Tormented (2009)

Best movie of this year hands down!

Powerful

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

A typical revenge flick - class outcast dies as a result of atrocious treatment from his classmates (suicide, true, but he wouldn't have if he'd had a moment's peace), comes back from the grave to exact bloody revenge.The acting was acceptable, even pretty good for some of the characters. But character development itself was rather weak. Especially the character of the main antagonist, Darren. Then again, I guess it's hard to portray a very animated personality when the character's primary action consists of being a teen-killing zombie. ;-)As for the action, I don't really need to give away any spoilers - nothing new at all, the movie is quite thoroughly predictable. The best parts were the two sex scenes. Other than that, it was okay for passing time or for a late night horror flick craving.

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.

I was thoroughly disappointed with this film. I did not set any high- expectations for this film as I knew it was a low-budget, clichéd "Slasher" film. However, I did expect more substance than what this film had.The film is about a young boy named "Darren Mullet" who commits suicide due to being bullied by his peers. This film is obviously influenced by "Friday the 13th" because Darren Mullet comes back from the dead to get his revenge on the students who "Tormented" him. There is a sub-plot surrounding the love life of two main characters named Alexis and Justine however the connection between them and Darren Mullet is that Alexis bullied him with his other friends and Justine rejected Darren without even acknowledging his existence. Therefore, the one person from the "Popular Crowd" that Darren felt was a good person told him outright that he was a "Freak" and this gave Darren no reason whatsoever to live. The film becomes even more generic by it's typical twist of an ending which is most certainly not worth the time spent watching the filmThe film accomplishes what it sets out to do which is to raise awareness for bullying through the horror and comedy elements of the film. However, it never seems to quite capture the audience and keep them engaged in the storyline, probably because it is the typical, generic horror film we have seen a thousand times before. If you are sat at home with nothing to do then it may be worth a watch to pass the time but do not consider watching this with the aim of getting your value for money.Disgruntled Cow, Moo-Moo!

Being a fairly low budget film I thought it did quite a good job and had the potential to be quite successful. Some of the deaths were very creative and made you want to look away due to the gore of it. It was typical overweight, asthmatic school boy that was being bullied and it also makes the more popular people who might bully people think about it before they do it again if the movie actually got to them. I also liked the music soundtrack and thought that it was well thought into. It appeals more to people that are between the ages of 15+ which is a lot of variety and was directed very well and also had some good comedic moments.The lack of an imaginative story line let the film down and I felt like it had the cliché film storyline. Some of the acting wasn't very convincing and the film was trying to be serious at some points but you couldn't help but laugh at it, for example when Darren sat on Sophie with his swimming goggles on and just looked at her as she drowned was just too funny to be took seriously and I was laughing at it definitely more than I should have been. It also gets a bit silly when he sends texts messages at the start. Even after the deaths of Sophie in the pool and Marcus getting his head put through a spike the school stays open which is very strange to me.Overall I think the film was certainly not rubbish but I wouldn't say I liked it enough to want to go out and buy it on DVD or go out of my to see it when it on television or on my computer. The twist at the end of the story was clever because he didn't kill Justine, he framed her. Also the story was non-linear which added a spark of interest because you want to know what happened to get to that stage in the story. I would give it a good word if someone asked me about it and I would recommend it to some people that I thought would like it.7/10