farmhouse.

But in the dead of night, a stranger knocks on the front door. And with the first swing of his knife, the girls? idyllic weekend turns into an endless night of terror? Producer Luc Besson prepares to take you on a white-knuckle journey into the heart of fear with Lions Gate Films? HIGH TENSION, the terrifying story of two girls? battle for survival at the hands of a sadistic psychopath. Marking a return to the nightmarish intensity of the 1970s horror classics, director Alexandre Aja reduces the genre to its bare essentials, building a narrative of intensifying dread that culminates in a truly shocking climax. Relentlessly tightening the screws of suspense, HIGH TENSION will have you struggling to catch your breath. The film stars Cécile de France, Maïwenn and Philippe Nahon, from a script by Aja and Gregory Levasseur.