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Rating: R
Release Date: Jun 10, 2005
Running Time: 85 mins.
Additional Notes: dialogue French and English, subtitled English
Marie and Alexia are classmates and best friends. Hoping to prepare for their college exams in peace and quiet, they decide to spend a weekend in the country at Alexia's parents' secluded farmhouse. But in the dead of night, a stranger knocks on the front door. And with the first swing of his knife, the girls' idyllic weekend turns into an endless night of horror.
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