Tormented (I) (2009)

A bullied teenager comes back from the dead to take revenge on his classmates.

Director:

Jon Wright

Writer:

Stephen Prentice

Stars:

Alex Pettyfer, April Pearson, Dimitri Leonidas

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Alex Pettyfer	...	Bradley
April Pearson	...	Natasha Cummings
Dimitri Leonidas	...	Alexis
Calvin Dean	...	Darren Mullet
Tuppence Middleton	...	Justine Fielding
Georgia King	...	Sophie
Mary Nighy	...	Helena
Olly Alexander	...	Jason Banks
James Floyd	...	Nasser
Sophie Wu	...	Mei Lei
Hugh Mitchell	...	Tim
Larissa Wilson	...	Khalillah
Ruby Bentall	...	Emily
Tom Hopper	...	Marcus
Peter Amory	...	Head Teacher

Storyline

The head girl Justine gives a speech on the funeral of the teenage schoolmate Darren Mullet that has just committed suicide but she does not recall who he was. Then she is invited by Alexis to date him in the celebration party in the house of his friend Bradley. Sooner Justine discovers that Darren had a crush on her and was bullied by Bradley and his friends including Alexis. When each one of Bradley's friends is found dead, they discover that Darren has returned from beyond to revenge the humiliations he was submitted.

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Plot Keywords:

revenge | funeral | teenager | stabbed with a screwdriver | male nudity | 

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Taglines:

A New Class of Terror

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror

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Certificate:

R

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 May 2009 (UK)

Also Known As:

Distúrbio

Filming Locations:

Bishop Vesey School, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

£700,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£284,757 (UK) (22 May 2009)

Gross:

£638,863 (UK) (29 May 2009)

Company Credits

Production Co:

BBC Films, Screen West Midlands, Slingshot Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min 87 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

As mentioned in the DVD commentary, various people played different parts of Darren Mullet when Calvin Dean was (I) in make-up or shooting a different scene. This was mainly for scenes just showing his hands.

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Goofs

Helena asks Justine over to watch Atonement, but she instead goes on her 'date' with Alexis. When the scene cuts to Helena and Emily watching the film, its actually The Duchess.

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Quotes

Alexis: What's the matter Mullet, having trouble breathing are we?
[pushes Mullet backwards]
Justine: Alex, let's get out of here.
Alexis: Not so hard now, are you?

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Crazy Credits

Shortly into the end credits there is an additional scene.

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Connections

References The Descent (2005)

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Soundtracks

"Dead In Love"
Desert Sessions

User Reviews

Darren couldn't escape even when he was at home. They sent him texts and e-mails and they set up a website.

Tormented is directed by Jon Wright and written by Stephen Prentice. It stars Alex Pettyfer, Sophie Wu, April Pearson, Calvin Dean, Dimitri Leonidas and Tuppence Middleton. Music is by Paul Hartnoll and cinematography by Trevor Forrest.

A bullied teenager at Fairview High School takes his own life but appears to have come back from the dead to take revenge on his classmates.

Gruesome, fun and flavoured by pinches of satire, Tormented is a far better film than the internet ratings suggest. The serious subject of bullying makes its point, particularly late in the proceedings, but the makers are more interested in capturing the spirit of the techno teen times while focusing on the antagonists in their natural habitat. They are a dislikable bunch, not only in how they treat those they view as inferior to themselves, but also to each other. Even the central "couple" at the core of the plotting, the closest the film has to someone for us to side with as they strive to survive, come with bile baggage that reveals itself as we hurtle towards a deliciously spiky finale. There is much self-absorption and crudeness, sexulisation and ignorance, it's a bit of a kicker is this, but we are firmly on the side of the recently departed Darren Mullet (Calvin Dean). The cast performances are a mixed bunch, but this hardly hurts the picture, while serious gore hounds will lament the lack of close ups for the "killer" scenes. But this is more than a generic slasher, it has psychological smarts and nifty observations on modern technology's usage for cruel intimidation. It also knows how to have a good time, and you should too. 7/10