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Alexandre Aja

High Tension (2003)

High Tension (2003)
Rating: ★★½
Aug 5, 2005French Backwoods Brutality
French Backwoods Brutalityhigh-tension-20032003The film that made the world take notice of Alexandre Aja. Aja serves up a brutal and gore-drenched variant on the Backwoods Brutality film, although things fall apart in an absurd twist ending
Director: Alexandre Aja
Actors: Cecile De France, Maiwenn Le Besco, Philippe Nahon, Oana Pellea
Category: Horror
5 August 200516 March 2026 by Roog

The Hills Have Eyes (2006)

The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
Rating: ★★★
Jun 21, 2006Backroads Brutality
Backroads Brutalityhills-have-eyes-20062006Wes Craven's Backwoods Brutality classic gets a gore-drenched makeover from Alexandre Aja. One of the better amid the 2000s fad for horror remakes where the original is dragged into the modern day in some interesting ways
Director: Alexandre Aja
Actors: Aaron Stanford, Ted Levine, Kathleen Quinlan, Emilie de Ravin, …
Category: Horror
21 June 20062 April 2026 by Roog

Mirrors (2008)

Mirrors (2008)
Rating: ★★
Nov 22, 2008Haunted Mirrors
Haunted Mirrorsmirrors-20082008Alexandre Aja film about haunted mirrors. Aja is more a director of physical horror and seems less attuned to the supernatural mood
Director: Alexandre Aja
Actors: Kiefer Sutherland, Paula Patton, Amy Smart, Cameron Boyce, …
Category: Horror
22 November 200812 September 2024 by Roog

Piranha (2010)

Piranha (2010)
Rating: ★★★
Aug 28, 2010Killer Fish
Killer Fishpiranha-1-20102010Another in the fad for 70s/80s remakes where Alexandre Aja for once captures the spirit of Joe Dante's 1978 original by planting tongue in cheek and wading in with mind-bogglingly gory enthusiasm
Director: Alexandre Aja
Actors: Elisabeth Shue, Jerry O'Connell, Steve R. McQueen, Jessica Szohr, …
Category: Horror
28 August 201017 January 2026 by Roog

Horns (2013)

Horns (2013)
Rating: ★★
Dec 6, 2014Man Grows a Set of Devil Horns
Man Grows a Set of Devil Hornshorns-20132013An Alexandra Aja adaptation of a Joe Hill novel that comes with a diabolical glee as Daniel Radcliffe develops a set of devil horns and finds everyone confessing their deepest secrets to him
Director: Alexandre Aja
Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Max Minghella, Joe Anderson, Juno Temple, …
Category: Fantasy
6 December 201426 December 2025 by Roog

Crawl (2019)

Crawl (2019)
Rating: ★★
Oct 4, 2019Killer Alligators in the Crawlspace
Killer Alligators in the Crawlspacecrawl-20192019Alexandre Aja makes a based on true life film where Kaya Scodeario becomes trapped in the crawlspace under a house with alligators as floodwaters rise all around
Director: Alexandre Aja
Actors: Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper, Morfydd Clark, Ross Anderson, …
Category: Horror
4 October 20192 April 2026 by Roog

Oxygen (2021)

Oxygen (2021)
Rating: ★★★½
Jun 18, 2022Woman Imprisoned in a Cryogenic Capsule
Woman Imprisoned in a Cryogenic Capsuleoxygen-20212021Imprisonment thriller where Melanie Laurent wakes up trapped inside a cryogenic capsule, this expands out to become an excellent SF film
Director: Alexandre Aja
Actors: Melanie Laurent, Mathieu Amalric, Malik Zidi, Eric Herson Macarel
Category: Science Fiction
18 June 202229 October 2024 by Roog

Never Let Go (2024)

Never Let Go (2024)
Rating: ★★★½
Nov 1, 2024Evil Force in the Woods
Evil Force in the Woodsnever-let-go-20242024Alexandre Aja film with Halle Berry and sons at a cabin in the woods facing an evil force outside. A work that screws with what we think is going on
Director: Alexandre Aja
Actors: Halle Berry, Percy Daggs IV, Anthony B. Jenkins, Kathryn Kirkpatrick, …
Category: Horror
1 November 202413 November 2025 by Roog

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  • Films About Atlantis
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