10 Foreign Horror Films That Shame Hollywood

With High Tension, Frontiers, and Martyrs, the French staked their claim to being the most twisted horror filmmakers in Europe, but what really seals the deal is this messed-up home invasion story.

It’s Christmas Eve and Sarah (Alysson Paradis) is preparing to give birth to her first child when she’s imprisoned in her home by a mysterious woman who kills anyone that attempts to help her. This stranger turns out to be the midwife from hell, determined to deliver the child, steal it and raise it as her own.

Though it came out in the middle of the so-called “torture porn” wave, Inside doesn’t really belong in a box with Saw, Hostel, Captivity et al, and clearly wasn’t made for an audience of teenage boys. Turning their back on the lowest common denominator, directors Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury instead amp up the claustrophobia.

Their forthcoming Texas Chainsaw Massacre prequel must really be something.