High Tension d.p. directs thriller of his own
Maxime Alexandre’s writing-directing effort Christopher Roth is complete and a trailer has popped up online. This is the thriller we first told you about last year, when Alexandre was going under the name Max Sender.
Joaquim De Almeida (Desperado) stars in the eponymous role. Alexandre, you might not know, shot The Hills Have Eyes remake, High Tension and many other Alex Aja productions.
Full synopsis and preview below:
âThis storyâs a simple one, so donât expect some mind-blowing finale because the ending is the logical outcome of the events Iâm going to relate to you.â
With these words CHRISTOPHER ROTH, creator of the scariest serial killer in American literature, sums up his latest book, Witness or Watcher. A few days after their arrival in Italy, Christopher Roth (Joaquim deAlmeida) and his wife, Catherine (Anna Galiena), get caught in the middle of a wild boar hunt during a walk in the woods.
Not long after that, a young couple is brutally murdered in the woods near the Rothsâ rented houseâ¦The table is set, dinner is served, but Catherine seems to have disappeared. Thereâs a small gift package on the table. Roth opens it and discovers a picture and a letter inside. The pictureâs a Polaroid of the couple killed in the woods, the signature left on the victimsâ cheeks is unmistakable, each of them has been pierced by a boar tusk. The letter is from the killerâ¦
âDear Mr. Roth, I canât tell you how delighted I was when I heard you were in Umbria, Iâm one of your most fervent admirers. You have a way of portraying pain that is so fascinating, so real. Yes, real, because all the feelings you describe so well are exactly like those I experience.â
The killer will become Catherine and Christopher Rothâs worst nightmare. A nightmare whose violence will be greater than anything Roth ever envisioned.
Christopher Roth from Aspect Film on Vimeo.
Source: Shock Till You Drop
