Tormented

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Tormented

2009

1h 31m

Comedy

Horror

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Darren Mullet (Calvin Dean) doesn't have it easy. He's overweight, uses an inhaler and is constantly bullied by his spoiled classmates. His suicide prompts Bradley (Alex Pettyfer), Darren's main tormentor, to host a wild party, where Justine (Tuppence Middleton) hooks up with Alexis (Dimitri Leonidas). With her entry into the school's popular group cemented, Justine figures life will be easy. But when Bradley and Alexis's friends start turning up dead, everyone starts to panic.

Critics Consensus

It relies too heavily on American slasher cliches, but Tormented is a timely, funny, and even somewhat touching entry in the high school horror genre.

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Edward Porter

Times (UK)

Jon Wright's film delivers its shocks as efficiently as the average American equivalent. Its British jokiness makes it less scary than it perhaps could have been, but it gains more from this trade-off than it loses.

Rated: 3/5

May 28, 2009

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Charlotte O'Sullivan

London Evening Standard

It's diverting, occasionally moving, and has two secret weapons, teen heart-throb Alex Pettyfer and newcomer Tuppence Middleton.

Rated: 3/5

May 22, 2009

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Nigel Floyd

Time Out

Solid storytelling, attractive cast and modish updates are let down by a lack of scares and jokes. IMHO not gr8, don't xpkt to LOL.

Rated: 2/6

May 22, 2009

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Despite the movie’s negligible innovations, it’s little more than a familiar retread.

Rated: 1.5/4

Aug 30, 2023

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Nikki Baughan

Roll Credits

[T]he energetic performances from the young actors keep the film moving on regardless, and the climax is both bloody and satisfying.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 30, 2019

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Kaleem Aftab

The List

Tormented makes popular E4 drama Skins look like the work of Godard

Rated: 1/4

Nov 4, 2018

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Thom G

Tormented should have been better in all aspects: the story, the development of the story (if there is one?), the characters, the acting, the realism, the moral (the main point is understood from the beginning, uncontentious, and is not developed)... It's frustrating and boring.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/26/24

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Audience Member

Some of the most genuinely satisfying horror violence I've seen in recent memory. And I feel pretty morally justified in my satisfaction.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Audience Member

WOW......WOW.....WOW.....SO SO SO SO SO BAD......MAN THIS IS SUCH AN AWFUL MESSY MESSY MOVIE 2 WATCH, IT IS SO SO SO SO DREADFUL, IT IS SUCH AN AWFUL MOVIE 2 WATCH, IT IS SO SO SO AWFUL MOVIE 2 WATCH, IT IS SO SO SO DREADFUL, IT IS SO SO SO DREADFUL, IT IS SUCH AN AWFUL MOVIE 2 WATCH IT IS SUCH AN AWFUL MESSY MOVIE 2 WATCH.......WARNING THIS MOVIE CONTAINS STROBE LIGHTNING EFFECTS THROUGHOUT THIS MOVIE......MAN THIS IS SUCH AN AWFUL MOVIE 2 WATCH, IT IS SUCH AN AWFUL MESSY MOVIE 2 WATCH, IT IS SUCH AN AWFUL MOVIE 2 WATCH, IT IS SUCH A BAD MOVIE 2 WATCH, JUST AVOID THIS MOVIE AT ALL IT IS SUCH A BAD MOVIE 2 WATCH, JUST AVOID THIS MOVIE AT ALL COSTS IT IS THAT BAD.....JUST DO NOT WATCH THIS MOVIE IT IS SO AWFUL.......ITS GOT A GOOD SOUNDTRACK THROUGHOUT THIS MOVIE.....BUT MAN THIS MOVIE IS SO SO SO AWFUL 2 WATCH....WARNING YOU HAVE GOT TO WATCH THE END OF THE CREDITS THROUGHOUT THIS MOVIE AS SOMETHING HAPPENES AT THE END OF THE CREDITS THROUGHOUT THIS MOVIE........

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

British teen slasher movie that doubles up as an American homage to the genre. Focusing on blood and gore Tormented sticks to the original, rigid recipe dished out in plenty years ago in America.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Audience Member

Cast performs well all things considered, but the script underwhelms and the plot brings nothing new to the table.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Audience Member

Tries hard to be a British "Scream."

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Synopsis

Darren Mullet (Calvin Dean) doesn't have it easy. He's overweight, uses an inhaler and is constantly bullied by his spoiled classmates. His suicide prompts Bradley (Alex Pettyfer), Darren's main tormentor, to host a wild party, where Justine (Tuppence Middleton) hooks up with Alexis (Dimitri Leonidas). With her entry into the school's popular group cemented, Justine figures life will be easy. But when Bradley and Alexis's friends start turning up dead, everyone starts to panic.

Director: Jon Wright
Producer: Cavan Ash, Tracy Brimm, Arvind Ethan David
Screenwriter: Stephen Prentice
Production Co: Screen West Midlands, Pathé, BBC Films, Slingshot Productions, Forward Films
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 20, 2017
Runtime: 1h 31m