The best thing about i can say is that it exploited to a T the hysteria surrounding cyberbullying in the Late 2000's-Early 2010's as did many a god awful lifetime movie. Other than that, it looks like the majority of the £700,000 budget made its way onto the screen which is more than what i can say for the content of this past Summer's blockbuster exhibition of turd. Tormented is the kind of film that made me dread getting into slashers. The sub-genre went through SOME growing pains, starting off as Movie brat era career stepping stones and Major Six shortcuts to meeting revenue quotas in towards over exposure and then a fake resurgence passing itself off as Meta when it was really just a case of filleting a dead horse. Tormented comes from the tail end of such filleting when bone only remained and therefore the film wears such bones like a necklace proclaiming to be a throwback instead of a toneless mess which veers from patches of bleak to explosions of camp, and i wanna die thinking that someone found this funny or even remotely engaging. The film shows no discipline, so why should we exercise some to give it the benefit of the doubt? It's not exactly micro-budget and it reeks of the inmates taking over the asylum as director Jon Wright clearly didn't keep a leash on his cast, who go into business for themselves in that atypically British way and do what comes natural instead of what the script required. And if naturalistic performances was what was required by the script, then it was a dog to begin with anyway. A slasher/supernatural hybrid combined with edgy E4 theatrics. I f****ng gag. Maybe it's just me. The styles just don't blend. The antiquated and expected clashing sloppily with the contemporary and the aggressive, American and English sensibilities that just don't find middle ground. As i'm not a pro critic, i have no problems telling you how i would make this film... Tormented should have gone either two ways: 1: Scrap the supernatural element and ritualistic kills for pure sex, violence and carnage. Portray a decadent, fascistic youth that the old rightfully should be afraid of. Cause who doesn't hate Nazis? Have a school based war or hooligan type film. Pure nihilism grounded by the bullying message, some la resistance sort of protagonists and the like instead of colouring all characters different shades of grey. Plus, the picture wouldn't have to be fighting against that desire to be 'fun' and be a film about 'today's kids'.2: Actually be fun and forget the problems of the real world. Embrace artifice and focus solely on atmosphere and elaborate kills. Sure, bullying can still be the crux of the narrative, but don't be so heavy handed. I'd still hate the film as i despise horror comedies, but at least it would be a solid approach and i can appreciate such a thing. Tormented is just another meandering genre film that gone and went for broke and ended up doing just that. There are just too many jarring elements from more focused productions for a weathered cineaste such as myself to ignore and see the film for what it could have been than what it was. Here, i'm just annoyed.

Somewhere in England, distraught and disheveled Tuppence Middleton (as Justine Fielding) is led out of school by the police. What this young woman is doing in school, and what happened to Ms. Middleton, is a mystery. Next, we flashback to "5 days earlier." A seemingly popular, pretty Middleton is delivering the eulogy for overweight, asthmatic Calvin Dean (as Darren "Shrek" Mullet). Mr. Dean committed suicide after extensive bullying at Fairview High School. His only friend was apparently Olly Alexander (as Jason Banks), who helps the cast by looking like he could be actually in high school. Middleton is called the "Head Girl"...(The term "Head Girl" is used to describe a prominent pupil in the UK. I looked it up)...Middleton hadn't noticed big Dean, who desired Middleton while he was alive. She is more aroused by Dimitri Leonidas (as Alex). Everyone made the deceased's life miserable, with handsome blond Alex Pettyfer (as Bradley White) and sexily nasty girlfriend April Pearson (as Natasha Cummings) leading the pack. With a knack for piercing and chopping off body parts, Dean returns from the dead to seek his bloody revenge. "Tormented" is your standard student revenge with gory intent movie. It's interesting due to the British setting and a humorous edge; plus, it moves briskly under Jon Wright's direction. Too bad the film is heartless.***** Tormented (5/22/09) Jon Wright ~ Tuppence Middleton, Dimitri Leonidas, Calvin Dean, Alex Pettyfer

Pretty good revenge flick. Offs his tormentors one by one. The scariest was the girl who had her hands whacked. The characters weer real and when they all stared to unravel, it was gratifying. I think that beginning with the ending first hurt the integrity of the film. It should have been presented traditionally and the characters should have been fleshed out more, including the victim. All the information came at you too quickly, via conversation and the film was too fast-paced. It would have been a much better film if it was presented chronologically, the pace was slowed down, and the characters were given a chance to act more rather than rush from scene to scene. It seems like it was filmed during someone's lunch break. That said, however, the film was creepy enough and gory enough.

This movie inhabits the most dangerous area for movies, the gray area, it was labeled as a comedy horror but at no point during the movie was i scared or amused. In the beginning i thought it might be special. But then as soon as i saw the undead kid i knew it was crap. He doesn't look terrifying or even frightening just kind of annoying.I mean, who comes back from the dead with evil powers and starts off their haunting career by sending scary text messages?Also this movie was praised by people for "really showing how bad bullying is" but no "bully" would ever, ever, EVER take a kids inhaler during an asthma attack and hide it.The size of it is this movie isn't good enough to be remembered or even bad enough too be remembered it's just kinda there.