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Alexandre Aja's High Tension on UHD & Blu-ray in November

8 October 2023

Prepare for some pulse-racing, heart-pounding High Tension (Haute tension, originally released in the UK as Switchblade Romance). The French horror from Alexandre Aja (Horns, Crawl) gets a brand-new Limited Edition 4K/Blu-ray Dual Edition Box set release from masters in the field Second Sight Films this November.

A new entry to the French extremity movement on its release in 2003, this fearsomely violent slasher stars Cécile de France (The French Dispatch, The Singer) and Maïwenn (One Deadly SummerThe Fifth Element), as two best friends whose sleepover goes shockingly awry.

Alex (Maïwenn) and Marie's (Cécile de France) study-weekend takes a savage turn, when a murderous maniac (Philippe Nahon – Irreversible), turns up on their doorstep. As Alex's family is gruesomely picked off one-by-one, and one of them is taken hostage, a white-knuckle pursuit ensues… as Marie desperately battles to save them both from becoming his next victims.

The brand-new box set is presented in a rigid slipcase with new artwork by James Neal with both discs featuring the film and bonus features. It comes with a 70-page book featuring new essays and the UHD is presented in HDR10+ and is the only approved HDR version of the film by the director. There's also a host of brand-new interviews along with archive content.

High Tension Limited Edition Blu-ray pack shot

This  brutally violent, fear-fuelled cult classic, described by Mark Kermode as "deadly serious in giving its audience the pleasures of a damn good scare," arrives in the Limited Edition and Standard Edition 4K and Blu-ray versions frok Second Sight on 27 November 2023.

LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS:

  • Rigid slipcase with new artwork by James Neal
  • 70-page book with new essays by Anna Bogutskaya, Prince Jackson, Stacie Ponder and Zoë Rose Smith
  • Six collectors' art cards
UHD/BLU-RAY FEATURES:
  • Dual format edition including both UHD and Blu-ray with main feature and bonus features on both discs
  • UHD presented in HDR10+ approved by director Alexandre Aja
  • New audio commentary by Dr Lindsay Hallam
  • An Experiment in Suspense: a new interview with Alexandre Aja
  • The Man in the Shadows: a new interview with Writer Grégory Levasseur
  • The Darker The Better: an interview with Cinematographer Maxime Alexandre
  • The Great French Massacre: an interview with Special Effects Artist Giannetto De Rossi
  • Only the Brave: Alexandra Heller-Nicholas on High Tension
  • Archive 'Making of' featurette
  • Archive Interview with Cécile De France
  • Archive Interview with Maïwenn
  • Archive Interview with Philippe Nahon