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

Published: Dec. 10, 2019, 10 a.m.

b"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!).\\n\\n---\\n\\nThanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com\\n\\n---\\n\\nResources:\\n\\nWest, Alexandra. Films of the New French Extremity: Visceral Horror and National Identity. McFarland, 2016.\\n\\nHigh Tension (2003) Wikipedia\\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Tension \\n\\nExpressing the Mind of a Serial Killer: The Unreliable Narrator in Alexandre Aja's High Tension by Beth Kattelman\\nhttps://www.academia.edu/25830717/Expressing_the_Mind_of_a_Serial_Killer_The_Unreliable_Narrator_in_Alexandre_Ajas_High_Tension?auto=download \\n\\nFille Finale: The Final Girl in New French Extremity by Alexandra West\\nhttps://offscreen.com/view/fille-finale \\n\\nThe Killer in/and the Girl: Alexandre Aja\\u2019s \\u2018High Tension\\u2019 by Rebecca Willoughby \\nhttp://www.btchflcks.com/2015/10/the-killer-inand-the-girl-alexandre-ajas-high-tension.html#.XYkwdJNKjfY \\n\\n\\u2018High Tension\\u2019: Rethinking Female Sexuality and Subjectivity Through Violence by Laura Minor\\nhttp://www.btchflcks.com/2015/10/high-tension-rethinking-female-sexuality-and-subjectivity-through-violence.html#.XYkwdJNKjfY \\n\\nVampires, Psychics, and Ghosts: A Look at Queer Women in Horror by Sara Century\\nhttps://www.bitchmedia.org/article/vampires-psychics-and-ghosts-look-queer-women-horror \\n\\nQueer Review: High Tension (2003)\\nhttp://queeringthecloset.blogspot.com/2014/05/queer-review-high-tension-2003.html \\n\\nVillainizing Queerness in Alexandre Aja\\u2019s High Tension by Mary Beth McAndrews\\nhttps://www.gaylydreadful.com/blog/2019/6/15/villainizing-queerness-in-alexandre-ajas-high-tension \\n\\nTake Back the Knife: Revisiting \\u201cHigh Tension\\u201d by Stacie Ponder\\nhttps://www.afterellen.com/movies/81011-take-back-the-knife-revisiting-high-tension \\n\\nHorror Film\\u2019s Terrifyingly Harmful Use of Queer Tropes by Mary Beth McAndrews\\nhttps://muchadoaboutcinema.com/2018/07/02/horror-films-terrifyingly-harmful-use-of-queer-tropes/ \\n\\n28 Things We Learned from Alexandre Aja\\u2019s High Tension Commentary by Commentators: Alexandre Aja (director/co-writer), Gr\\xe9gory Levasseur (co-writer/art director)\\nhttps://filmschoolrejects.com/commentary-high-tension-ea807d8a0c25/ \\n\\nThe Misuse of Dissociative Identify Disorder & Demonization of Homosexuality in High Tension (2003)\\nhttps://scriptophobic.ca/2018/07/02/the-misuse-of-dissociative-identify-disorder-demonization-of-homosexuality-in-high-tension-2003/"