High Tension
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7/12/2024:
Alright, this is a weird one for me to review. On one hand, I thought the main girl was the dumbest main character ever, and everything was contrived, but on the other hand, it does not matter AT ALL because she is NOT the "final girl!" The twist was unexpected and I must say I didn't like it because I was not enjoying the plot up to that point. After finishing the movie though, I think it was handled quite well and I quite enjoyed the ending! The gore is pretty neat and I think I will need to watch this again to fill in some gaps but for right now, I am unsure of what I think of this movie.
2/7/2026:
I am watching this for the second time, and I’m afraid I need to do spoilers again.
Ah man, the Tubi version cut off about 60 seconds of the gore. Oh well, that doesn’t change much.
Unfortunately, this didn’t really hold up on a rewatch. There aren’t really any plot holes like Roger Ebert stated there were, but the whole movie just seems trivial by the end anyway. The main issue is that the unreliable narrator thing only works when there are reliable things to latch onto. The problem is that nothing in this film is reliable except for maybe three scenes. The whole thing just feels frivolous and like such a waste. That being said, I still like quite a bit of this. Watching the “less extreme” version probably helped me realize it’s not as good as I thought. I still like the characters and the music, and I still had a fun time with it.
Alright, this is a weird one for me to review. On one hand, I thought the main girl was the dumbest main character ever, and everything was contrived, but on the other hand, it does not matter AT ALL because she is NOT the "final girl!" The twist was unexpected and I must say I didn't like it because I was not enjoying the plot up to that point. After finishing the movie though, I think it was handled quite well and I quite enjoyed the ending! The gore is pretty neat and I think I will need to watch this again to fill in some gaps but for right now, I am unsure of what I think of this movie.
2/7/2026:
I am watching this for the second time, and I’m afraid I need to do spoilers again.
Ah man, the Tubi version cut off about 60 seconds of the gore. Oh well, that doesn’t change much.
Unfortunately, this didn’t really hold up on a rewatch. There aren’t really any plot holes like Roger Ebert stated there were, but the whole movie just seems trivial by the end anyway. The main issue is that the unreliable narrator thing only works when there are reliable things to latch onto. The problem is that nothing in this film is reliable except for maybe three scenes. The whole thing just feels frivolous and like such a waste. That being said, I still like quite a bit of this. Watching the “less extreme” version probably helped me realize it’s not as good as I thought. I still like the characters and the music, and I still had a fun time with it.
Mini Review: I thought the main girl was the dumbest main character ever, and everything was contrived, but on the other hand, it does not matter AT ALL because she is NOT the "final girl!" The twist was unexpected and I must say I didn't like it because I was not enjoying the plot up to that point. After finishing the movie though, I think it was handled quite well and I quite enjoyed the ending! The gore is pretty neat but I am unsure of what I think of this movie.
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