History Film / HighTension

* HateSink: The Killer, who is repulsive to the very core.

* {{Dubtitle}}: Lion's Gate's unrated DVD is this; made obvious by some ''LullDestruction'' lines from the dub showing up when their is no dialogue in the French version.

* Dubtitle: Lion's Gate's unrated DVD is this; made obvious by some ''LullDestruction'' lines from the dub showing up when their is no dialogue in the French version.

* SerialKiller: The truck-driving killer might be one. He has killed at least one person before targeting Alex's family.

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* GirlWithPsychoWeapon: During the film Marie is depicted weilding both a wooden club wrapped in barbed wire (as shown above) and a circular saw.
* {{Gorn}}

* TheKillerInMe

%%* PsychoLesbian
* SerialKiller
* SlasherMovie - A strange example, as it seems to almost turn into an action movie at around the midpoint.

%%* UnreliableNarrator

* {{Yandere}} - The killer wants Alex all to themself, and is not opposed to brutally murdering her entire family to do it.
** And everyone that comes across afterwards. Unfortunate drivers on forest roads beware.

''Haute Tension'' (''High Tension'', also known as ''Switchblade Romance'' in the UK) is a 2003 French horror film directed by Creator/AlexandreAja and staring [[Creator/CecileDeFrance Cécile de France]], [[Creator/MaiwennLeBesco Maïwenn Le Besco]] and Creator/PhilippeNahon.

* [[spoiler: PsychoLesbian]]

* [[spoiler: UnreliableNarrator]]

Critical reception was mixed to negative, with criticism generally being directed at the twist ending which, inasmuch as it might make Creator/MNightShyamalan proud, also generates a gaping PlotHole.

** It's worth noting that this twist is unique to the movie, although the original novel by Creator/DeanKoontz [[AdaptationDisplacement isn't that well known anyways]].

* {{Yandere}} - The killer wants Alex all to [[spoiler: her]]self, and is not opposed to brutally murdering her entire family to do it.

* TwistEnding: [[spoiler:The killer is in fact Marie; the truck driver is an alternate personality whom her normal side perceives as a seperate being, à la ''FightClub''. Marie had a lesbian crush on Alex, and her alternate personality murdered her family so nobody could come between them though she, believing the alternate personality to be a different person, would not have to feel any guilt.]]
** It's worth noting that this twist is unique to the movie, although the original novel by DeanKoontz [[AdaptationDisplacement isn't that well known anyways]].

''Haute Tension'' (''High Tension'', also known as ''Switchblade Romance'' in the UK) is a 2003 French horror film directed by AlexandreAja and staring Cécile de France, Maïwenn Le Besco and Philippe Nahon.

'''''Haute Tension''''' ('''''High Tension''''', also known as ''Switchblade Romance'' in the UK) is a 2003 French horror film directed by AlexandreAja and staring Cécile de France, Maïwenn Le Besco and Philippe Nahon.

* [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey It's That Girl]]: Though you probably won't recognize her, Maïwenn Le Besco was the Diva in ''Film/TheFifthElement''.
* [[spoiler: TheKillerInMe]]

* AdaptationDisplacement - A "derivative work becomes successful enough to overshadow the original work completely" is especially true here. Hardly anyone knows of Dean Koontz's Intensity, and if they do, they probably know of the book but not the [[TheFilmOfTheBook 2-part miniseries]]. It's why this has its own TV Tropes page, and Intensity doesn't. It's why this is available on Netflix and Blockbuster, and Intensity isn't. It's why this is available on Blu-Ray and DVD, and you can only find [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes illegally burned copies]] of Intensity, or on Youtube before it gets deleted due to copyright violations.
** In short, if you combine Laura and Ariel then call her Alex, [[spoiler: and then combine Chyna and Edgler and call her/them Marie,]] and take away all character development, you can pretty much guess what's going to happen from plot point to plot point.

* AdaptationDisplacement - A "derivative work becomes successful enough to overshadow the original work completely" is especially true here. Hardly anyone knows of Dean Koontz's Intensity, and if they do, they probably know of the book but not the [[TheFilmOfTheBook 2-part miniseries]]. It's why this has its own TV Tropes page, and Intensity doesn't. It's why this is available on Netflix and Blockbuster, and Intensity isn't. It's why this is available on Blu-Ray and DVD, and you can only find [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes illegally burned copies]] of Intensity, or on Youtube before it gets deleted due to copyright violations.
** In short, if you combine Laura and Ariel then call her Alex, [[spoiler: and then combine Chyna and Edgler and call her/them Marie,]] and take away all character development, you can pretty much guess what's going to happen from plot point to plot point.

* [[SlasherMovies Slasher Movie]] - A strange example, as it seems to almost turn into an action movie at around the midpoint.

* [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey It's That Girl]]: Though you probably won't recognize her, Maïwenn Le Besco was the Diva in TheFifthElement.

* NotSoDifferent: The killer seems to be hinting at this when he says to Marie "She turns you on, doesn't she? She turns me on too..." [[spoiler: Of course the killer ''is'' Marie, so...]]

Critical reception was mixed to negative, with criticism generally being directed at the twist ending which, inasmuch as it might make MNightShyamalan proud, also generates a gaping PlotHole.