Hi, Latinbrando here again, the person that started this thread. I'm SORRY for what I
did (Placing the word SPOILER on the THREAD) I'm new to this. Didn't know how
to post very well. Sorry that I ruined the film for everyone else. Just wanted a simple explanation of the film. I didn't see the first ten minutes of it. (Bathroom). You
know how that is!!!

I have to say, I wasn't expecting a twist, and it was a good one... BUT having said that, there's WAY too much inconsistency in the movie after you realize there is a twist... what about the truck, where'd it come from, lots of Q's like that come up... it kinda makes the movie fall apart.

Same here. The one explanation that could possible work is if its in her head, which hinges on you hearing/understanding the line "Is it recording?" at the beginning of the movies, which I still have no recollection of. (Took me a while to get used to De France's English).

If that really was such a salient point in the movie, then the director didn't do a very good job of informing the audience of it.

If anyone has seen the film Sisters,the twist in the film has always confused myself,based on what was shown durring the split sequence section of the murder scene.



That is all well and good,but it still does'nt explain how the murder sequence was edited together and what was shown. So you could say De Palma was 'cheating' durring the sequence and that the twist is implausible with what was shown. But I'm sure it might be able to be explained in some way. Yet it still makes me say "What????" when I see the film and watch how the murder sequence is edited together.


Anyway I can understand how the twist in HT can confuse and or piss people off who refuse to look at it any other way besides a 'major inconsisitent plot hole'. Yet it seems fairly plausible to myself(once you look at my take) and did not 'ruin' the film for me. In fact I enjoyed the film from begining to end.

How about not giving away that there is a twist in the thread title? Sheesh. Now I know I will be looking/expecting it.

That's just my take. I think it was left ambiguous so as to incourage discussion and argument, but it's seemed to cause quite a bit of anger.

Actually, I like that take kurupt, not bad... that makes more sense than anything else I've heard on this thread so far (IMO of course).

I knew there was going to be a twist way before I ever saw the movie. As many have said, it is mentioned in every review or article I have read about the movie and in the TV ads I have seen for it. So from the moment Marie woke up and said that she was having a dream where she was chasing herself, I kind of thought, "Oh, she must be the killer."

But once the movie got going, I decided that couldn't be right because she was interacting with her environment while he was killing others. Like when you could hear him stalking through the house, she was moving the dresser, so I thought I must be wrong. I kept going back to my original theory though, but would be proved wrong again, like when the gas attendant looked over at Marie and then was killed.

It wasn't until a day or so later, after watching the film and letting it soak in, that I decided I must have just watched a story with an unreliable narrator, and upon looking at this thread, I got the affirmation I was looking for. I had forgotten the "Are you recording?" line in the beginning. So we WERE being treated to a story being told by an unreliable narrator, much like The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari for all you silent film buffs. All of the Marie exploits were just fabrications of her mind to justify her actions, make herself look like a hero, when in actuality she was just waiting for her chance to strike and was in her own death truck, rather than driving with a friend.

The longer the time from when I saw the film, the more I accept the ending. When I first watched it, I really was enjoying but kind of groaned at the twist, but now I don't mind it so much and am looking forward to maybe even examining it again.

This is exactly what happened - there was no "struggling with herself"

Excellent movie.........loved every second of it.

I loved it too. Up until the twist ending. Most. Unnecessary. Twist. Ever! It's just so stupid! It's like what they did with Jeepers Creepers. They built up a great start just so they could flush it down the drain with some "fresh ideas".

It's NOT a twist end. If you listen in the beginning you can easily see the whole way through.

haven't seen it, and dont plan to... so please explain.

I'm not bashing anyone but I have no idea why people are so pissed about this, it's such a great horror flick and works on so many levels. I know you say you're prob. not going to see it but I highly reccommend that you do if you're a fan of horror movies.

honestly, if i had saw this thread title before i watched the movie the other night i would have been pissed. luckily, i didn't and watched the movie not knowing anything which was great, even though the ending had been done before, at least i was surprised at it and liked the film a lot.

I have read Intensity but haven't seen High tension. When I saw the trailer for High tension the other day I was thinking that this movie must be based on the novel.

However, regarding the book:

I think you got that backwards, since Intensity came out in 96 High Tension came around 7 years later. IMDB says High Tension is a remake of the TV adaption of Intensity. To me it just seems like it was Intensity and put together. I did enjoy the film though.

The main girl in that movie has a great rack

Paradicelost was the first person that put their reference to in spoiler tags that I’ve seen so far. Admitted, I haven’t been following this religiously.

I’ve seen references to: Without spoiler tags.

I had the ending given to me the second I clicked on any thread involving this movie.

As far as “twist ending” goes: That’s stock for almost every genre (movie or book) these days. “Oh No!”

I think latinbrando was strung up for no good reason, by many here, looking for an excuse to appear righteously outraged.

That being said, I just saw this and enjoyed it much more, I believe, because I knew the twist. This was a very well made movie. …(IMO).

After rewatching this and hearing Rival11 POV, I really like it now, especially uncut,

I just rented this, and your comments echo my thoughts exactly. Especially in terms of the replay value. I thought the first 95% was absolutely incredible, though.

I disagree. I can avoid clicking on threads about movies that I haven't seen yet. I can't avoid reading thread titles. All it would have taken is just a little bit of discretion, say by making the title: "High Tension - question about ending"

Just by reading the title, we know that there's a twist at the end, which in itself is a spoiler.

The shitty thing about spoiler tags is that it's assumed that the spoilers are regarding the movie being discussed. I've seen High Intensity, so I've been reading the spoilers, but I've yet to see so now that movie is screwed for me!

Just finished watching the movie & I was very impressed as a whole. I haven't been that uncomfortable watching a movie since Irreversible. What the hell happened to the peace-loving French?

I must agree with most everyone here that

I didn't think the line gave away that much, but her telegraphed the ending. Like others here, I really enjoyed the movie right up until the big reveal.