Ep. 62: High Tension (2003) - Love Hurts

Hold on to your butts because this film is a wild ride! This week your favorite ghouls discuss Alexandre Aja's controversial New French Extremity horror film, High Tension aka Haute Tension aka Switchblade Romance. We won't go into anymore more detail here.... just... watch it (and then listen here!). --- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com --- Resources: West, Alexandra. Films of the New French Extremity: Visceral Horror and National Identity. McFarland, 2016. High Tension (2003) Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Tension Expressing the Mind of a Serial Killer: The Unreliable Narrator in Alexandre Aja's High Tension by Beth Kattelman https://www.academia.edu/25830717/Expressing_the_Mind_of_a_Serial_Killer_The_Unreliable_Narrator_in_Alexandre_Ajas_High_Tension?auto=download Fille Finale: The Final Girl in New French Extremity by Alexandra West https://offscreen.com/view/fille-finale The Killer in/and the Girl: Alexandre Aja’s ‘High Tension’ by Rebecca Willoughby http://www.btchflcks.com/2015/10/the-killer-inand-the-girl-alexandre-ajas-high-tension.html#.XYkwdJNKjfY ‘High Tension’: Rethinking Female Sexuality and Subjectivity Through Violence by Laura Minor http://www.btchflcks.com/2015/10/high-tension-rethinking-female-sexuality-and-subjectivity-through-violence.html#.XYkwdJNKjfY Vampires, Psychics, and Ghosts: A Look at Queer Women in Horror by Sara Century https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/vampires-psychics-and-ghosts-look-queer-women-horror Queer Review: High Tension (2003) http://queeringthecloset.blogspot.com/2014/05/queer-review-high-tension-2003.html Villainizing Queerness in Alexandre Aja’s High Tension by Mary Beth McAndrews https://www.gaylydreadful.com/blog/2019/6/15/villainizing-queerness-in-alexandre-ajas-high-tension Take Back the Knife: Revisiting “High Tension” by Stacie Ponder https://www.afterellen.com/movies/81011-take-back-the-knife-revisiting-high-tension Horror Film’s Terrifyingly Harmful Use of Queer Tropes by Mary Beth McAndrews https://muchadoaboutcinema.com/2018/07/02/horror-films-terrifyingly-harmful-use-of-queer-tropes/ 28 Things We Learned from Alexandre Aja’s High Tension Commentary by Commentators: Alexandre Aja (director/co-writer), Grégory Levasseur (co-writer/art director) https://filmschoolrejects.com/commentary-high-tension-ea807d8a0c25/ The Misuse of Dissociative Identify Disorder & Demonization of Homosexuality in High Tension (2003) https://scriptophobic.ca/2018/07/02/the-misuse-of-dissociative-identify-disorder-demonization-of-homosexuality-in-high-tension-2003/