A gruesome, edgy, ambitious, and sometimes funny horror tale that doesn't shy away from exploring adolescent cruelty.
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12/04/09
Tormented (2009)
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Reviews Counted:29
Fresh:22
Rotten:7
Average Rating:5.9/10
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.
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Starring: Alex Pettyfer, April Pearson
Reviews for Tormented
By the end, "Tormented" is such a listless take on a potentially interesting idea that it feels like its own remake.
11/06/09
There's a huge amount of respect for the horror side of things here as well. If it sounds like your cup of tea, then dive in as soon as you possibly can.
07/15/09
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.
05/28/09
It's well enough made, fairly inventive and the bullies practise safe sex. But the film tips its hand a little too early.
05/28/09
Brilliantly funny at times, it's well worth a look - even if the script is as holey as some of the bullies end up.
05/28/09
A smart, competent horror-com that's easily a match for its US counterparts.
05/27/09
It’s diverting, occasionally moving, and has two secret weapons, teen heart-throb Alex Pettyfer and newcomer Tuppence Middleton.
05/22/09
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.
05/22/09
A for effort, C for artistry, this wayward teen of a movie is confusing, amusing and scary - a bit like school itself.
05/22/09
Despite its weaknesses, though, there's something appealing about Tormented. It may or may not portend a revival of popular British horror, but at least no one can mistake this for the grim compulsions of the torture-porn aficionado.
05/22/09
There’s enough vitriolic bitching among the bullying contingent to make Jon Wright’s movie trashily entertaining up to a point.
05/22/09
Any good horror film needs not only blood spattered deaths aplenty but a good murderer too. Tormented fails that test.
05/22/09
What Tormented lacks in US gloss and glamour it more than matches in escapist fun, making it an enjoyable, if forgettable, ride.
05/22/09
Skins plus multiple slayings equals fun times, best enjoyed while mildly inebriated.
05/22/09
Tormented works so successfully. The laughs are funny, the scares genuine, and the flashbacks to Darren’s caught on camera torture all too believable.
05/22/09
A slasher for the Twitter generation, Tormented catches the spirit of the times without being too try-hard. Quips and snogging take precedence over scares, but its commentary on new technology’s power to intimidate is chillingly apt.
05/22/09
It's pacily directed by Jon Wright, but Stephen Prentice's script is clichéd and unsophisticated, with characters too young to have seen Scream and probably too dumb to understand it.
05/22/09
Enjoyably gruesome, and with some timely comments about the recent craze for cyber-bullying, here's a horror perfectly pitched at its teenage target audience.
05/22/09
Cool, sexy, amusing and nicely chilling, Tormented is a smart bit of home-grown slasher mayhem.
05/22/09
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