Bringing Horror Back
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varialectio — 17 years ago(May 24, 2008 07:23 PM)
Yeah, I like Aja's work, too. I wouldn't say he's my favorite new horror filmmakerhis work has a tendency to be
very
visually overwhelming. But in all fairness, even though I didn't like the twist ending,
High Tension
is easily one of the scariest, most disturbing, and most tense films I've seen. Ever.
(And BTW, it's still better than the Dean Koontz novel "Intensity", the plot of which it resembles a good deal. Can't say if the
Intensity
miniseries is better than the novel, though.)
The thing I have noticed about Aja's work (both
High Tension
and
Hills Have Eyes
remake) is that it is rather like having a huge French meal with multiple courses thrown at you. Of course it's all incredibly delicious, but you're getting splattered with food and it's a little overwhelming. Visually, thematically, the level of the blood and gore, the events in the story, the situations the characters get intoit's all played to an extreme. Nothing wrong with that; sometimes I'm up for it and sometimes I'm not.
I've seen the trailer for
Frontier(s)
, another French horror, and it looks to be very Aja-esque. Will try to see that as soon as it comes out on DVD. -
varialectio — 17 years ago(May 25, 2008 10:57 AM)
I head
Frontier(s)
had these deformed people/children in it that are kind of like the crawlers in
The Descent
. Is that so, and if so, how long are they in the movie? Do they attack anyone or escape at the end?
I thought Cecile De France did a great job in
High Tension
(she was so sympathetic that that's one of the reasons I didn't like the ending), so yeah, if you say this other girl's performance is just as good, I'll check it out. -
Finchered — 17 years ago(May 26, 2008 06:00 PM)
Granted Alex Aja may not be a Spielberg or a Stanley Kubrick, Ridley/Tony Scott or Peter Jackson.
But Aja is a horror fan.He knows what he wants.And he has great ways of expressing it.He's the best of both worlds.You have over-the-top gore and you have suspense what more can you ask more.
I could ask of more people that get into his Harrowing Horror.I just hope he doesn't make any other film outside of the horror genre. -
cobramaster12000 — 17 years ago(November 19, 2008 04:27 PM)
In my opinion, Alexandre Aja has redefined the horror movies. He's this generations Alfred Hitchcock. Always keeping you on your feet, and always shocking you. His nameAlexandre even fits his genre of you look at it right.
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brutalplanets@yahoo.com — 17 years ago(February 19, 2009 02:26 PM)
After seeing Haute Tension in theatres, I was convinced that this guy was the new saving grace for the horror genre. Then.. remake, remake, remake so very, very, very, disappointing.