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A bullied teenager comes back from the dead to take revenge on his classmates.A bullied teenager comes back from the dead to take revenge on his classmates.A bullied teenager comes back from the dead to take revenge on his classmates.
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James Krishna Floyd
- Nasser
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- TriviaDuring a scene with Mary Nighy and Ruby Bentall, a DVD playing The Duchess (2008) with Keira Knightley can be seen. Stars of Tormented Calvin Dean and Georgia King also appear in this movie.
- GoofsNearly everyone has the apparently unpopular and bullied character's phone number saved into their phones.
- Crazy creditsShortly into the end credits there is an additional scene.
- Alternate versionsThe UK version was heavily edited to remove sexual bullying and bloody violence before submission to the BBFC in order to obtain a 15 rating.
- ConnectionsReferences Mary Poppins (1964)
- SoundtracksDead in Love
Performed by Desert Sessions
Written by Josh Homme (as Joshua Homme), PJ Harvey, Alain Johannes & Joey Castillo
Published by Board Stiff Music / More Kick and Snare Music / Hot Head Music / Universal Music Publishing Ltd / Sony/ATV Music Publishing
Courtesy of Rekords Records / Universal-Island Records Ltd
Under licence from Universal Music Operations
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Grange Hill with gore
An entirely predictable high school horror in which a bullied student commits suicide and then comes back from the dead as a malevolent zombie, taking revenge on everyone who wronged him. The only difference with this production is that it's British-flavoured, but in every other respect it's the kind of movie you've seen a hundred times before.
The first thing that struck me as I watched this was the distinct lack of sympathetic characters. The high school students are a group of vicious and narcissistic bullies who you'll be waiting to get bumped off – even Alex Pettyfer, playing against type as a bad guy for once. Tuppence Middleton is, I suppose, the protagonist and somebody you're supposed to root for, but I found her as irritating as the rest. Vaguely interesting characters, like James Floyd's Nasser, are kept to the sidelines. The antagonist isn't very pleasant either. Watching this becomes a bit of a depressing experience, one in which you're just waiting for the next gore scene.
And gory it is. The film-makers adopt the approach of making every death as inventive as possible, and there are some truly nasty moments played out for their absurd, comedic value as well as the bloodshed. The bit involving a guillotine is particularly outrageous and really works, and it's moments like this that stop TORMENTED from being a dog in the same way that non-starting hoodie horror F was a dog. In fact, it's fairly well made throughout, with well-shot direction and a perfectly-timed pacing. Perhaps not a film you'd ever want to watch again, but it does the business for a one-time viewing.
The first thing that struck me as I watched this was the distinct lack of sympathetic characters. The high school students are a group of vicious and narcissistic bullies who you'll be waiting to get bumped off – even Alex Pettyfer, playing against type as a bad guy for once. Tuppence Middleton is, I suppose, the protagonist and somebody you're supposed to root for, but I found her as irritating as the rest. Vaguely interesting characters, like James Floyd's Nasser, are kept to the sidelines. The antagonist isn't very pleasant either. Watching this becomes a bit of a depressing experience, one in which you're just waiting for the next gore scene.
And gory it is. The film-makers adopt the approach of making every death as inventive as possible, and there are some truly nasty moments played out for their absurd, comedic value as well as the bloodshed. The bit involving a guillotine is particularly outrageous and really works, and it's moments like this that stop TORMENTED from being a dog in the same way that non-starting hoodie horror F was a dog. In fact, it's fairly well made throughout, with well-shot direction and a perfectly-timed pacing. Perhaps not a film you'd ever want to watch again, but it does the business for a one-time viewing.
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- £700,000 (estimated)
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- $1,362,653
- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
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