Torment

Five days before the main events, Darren Mullet, a shy asthma-sufferer, dies, casting a pall over Fairview High. The funeral mood is uneasy rather than mournful, revealing the cruelty lurking beneath the school’s carefully curated social order. Jason Banks is forcibly removed for calling Justine a hypocrite, foreshadowing the cruelty that will ripple through the coming days.

Justine, the top student and de facto queen bee, agrees to attend a party organized by the popular crowd. The invitation pulls her deeper into a social orbit where acceptance comes at a price. The sense of performance and scrutiny begins to overshadow genuine friendship.

At the party, Jez is publicly humiliated for taunting Justine with a rap, and Bradley ejects him. Texts about Mullet’s past flash across phones, eroding trust within Justine’s circle. Justine and Alex share a kiss, but a clownish, chainsaw-styled prank shatters the moment, revealing the crowd’s cruelty beneath the glitter.

In the wake of the party, Justine distances herself from old friends Helena and Emily and aligns with the in-crowd. A teddy bear appears in her locker, seemingly stolen from Mullet’s grave, signaling the dead’s unsettling presence. Meanwhile, the haunting seeps into the recording studio, where Mullet’s ghost yanks the volume up on music and unsettles the living.

In the recording studio, Mullet’s spectral influence becomes tangible as loud music blares until Nasser begins to lose his hearing. The haunting moves from psychological to physical manipulation, making the living feel watched and controlled. The ghost’s reach feels personal and increasingly dangerous.

Rumors collide with reality as Jason reveals that Mullet’s suicide was driven by relentless bullying and online humiliation. A note that could prove Mullet’s account is in play, and Alex’s friends warn against handing it over. A bullying website and texts deepen the climate of fear and complicity.

The group’s unraveling accelerates as the gym and pool areas become a scene of tragedy. Sophie leaves the pool to retrieve her watch and drowns, a moment that seems to condemn the group’s cruelty and the social hierarchy that enabled it. The haunting continues to intrude on the living with deadly force.

Mullet’s ghost begins to exact more personal punishments: he brings flowers to Justine, tears her badge from her uniform, and rearranges magnets on a fridge at home. These acts show the dead’s awareness and judgement, turning everyday spaces into reminders that someone unseen is watching. The haunting becomes a weapon used to destabilize the living.

During football training, Marcus is driven into a state of terror by the haunting and is fatally impaled on a fence after a brutal confrontation with the ghost. The tragedy highlights the real-world consequences of bullying and the consequences of ignoring the signs. The team’s energy collapses into horror.

In a predatory confrontation, Bradley’s treatment of Tasha spirals into violence that ends with Bradley’s death; Tasha nearly escapes but is dragged into an open grave and decapitated by Mullet. The car ride and graveyard scenes become the macabre backdrop for the ghost’s revenge against the social circle.

Khalillah is lured to the art room by a fake message and becomes another victim of Mullet’s vengeance. The ghost places a plastic bag over her head and amputates her hands with a guillotine, a brutal reminder of how far the despair has spiraled. Justine and Alex are left to grapple with the scale of Mullet’s cruelty.

Justine confronts Jason in the art room and discovers she may have been more complicit than she realized. Jason admits he too was trapped by fear and peer pressure, and played a role in the cruelty surrounding Mullet. The revelation deepens the sense that the past cannot stay buried within the school.

Justine and Alex arrive as the worst unfolds and find Jason and Khalillah’s bodies. They are attacked by the enraged spirit, and in a brutal struggle they stab Mullet with a screwdriver but cannot stop him. The police arrive after the bodies are found, and Justine is escorted away, the truth of the past weighing on her future.