Haute tension - Blu-ray Forum

pro-bassoonist · 05-30-2009, 06:30 AM

Optimum Home Entertainment are set to release Alexandre Aja's Haute Tension on July 20th.

Variety:

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A proudly violent, women-in-peril slasher pic, "Switchblade Romance" represents a lateral move for 24-year-old French helmer Alexandre Aja after his hauntingly sinister debut "Furia." "Switchblade" deftly juggles gore and suspense, and punchline holds an intellectual frisson or two for fans of gender-role speculation, but basically this is one more horror pic on the distinguished road already trodden by "Texas Chain Saw Massacre," "Maniac" and the like. Blood-soaked widescreen romp got the relatively rare "16-and-over" rating in Gaul when it launched June 18. Horror-fest and latenight programmers, plus ancillary scouts, should check this one out.

In order to study for their exams in peace, fetching college students Alex (Maiwenn) and Marie (Cecile de France) drive to an isolated farmhouse where Alex's mom, dad and baby brother Tommy live. Their conversation reveals Alex is enjoying a fling with a married man, but Marie is too picky to sleep around.

While the girls settle in at the farm, the audience is introduced to a stocky middle-aged man receiving oral sex in his beat-up truck. When he tosses a young woman's severed head out the window soon afterwards and drives off chuckling, it's clear no one in their right mind should answer the door if this guy were to ring the bell.

Alas, Alex's dad does just that in the middle of the night. As a result, he's soon minus his head, which the intruder shears off with a piece of furniture. When mom and little Tommy have been dispatched, the Killer (Philippe Nahon) tosses a brutalized, gagged and chained Alex into his truck and hits the road.

Unknown to him, Marie has managed to climb aboard. Straight razor, hatchet and chainsaw subsequently connect with flesh as Marie attempts to rescue her immobilized friend from the psycho.

The versatile De France, who picked up a Cesar award for her turn as the lesbian housemate in "L'auberge espagnole" ("Europudding"/"The Spanish Apartment") makes a tough, resourceful heroine, but Ripley in "Alien" she ain't. For the record, mono-monikered thesp Maiwenn is the elder sister of actress Isolde Le Besco.

Unnerving sound design ups the creepiness ante. Lensed in Romania, pic has a sinister, hemoglobin look that fits the story like a glove.

Camera (color, widescreen), Maxime Alexandre; editor, Baxter; music, Francois Eudes; production designer, Gregory Levasseur; sound (Dolby), Pierre Andre, Didier Lozahic, Emmanuel Augeard; assistant director, Theodor Halacu Nicon. Reviewed at UGC Orient Express, Paris, June 30, 2003. Running time: 89 MIN.

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demoni · 05-30-2009, 07:37 AM

Great news!!! Love this movie.

Pfdfiredog · 05-30-2009, 10:19 AM

Pro B any news or luck that this will be Region free?

md99 · 05-30-2009, 12:12 PM

Fantastic. Saw it recently and held off on the DVD version in the hope this would get a release. Hopefully A l'interieur won't be too far behind either.

cartman781 · 05-30-2009, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Pfdfiredog

Pro B any news or luck that this will be Region free?

I must get this if it is region free as well

Kynch · 05-30-2009, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Pfdfiredog

Pro B any news or luck that this will be Region free?

A quick check on Blu-ray Region Code Info and it seems that most Optimum releases are locked to Region B, but that they also have a few Region Free titles:

pro-bassoonist · 05-30-2009, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Pfdfiredog

Pro B any news or luck that this will be Region free?

Expect all of the recently announced Optimum titles to be Region-B "locked", as they will be arriving via Studio Canal.

Pro-B

Pfdfiredog · 05-30-2009, 10:21 PM

Thanks Pro B as usual with the info.
Studio Canal....

Really dont like those 2 words put together ever since I began collecting Blu Rays.

demoni · 05-31-2009, 11:06 AM

You get a great Pioneer, Sony, Panasonic (or whatever) region B player for less than $200...

Evileye · 06-28-2009, 06:26 PM

I noticed that PLAY.COM has Andra Aja's SWITCHBLADE ROMANCZE (Haute Tension) listed for 7/20. Good news for fans. Hopefully open region.

Sky_Captain · 06-28-2009, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Evileye

I noticed that PLAY.COM has Andra Aja's SWITCHBLADE ROMANCZE (Haute Tension) listed for 7/20. Good news for fans. Hopefully open region.

Did you actually read this thread before commenting?

demoni · 06-28-2009, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

Did you actually read this thread before commenting?

+1 hehe

Evileye · 07-01-2009, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

Did you actually read this thread before commenting?

Ummm actually I did a search and somehow missed this thread so I posted it and someone was kind enough to merge it into this without being an ass about it.

benricci · 07-01-2009, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Evileye

Ummm actually I did a search and somehow missed this thread so I posted it and someone was kind enough to merge it into this without being an ass about it.

I hate when that happens, because it makes you look stupid.

Evileye · 07-01-2009, 08:47 PM

I can live with it and my thanks to the person who did it.

Sky_Captain · 07-02-2009, 12:17 AM

Simez · 07-02-2009, 12:22 AM

This is so coincidental, I was asking for this movie in a thread about foreign films and lo and behold.

Now all I need is a naked Lindsay Lohan doing the crab walk...

pro-bassoonist · 07-02-2009, 01:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Evileye

Ummm actually I did a search and somehow missed this thread so I posted it and someone was kind enough to merge it into this without being an ass about it.

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Originally Posted by Evileye

I can live with it and my thanks to the person who did it.

You are very welcome, Sir

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salan · 07-04-2009, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

You are very welcome, Sir

Pro-B

Haven't seen this one yet but I've heard it's pretty good so I'll be getting it.

md99 · 07-20-2009, 07:12 AM

Anybody picking this up today? Its good not not a blind buy for me. I'd like to know what the transfer is like before I purchase it.

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Evileye Active Member Member since:Jul 2008 Location:Center Line, MI 4K collection:470 Blu-ray collection:1740 DVD collection:51 Digital collection:1 iTunes collection:245 Prime collection:1 Trading Score:1	High Tension (Switchblade Romance) I noticed that PLAY.COM has Andra Aja's SWITCHBLADE ROMANCZE (Haute Tension) listed for 7/20. Good news for fans. Hopefully open region.

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05-30-2009, 07:37 AM	#2
demoni Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jul 2007 Blu-ray reviews:1	Great news!!! Love this movie.

05-30-2009, 10:19 AM	#3
Pfdfiredog Expert Member Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Florida Blu-ray collection:852 DVD collection:28 Trading Score:11	Pro B any news or luck that this will be Region free?

05-30-2009, 12:12 PM	#4
md99 Expert Member Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Oirland Home Theater Gallery:167 Blu-ray collection:406	Fantastic. Saw it recently and held off on the DVD version in the hope this would get a release. Hopefully A l'interieur won't be too far behind either.

05-30-2009, 10:21 PM	#8
Pfdfiredog Expert Member Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Florida Blu-ray collection:852 DVD collection:28 Trading Score:11	Thanks Pro B as usual with the info. Studio Canal.... Really dont like those 2 words put together ever since I began collecting Blu Rays.

05-31-2009, 11:06 AM	#9
demoni Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jul 2007 Blu-ray reviews:1	You get a great Pioneer, Sony, Panasonic (or whatever) region B player for less than $200...

07-01-2009, 08:47 PM	#15
Evileye Active Member Member since:Jul 2008 Location:Center Line, MI 4K collection:470 Blu-ray collection:1740 DVD collection:51 Digital collection:1 iTunes collection:245 Prime collection:1 Trading Score:1	I can live with it and my thanks to the person who did it.

07-02-2009, 12:17 AM	#16
Sky_Captain Blu-ray Duke Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:17

07-02-2009, 12:22 AM	#17
Simez Active Member Member since:Apr 2009 Location:London Blu-ray reviews:1	This is so coincidental, I was asking for this movie in a thread about foreign films and lo and behold. Now all I need is a naked Lindsay Lohan doing the crab walk...

07-20-2009, 07:12 AM	#20
md99 Expert Member Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Oirland Home Theater Gallery:167 Blu-ray collection:406	Anybody picking this up today? Its good not not a blind buy for me. I'd like to know what the transfer is like before I purchase it.

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