High Tension

First, this film is French. So if you have a problem with that...then you have a problem with me. Directed by Alexandre Aja who directed the re-make of The Hills Have Eyes. 2 women...one attractive...one not so much. Not important really...but worth stating. The cool thing about this is this film had a VERY low budget. Normally when you think of that, you think shit. Not in this case.
The basic story is 2 college students go to the not so attractive woman's parents "farm" to study. This "farm" is of course in the middle of no where. These to ladies are fun loving....alcohol drinking, cigarette smoking...ladies. The 5 min of character development in the beginning is really unimportant. Seeing them both in the same car should let you know that they are friends. And that is enough. The unattractive female also has a little brother who seems a tad retarded and insists on wearing the gayest cowboy costume. Again not important other than he gets killed. And if you want to upset the public with your film...kill a kid, point a gun at a baby etc...
You know this film is not for the faint of heart in the first 20min when you see a dirty, rust old work van/truck. You can see a gentleman receiving a BJ (blowjob). Then this gentleman drops a severed head out of the van and continues on. Yeah, I too always wanted to see someone "skull loving" a severed head.
I believe that the father is a pervert. He hints in his very first line that he may bite. And, that it’s great to see the attractive female in person other than just her photo. I’m sure you’re thinking what I'm thinking....wanking to a photo. Pervert. He also is unimportant as he too gets killed.
I may give away the plot and ending of this film but I will not give away the murder scenes. Which are some of the most intense I have seen.
Anyway, family gets killed. Ugly girl gets kidnapped. Pretty girl follows (after masturbating to reggae music in her bed) to save ugly girl. Muse song, more tension. You then find out that the killer is actually the ugly girl gone nuts! WTF man? You’ve got to love horror movie twists. She’s so in love with ugly girl she believes that’s if she can’t have her no one can. When you watch this doesn’t think about it too much.
To sum up: Hot chick goes nuts and kills. And did I mention she masturbates to reggae?? So yes, the tension in this film is very high. In my top 5.