Talk:High Tension

Switchblade Romance

Are you sure that the UK version was called Switchblade Romance and the USA one High Tension? The reason i ask is switchblade's an Americanism not heard in the UK - it's called a flick-knife.

• Well I'm not sure about the UK but here in Ireland the DVD in the shops is definitely called Switchblade Romance and they generally have the same titles for the UK and Ireland. -- Lochaber 17:57, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Theatrical Version/Cuts Confusion

By sheer chance I happen to have the unrated DVD and the fullscreen R-rated DVD as well and both do contain what is called "The US theatrical cut" but the cuts are not as specified. The actual decapitation scene is shown when it occurs during the first half of the film but when it is shown in the flashback sequence at the end when the twist is revealed it is inexplicably cut for some reason. In all versions the scene where the killer uses the decapitated head of the woman to perform fellatio on himself is also not cut and is shown in the same detail on both DVD versions.

The R-rated DVD does feature other minimal cuts that are hard to notice by the blind eye, for an instance during the scene where the killer severs the hands of Alex's mother so she cannot use the phone in her dying moments, there is no reveal indicating that is what exactly happened (i.e. in the Unrated version you can see her severed hands on the floor, etc.).

This film definitely had a confusing transition to the US in DVD format, to say the least. 65.145.212.91 05:20, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Theatrical Version Cuts

I saw the movie in theaters here in the US and all the 'cut' scenes were intact. The fellatio scene, the decapitation, the huge spray of blood during the killing of Alex's mother. The severed hand was also present on the floor, the wound from the baseball bat was detailed, and the guy getting torn apart by the saw was very clear and at least 4 seconds long.

Also was this movie ever a book?

You might be thinking of Dean Koontz's Intensity, which I've never read. I've seen a lot of reviews that say that the plot in the first half of the movie is so similar to be verging on plagiarism. --ChandlerH 13:26, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Deleted Clues

Should we include any reference to the known clues that were deleted? The one I know of off the top of my head was a brief scene where Marie saw the truck. That one at least I consider pretty important, since it answers one of the biggest knitpicks I've seen about the twist: How did Marie get that truck? --ChandlerH 13:22, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Yeah I was thinking that too, also when the dude (her split personality) throws the head out the window. How did this happen?The Clydelishes Clyde 05:23, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Not to get too deeply into talking about the subject instead of the article, but the only possible explanation is that it didn't happen, it was just a product of Marie's imagination. --ChandlerH 17:59, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

How about the fact that she chases herself in a car that she steals from the gas clerk and injures herself by crashing it... but she really didn't chase... I'm confused again.

Spoiler warnings

As the section involved is very helpfully named 'Clues leading to "The Twist"', I've removed the spoiler warnings as superfluous. They've been restored anonymously without explanation. Well, an explanation would be nice. --Tony Sidaway 23:17, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 03:37, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 22:21, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

slasher?

this is far from a slasher flick. i am removing that statement. --71.203.149.71 (talk) 21:10, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Cut Scenes Section

"Alex's father is graphically decapitated with a bookcase, his headless neck spraying blood. In the R-rated version, the initial killing is implicit rather than explicit, and later, during a flashback, his killing is gone."

Does that make any sense to anyone? 96.232.6.237 (talk) 01:04, 18 August 2008 (UTC)Brancron

I would guess that the director's cut/original shows Alex's father being graphically decapitated. In the US version, the scene is not there. I would agree that the sentences could be reworked to be clearer. Kushal (talk) 17:39, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Not exactly. It's mentioned above that the decapitation scene is shown when it happens during the beginning of the story but it is cut when they utilize the flashback sequence during the reveal of the plot twist. --99.186.111.95 (talk) 23:09, 10 February 2009 (UTC)