Tormented

Tormented

Year: 2009

Runtime: 91 mins

Language: English

Director: Jon Wright

ComedyHorrorHorror the undead and monster classicsUnderdogs and coming of ageCrude humor and satire

After being tormented at home and school—ignored by his parents, ridiculed by teachers, and relentlessly bullied—asthmatic teen Darren Mullet attempts suicide. He rises from the grave as a vengeful spirit, returning to exact a deadly, final reckoning on the classmates who destroyed his life.

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1

Funeral eulogy and first fallout

Justine Fielding reads the eulogy at Darren Mullets funeral as the community reacts with cold indifference. In the same moment, Jason Banks is expelled from the church after calling Justine a hypocrite. The scene foreshadows the cruelty that will shape the rest of the story.

Five days before the party Funeral Church
2

Justine invited to the popular party

Justine agrees to attend a party hosted by the popular crowd led by Bradley. The party atmosphere quickly shifts as Jez insults Justine, prompting Bradley to eject him. The invitation marks Justine's drift from her old friends.

Evening Bradley's party
3

Texts and a risky kiss

During the party, the in-crowd receives insulting text messages attributed to Mullet. Alex and Justine share a kiss in a bedroom, only to be interrupted by Bradley in a clown suit who pretends to attack them with a chainsaw. The moment underscores the cruel dynamics at the event.

Night Party venue
4

Mullet's grave and a brutal retaliation

Jez goes to the cemetery and urinates on Mullet's grave, a defiant act of disrespect. Mullet's ghost retaliates, stabbing Jez with a wooden crucifix. The supernatural element signals that the dead will haunt the living.

Night Cemetery
5

Power shifts at school

Back at school, Bradley pressures Nasser over removing a website about Mullet. Justine abandons her old friends Helena and Emily to join the popular crowd. A teddy bear appears in her locker, supposedly from Alex, complicating her sense of loyalty and dating choices.

Next day School corridors and lockers
6

Mullet's haunting in the studio

In the schools recording studio, Mullet's ghost forces Nasser to listen to music at maximum volume, rendering him permanently deaf. The haunting bleeds into the students' daily lives, intensifying the fear around the bullying.

Next day School recording studio
7

Suicide note and truth about Mullet

Jason tells Justine that Mullet was in love with her and hands over his suicide note. He explains that Mullet killed himself because of relentless bullying by the popular crowd and online harassment. Justine processes the revelation and its implications for her actions.

Following day School
8

Bullying escalates and detention follows

Bradley and Marcus assault Jason, assuming he is behind the messages, until another message reveals the real truth. The P.E. teacher intervenes, stops the attack, and gives Jason detention. The bullying cycle continues to tighten its grip on the school.

Day after School
9

Justine faces the truth and ends things

Justine learns that Alex led the bullying and watches him mock her in the school’s online circle. She decides to end their relationship, realizing the cruelty that she has become entangled with. The social world around her remains fragile and dangerous.

Later that day School/common area
10

Sophie and the pool tragedy

After swimming practice, Sophie treks back to the pool area but is attacked and drowned by Mullet's ghost. The incident marks a horrifying deepening of the hauntings and increases the sense that no one is safe from the dead bully's turn of events.

Evening Swimming pool
11

Khalilah's grisly death in the art room

Khalilah receives a text from Tasha to meet in the Art Room. There Mullet places a plastic bag over her head and cuts off her hands with a guillotine. Justine and Alex arrive to find the bodies and are swiftly attacked by Mullet.

Next day Art Room
12

Climax and police end the night

Justine and Alex confront Mullet in the Art Room, stabbing him with a screwdriver. The ghost regains strength through a hidden inhaler, stabs Alex in the throat, and then disappears. Police arrive to find the chaos; Justine is arrested for the murders that Mullet committed, ending the immediate terror but leaving a grim legacy.

Police arrival; end Art Room / Police arrival

Last Updated: October 09, 2025 at 10:44

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