Parker, who also starred in a Stephen King adaptation with 1922, brings a sense of urgency to the horror unfolding around her and reacts in a manner much more realistic and less frustrating than many horror heroines despite her desperate situation. Much of Intensity’s success comes down to Platoon star John C McGingley’s terrifying turn as the implacable killer as well as Molly Parker’s believably scared, but strong, role as the heroine.
Thus, the miniseries leaves viewers with a lingering sense of unease that Aja’s movie is missing. What soon follows is a race against time that never lets up and thankfully avoids the ludicrous twist added by Haute Tension’s infamously silly ending. A massive influence on Alexandre Aja’s critically acclaimed 2003 slasher Haute Tension (to the point that some critics consider the latter movie a rip-off of Intensity), the miniseries opens on a traumatizing scene of the entire family hosting the heroine for Thanksgiving being killed one-by-one by a serial killer.
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