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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs  When i first watched Haute Tension i couldn't believe how it ripped off Dean Koontz' novel Intensity from eight years earlier.
Intensity really stuck in my head because it was the first Koontz book i read and it really gripped me.
Aja has since said he did plagiarize the book but Koontz didn't take legal action as he thought the film was shit and didn't want to be associated in any way with the film.
He has a point because the book is far better than the film, which is very good. I'm sure anyone who's read it will agree with me. |
I'm not sure why, but I wasn't aware of that situation, nor the book, which I'll add to my Amazon wish list and, when I have some time in the summer, buy and read.