The title for this film was appropriate at times as I found myself highly tense during some scenes. There were some sick and twisted elements, especially a scene where a man uses a girl’s decapitated head to pleasure himself sexually. The film is dubbed in English with occasional scenes subtitled, but I did feel that the producers did an excellent job avoiding the sound and picture not lining up. The theme reminded me of “The Secret Window” especially with the huge twist in the end. However, they did a poor job at the end connecting with the scenes in the beginning. It was very confusing trying to decipher some events.

While much of this film was suspenseful it had a “slasher” feel to it. All of the murders were gory as the bodies were mutilated. Also included are scenes that show a girl masturbating and a woman revealing her breasts. Those, combined with the warped scene with the decapitated head are enough to discourage me from watching anymore French films.