Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4389 in DVD
• Released on: 2009-09-28
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 92 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Taking a tabloid hot potato--school bullying--and turning it into an effective and very British horror film, Tormented begins as the pupils of a suitably homogenous school gather at the funeral for one of their classmates, Darren Mullet. It quickly transpires that not many people knew him, and very few liked him, with even Tuppence Middleton’s head girl having to say words at his funeral when she seemingly barely had a nice word to say about him in real life. Post-funeral, everyone soon goes back to business as usual, with a party on the agenda. But then the chills start coming, as mobile phones start ringing, and the calls seem to be coming from the supposedly-deceased Mullet.

It’s a simple premise, and one that allows the script of Tormented to make one or two points about bullying, before getting down to its main business of being a better-than-expected teen horror movie. This is the kind of thing that generally American filmmakers have done best over the years, but thanks to a surprisingly strong teen cast, it turns out the film makers of Britain are more than up to the challenge, too.

Writer Stephen Prentice and director Jon Wright wisely take their time sliding the pieces of Tormented into place, establishing their characters and generally initiating in most cases plenty of reason why they should meet their maker. Director Wright then proves he’s an able student of the genre by framing some well-managed jumps, and while the ending is telegraphed some distance away, Tormented is an effective and really rather good little horror movie. Much better than you’re probably expecting, too… --Simon Brew

Synopsis
The best days of your life become your worst nightmare in Tormented, a high school comedy with a very sinister twist. At the exclusive Fairview High grammar school all is not what it seems, although you wouldn't tell from its seemingly normal veneer. With a budding romance between head girl Justine Fielding (Tuppence Middleton) and popular hunk Alexis (Dimitri Leonidas) blossoming for the whole school to see, a sinister undercurrent begins to sweep through the halls. Alexis is a part of a group of friends headed by Bradley (Alex Pettyfer); a clique who victimise the weaker kids for sadistic pleasure. One such victim was poor Darren Mullett (Calvin Dean) bullied so badly during the previous summer, he took his own life in order to escape their diabolical onslaught. Now, with a newfound confidence and absolutely nothing left to lose, Darren is back from the dead to take his revenge in the most bloody and inventive ways.

Customer Reviews

Not To Be Taken Seriously...
but it's a enjoyable and entertaining horror comdey with upcoming actors/actresses and a story to follow without thinking too hard. It begins with the head girl taken away from the school, then five days before it's the funneral of a boy who was seriously bullied and tormented due to his weight and breathing problems. But it dosen't end there as the dead boy is planning a bloody revenge on those who did wrong and boy, is it gory! At first when I looked at it, I thought it was going to be a very boring chavy movie with plenty of sex and not a lot going on. Yes, there is some sex scenes but they arren't too graphic or distasteful. I think the best one out of the lot was the rather good-looking Alex Pettyfer, I last saw him in Wild Child and here he is a total different person. He played his part really well, I look forward to many more of his films in the near future. So is it worth seeing? Yes but don't take it too seriously or expect it to be a jumpy out horror, look elsewhere if you want something like that but I highly recommened this movie if you loved the series Skins or just a horror comdey to watch.

Good if not taken too seriously
I enjoyed this film a lot.. interesting start with a going-back-in-time sequence, little bit cliche these days but not a problem. Acting pretty darn good. The deaths are very inventive and gruesome, so all bloodhounds should be rather satisfied by the gore. BUT, if you're looking for full-blown scares that'll make you turn around in a dark room and fear going into the next, then look elsewhere. This isn't the scariest of films, because it's more of a horror comedy that shouldn't be taken too seriously. Enjoy it if you may, have fun watching the deaths. The only down side is the lack of total fear that I had while watching it, you yourself may think differently, and sometimes the dialogue was a little disjointed, unrealistic and childish. Perhaps one to watch for a night in while you're slightly.. epiphiated

Silly gory fun
Tormented stars poster boy du jour Alex Pettyfer who still proves unable to act his way out of a blood-soaked paper bag - so don't think that judging from the pack shot that he plays the lead - thankfully he does not. The rest of the cast however jump into their roles with relish and aplomb, and are very amusing. The Skins-esque music video editing grates at times, and the editing/pace for the first thirty minutes seriously drags, but the murders, when they come, are so gloriously OTT that you just don't care.