The Tortured

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The Tortured

R

2012

1h 19m

Mystery & Thriller

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A couple (Erika Christensen, Jesse Metcalfe) hatch a twisted plan to take revenge on the man (Bill Moseley) who killed their son.

Kyle Smith

New York Post

Jun 15, 2012

0/4

Its clichs grow slightly funny. But not funny enough to make the endless torture scenes bearable.

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Jeannette Catsoulis

New York Times

Jun 14, 2012

1.5/5

[It] suggests only that ferreting out new ways to inflict pain requires more imagination than anyone on hand realized.

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Elizabeth Weitzman

New York Daily News

Jun 14, 2012

1/5

Ugh.

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Emma Wolfe

SpookyAstronauts

Jun 2, 2021

2/10

Everything is one hundred percent predictable.

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

Jul 25, 2019

This uninspired exercise frighteningly proves that torture porn revenge has become merely pedestrian.

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Brent Simon

Shockya.com

Jul 29, 2012

D-

A stupendously inane and pointless slice of revenge-based horror whose title might as well describe the audience watching it.

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B P

@Bradster69 Sep 3, 2026

Not Bad, but Not My Favorite

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Steven F.

@SteveGotScored Mar 30, 2026

Honestly what a brutal thrill ride of a horror movie!

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Jerod S

@jeroduptown Sep 30, 2022

The concept was good: parents of child that was killed abduct the killer and torture him when justice isn't served. But weird twists and some far out happenings make it less believable. Not Christensen's finest.

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Nov 26, 2020

I loved the movie. Disappointing twist felt bad for the innocent guy.

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Tony E

@RT58600769 Nov 10, 2020

This movie had a major mistake. If the torture victim was not actually the right killer, how was he able to tell the parents their sons name???? No idea how the filmmakers messed that up.

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Apr 16, 2019

Twisted and heart-breaking. And actually sends a message. A simple message, but a message.

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Robert Lieberman

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Elise

Jesse Metcalfe

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Synopsis

A couple (Erika Christensen, Jesse Metcalfe) hatch a twisted plan to take revenge on the man (Bill Moseley) who killed their son.

Director: Robert Lieberman
Producer: Mark Burg, Oren Koules, Carl Mazzocone, Marek Posival
Screenwriter: Marek Posival
Distributor: IFC Films
Rating: R (Sadistic Violence and Torture|Language|A Scene of Sexuality)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 15, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 26, 2015
Runtime: 1h 19m

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