Sunday, August 30, 2015

Tormented (2015)

"Tormented" was a quick Redbox rental for an evening of disposable drunken viewing a few nights ago, so I wasn't expecting anything short of generic horror drivel. And that's precisely what I got. Thanks again, Redbox... If you've seen any recent 'home invasion' flick, you've surely seen a better version of what "Tormented" is.

After video of her blowing some douchebag at a Halloween party makes it rounds on the web, a humiliated high school girl heads to her babysitting gig at a rich family's lavish estate. That night, she is visited by a trio of creeps in pig masks (one of which is a young kid...) who break into the house and stalk her around the property, while collecting the kids for some kind of illuminati meat-market operation out of their pork truck...

Pretty dull flick, overall. Total knock-off of stuff like "The Strangers" and "You're Next" - just toned WAY down, as far as any violence and tension goes. It's a shame, considering the movie is fairly well shot and had a bit of decent atmosphere going for it, I'd say - though, unfortunately, it fell flat, failing to deliver on any originality, the bloody 'goods' and ended on a very weak note. I can't recommend wasting a buck-and-a-half on this one.

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