Scorned

Plot synopsis:
Kevin (Billy Zane) and Sadie (AnnaLynne McCord) have been dating for six months, and Sadie tells her friend Jennifer (Viva Bianca) that she believes Kevin will propose to her on a weekend getaway, and invited her to be maid of honor. Jennifer cautions Sadie about marrying a man she has only known six months. At their weekend away, Sadie finds a sexual text from another woman on Kevin's phone
An argument ensues, and Sadie pepper-sprays Kevin and knocks him out with a fireplace log. Kevin awakens tied to a chair. At first confused and seemingly believing it to be some sexual fantasy, he remains calm. However, Sadie tells him that she knows about his affair with Jennifer. Sadie, pretending to be Kevin, says Sadie and Kevin have broken up and invites Jennifer to join him. Sadie takes Kevin to their bedroom, ties him to the bed and gags him, then places candles and rose petals as well as some spiked champagne for Jennifer. Jennifer arrives, follows the petals, drinks the champagne and quickly undresses.
As Jennifer reclines atop Kevin, believing his gag and other ties to be a sexual fantasy, Sadie knocks her out. Jennifer wakes up in a bathtub in which Sadie tells her that in olden days adulterers had their hair cut off, which Sadie proceeds to do to her. Jennifer and Kevin wake up with Jennifer now tied to the bed and Kevin tied to a chair. Bringing up both a microwave and Jennifer's dog, Bootsie, Sadie threatens to microwave the dog if Kevin doesn't perform oral sex on Jennifer. Sadie justifies this as being a cure for them and saying now they don't have to do it behind her back, Kevin eventually agrees. After feeding them and fending off a visiting neighbor, Sadie stops Kevin from getting his gun. In retaliation, Sadie electrocutes the pair and puts Jennifer's hand in a machine that breaks all her fingers. She also breaks Kevin's ankle with a sledge hammer.
Sadie tells Jennifer the story of her childhood dog. She loved the dog but the dog fell in love with her sister, so Sadie drowned her sister. She adds that she never blamed the dog. Upstairs, she tells Kevin that they need to get rid of his wandering eye and partially blinds him. Sadie takes Jennifer to a boat, planning to drown her, but Jennifer escapes and intercept a car, only to find Sadie driving. Once caught and driving with Sadie, Jennifer falsely professes her love for Sadie, saying that the affair was to end their relationship so she could be with Sadie. Jennifer kisses Sadie and then rolls out of the car in an attempt to get away but hurts herself. Sadie gets out of the car and chokes Jennifer seemingly to death.
Driving away, Sadie is pulled over by the police who tell her that a criminal has broken out of jail and she should keep an eye out. Jennifer, however, is still alive and stumbles toward the police, only to be hit by an oncoming truck. Sadie drives away and, finding the criminal, lets him into the car. She proceeds to have sex with him and then kills him, thanking him for being her alibi. Driving back to the house, she finds Kevin has broken free and chases him. Kevin dodges the bullets she fires and manages to make it to the boat, but dies in the ensuing fight. Sadie sets up the scene as if the criminal raped her and killed her boyfriend and tells this to the police, using her mangled fingers, which she also put in the machine, as evidence. A few months later, Sadie has a new boyfriend, who is revealed to be cheating on her, too.

Tags: revenge, murder

Review:
Rich love-rat Kevin (Billy Zane) cheats on his girlfriend Sadie (AnnaLynne McCord) with her sexy BFF Jennifer (Viva Bianca).
When Sadie rumbles the infidelity (after finding saucy text messages on Kevin's cellphone) she decides to teach the naughty pair a lesson they won't forget.Halfway through Scorned and I was about to write the film off as a total failure, when I suddenly realised that the ridiculous script and overblown performances were intentional: I was actually watching a dark comedy!
I guess the fact that I couldn't discern the film's intended nature for quite some time still makes it something of a failure, but after my epiphany, the rest of the movie proved far more bearable, with AnnaLynne McCord's performance being a master-class in OTT cinematic craziness.With Sadie prancing around in her panties, sexy Jennifer showing us exactly how she managed to turn Kevin's head, some reasonably sadistic violence (including a nasty hobbling scene inspired by Misery), and the hilarious sight of an escaped convict, tattooed over his entire face, thumbing a lift in the rain, Scorned actually proved to be a reasonably fun way to waste some time.
While not the finest title on Billy Zane's filmography, it's not the biggest embarrassment on it either (there are so many to choose from)..
Scorned is a wonderful dark comedy.
Mark Jones (Leprechaun) & Sadie Katz (House of Bad) have put together a really fun dark comedy.The premise is simple, a pair of love birds head out for a romantic weekend but the plans are derailed when the boyfriend(Billy Zane) is found out to be a cheater.
The girlfriend (AnnaLynne McCord) learns of the situation and becomes unglued and then the fun begins.Many of Mark Jones films feature malevolent midget monsters but with Scorned Jones & Katz have created the monster girlfriend that every man should rightfully fear.
The movie is worth seeing just to watch AnnaLynne McCord (90210, Dallas) ratchet up the crazy!!!.
Excellent performance from AnnaLynne McCord and a reason to watch the movie.
I've never seen AnnaLynne McCord in anything before, I watched this film because Billy Zane was in it and he was solid in Dead Calm and Titanic.The beginning put me off because of the unannounced text messages that were confusing for a second.
The plot is tired and inconsistent, the scenes totally unbelievable and the content is clichéd and cheesy: scorned girlfriend tortures and kills her boyfriend for cheating on her with her best friend.However right from the moment she comes on screen AnnaLynne McCord rocks this movie all by herself.
Viva Bianca is typical B movie stuff, Billy Zane is absolutely appalling barely even scraping B actor status in this, but McCord is A rated throughout, in every scene,despite having awful dialogue and poor direction in scenes.She makes this movie totally hers and outclasses everyone else, and the score on this review is really for her alone.
I recommend this movie simply for those who enjoy great acting, but only for McCord..
"You scorned me, Kevin.".
The movie begins with a corny song over a laughable text message conversation so I knew right away this wasn't going to be something I would want to brag about seeing.
The plot is about a complete psycho (AnnaLynne McCord) who discovers her boyfriend (Billy Zane) is cheating on her with her best friend (Viva Bianca).
So she ties them both up and spends the bulk of the movie threatening and torturing them.AnnaLynne McCord, with her horrible Southern accent and tacky hair extensions, offers up an extremely campy performance.
She seems to especially enjoy using profanity like a child who has just discovered dirty words.
Whether you find anything to like about this movie depends entirely upon how much you enjoy her bad acting.
I know which side of that I come down on.Billy Zane, once a respectable actor, has become moviedom's biggest garbage man.
Sadly, she plays the whole thing straight like she believes she's in Fatal Attraction or Misery.
Don't get me wrong -- her acting isn't bad.
It's just that opposite the scenery-chewing AnnaLynne McCord, she maybe should have tried to play the part a little more tongue-in-cheek.
Director Mark Jones appears to have the same amount of talent as you would expect from your average Lifetime TV movie director.
The story here is full of clichés and offers nothing to interest your average viewer, who has probably seen a version of this story done before and better.
As an unintentional comedy, it's good for some laughs.
A romantic weekend turns horrific and sadistic when Sadie (AnnaLynne McCord)discovers her boyfriend (Billy Zane) is having an affair with her best friend (Viva Bianca).If you are looking for a film about a kidnapper who tortures her victims for perceived wrongdoing, you will be better off with "Misery" (referenced here) or "Death and the Maiden".
Despite a decent cast (I never tire of seeing Billy Zane), this plot is just not all that special and comes across as disposable -- despite a strange subplot / twist relating to a nearby prison...In fact, this film probably deserves a 3 out of 10, but I cannot bring myself to do that because of one thing: AnnaLynne McCord.
Some people do a good job playing crazy, and some (Jack Nicholson) are born for it.
McCord may be in this category.
A terrible film, yes, but an Oscar-worthy performance.
If she gets the right roles, we may not have seen the last of her yet....
If the acting was bad.
I recently watched this with my girlfriend and the scenario intrigued us both as I myself like the idea of having the character you are fond of have the higher power.
The hit back techniques against the people who have done unforgivable things to us where great and some bits made me giggle.
The script was absolutely terrible I thought.
Surely there could of been a rewrite because I wanted to turn the film off in the first 10 minutes.AnnaLynne McCord is what the film had spot on for itself.
Ill give this a 5 because of AnnaLynne McCord.
Surprisingly good darkly comic thriller.
Ten minutes into Scorned I was pretty confident this would be truly awful however to my surprise it actually ends up being a slightly sick, highly ridiculous but enjoyable thriller.
Scorned doesn't waste much time in setting the scene as Billy Zane and his mistress find out that Annalynn McCord is not a woman who takes being cheated on very well.
McCord is excellent in this and really carries the film as the nutty scorned woman who gleefully carries out her own brand of revenge.
If this film had taken itself seriously then it just wouldn't have worked but it's all so obviously tongue in cheek that it exudes it's own surprising charm.
This is a surprisingly good film and one that entertains throughout, well after the ropey first ten minutes anyway.
A much better film than it's current rating of 4.5 would suggest..
Is scorned nicely adorned?.
Directed and co-written by Mark Jones, Scorned adds nothing new to a well worn sub-genre of horror, that of the vengeful female unleashing hell after becoming victim to infidelity etc.
Approaching this with any sort of hope for a bar raiser will only induce a crushing disappointment, but if able to accept it on its formulaic terms then it's a good torture porn time waster.Plot finds AnnaLynne McCord as the woman scorned, her beau, played by Billy Zane, has been cheating on her with her best friend, Viva Bianca.
AnnaLynne McCord, You Rock!!!!!.
I love this movie.
AnnaLynne McCord gave a great performance in Scorned and i personally think she deserves an Oscar.
AnnaLynne McCord is definitely an actress with a bright career ahead of her.
Billy Zane did a great job in "Demon Kight" and "Only You" but there isn't much to say about his performance in Scorned.
His character was just there like a lifeless corpse.
Viva Bianca, she was in the movie too but it didn't make a difference if she was or not because AnnaLynne McCord totally stole the show.I told my mom to watch this movie and she really enjoyed it.
I totally recommend this movie.
So I don't want to rant too much about this movie, for fear for spoiling it for other people, but I would like to review it before losing my train of thought lol.
Normally I would roll my eyes at the thoughts of another revenge slasher, but considering how pleasantly surprised I was with anna- lynne's last horror 'excision', I thought I'd give this a fair chance.
Don't get me wrong, excision is not for the faint of heart, but it's so odd and so well thought, that I couldn't help but like it.
It was great to see an actress who is fresh out of 90210, help give a name to slightly 'out-of-sorts' horror movies.
Unfortunately I can't say the same about this movie, as much as I was looking toward to it, the disappointment was unavoidable.
Aside from the main couple, the acting was terrible, along with the low- budget gore and special effects.
The plot of very unrealistic, getting worse as it went on and along with the terrible camera work, it was almost unwatchable at times.I tried to like this movie, tried and failed.
If your thinking of watching this movie because you like anna-lynne, in-particular horrors with anna-lynne, I wouldn't waste your time.
SCORNED is no thriller.
Just on one particular event, they make the film psycho kind.
And it is no way a horror at all.
It shows the psycho girl traps her boyfriend, and her one of her friends in the home of his boyfriend.
That's bullshit I rate this movie 1(Awful)..
The Story initially tempted to watch, but it was worthless expense of money and time.Guys if u really want a good psycho movie, go and watch "Misery".
You will like it..
I Liked It. I just finished watching this film, and came here to see what others thought of it.
I'm actually surprised not many liked it.
For sure there were some major plot holes, but I always lean toward the philosophy of suspension of disbelief when I spot these errors, especially in horror films.
So story wise, I do agree with the other commentators that the script could have used a good polish by just about anyone who has read a book.But I do have to recommend the movie for the acting of the lead actress.
I have never seen Anna Lynn McCord in anything, so had no idea if she was any good.
Turns out she was good.
She plays scary psycho fairly well, but not enough for the role to become iconic like Glenn Close as Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction.
But she is young and will probably be able to deliver some sort of outstanding performance in the future.
Anyway I gave it 6/10, but that was mostly because of McCord..
Scorned but not forgiving.
****SPOILERS**** A movie about brutal ravage as well as manipulation by this psycho Sadie, AnnaLynne McCord,whom her cheating boyfriend Kevin played by Billy Zane, sporting a Marlon Brando like " Apocalypse Now" style haircut, whom she discovers through his twitter account is planning to dump her for her best friend Jennifer, Viva Bianca.
Not being that wrapped tight to begin with, Sadie spent the last 10 years in mental hospital for drowning her kid sister, Sadie now plans to get even with Kevin & Jennifer in the most brutal and sadistic way imaginable!
With Kevin inviting Sadie to spend the night with him at his country estate, he seems to be very well taken care of financially, he then plans to lays the news on her about leaving her for Jennifer as smoothly as possible.Not knowing what Sadie knows and plans for him as well as his new found girlfriend, Sadie's best friend, Jennifer Kevin is taken by complete surprise in getting stoned and finding himself tied up in bed and totally helpless.
Things get really hot when Jennifer shows up thinking she'll leave for Europe with that gorgeous hunk of a man, all 280 pounds of him, Kevin who also ends up being held hostage and tortured by Sadie.
During the entire movie no one excepts her victims has a clue to what she's up to and what she's doing.
She escapes by the skin of her teeth in being caught by the police when stopped by them to see if she's harboring an escaped lunatic, Doug Drucker, a battered & bloody Jennifer whom Sadie though that she already murdered suddenly pops out of the bushes to tell them what she did to her and Kevin!
As for Kevin he gets his while trying to hobble to safety, after Sadie busted his ankle, in his motor boat only to get killed in a life and death struggle with Sadie by its propellers!
Making as if she's the victim in her being kidnapped and raped by the escaped lunatic Drucker, whom she also murdered, Sadie gets a clean bill of health from the clueless police!
And as we later see at the end of the movie, after recovering from her wounds, she's back in business again!.
This could have been a better movie so easily..
Decent little Anchor Bay﻿ movie with some twists, and a nicely unfolding story line.
Billy Zane plays what appears to be mostly himself, and the little lost girl from Degrassi is truly all grown up now.
The overall story is good, and most of the acting is good enough, the main plot is unfolded for you really nicely like I said, but there are a lot of big holes in the actual reality of this little movie that some of them just break the movie.
I won't get too much into that I am reviewing the movie, not summarizing it, but a rich man would know how to press the emergency button on his alarm panel on any one of a number of occasions.
So my overall impression of this film is that of a scattered mess that could have been a nice psycho woman scorned story, and I didn't Enjoy most of it because of the holes that would just never be.
I don't really recommend this movie, sorry, but it is not actually good enough for that..
McCord's best movie.
AnneLynne does a great job at playing the twisted psychologically deranged girl in whatever movie she appears in and this movie is no exception.
One minute she's all the sweet and flirty southern girl stereotype the next minute she's a deranged killer, a woman scorned.There was nothing really bad I can say about this movie and the people who don't like it are probably male and don't like it because it has such a strong female lead.
Notice how all the reviewers who are writing this off as a comedy are male.
Women have feelings.As a horror movie fan I felt like Sadie was a character and found myself cheering for her at some points.
The victims were just typical selfish middle class people.
Like Sadie said herself it was hardly his fault all this had happened..
This little Misery update (2 victims instead of 1) could have been better done.Firstly launching straight into the misery stage wasn't right.
Instead there is too much of the "torture" and it loses impact after a while.What's more shocking than all the "torture" is what happened to Billy Zane.
Why did he let himself go like Val Kilmer?
Annalynne McCord does as well as she could have with this material.
The friend looked a bit bored.There is a little twist at the end but it feels a bit lame.
Overall it feels a bit tiresome and not worth the effort..
Agree with the most of the reviewers - McCord is an interesting actor, but this is terrible.It has to be the screenplay.
The bondage and electrocuting were unbelievable, the prisoners were moved around like dolls, the girl got to put on more and more clothes, their escape attempts were laughable, and some random convict was dropped in to pad out the plot.
Finally the back story made a nonsense of the relationship between the two girls.
Almost porn-feature quality.Toward the end it developed a sense of purpose and humour, but even then the writers didn't bother to make it plausible.Only marks are for McCord..
Life With the Marquise de Sadie.
On this website, "Scorned" is listed under the tripartite heading of comedy-crime-horror.
The best match is the horror genre.
But the comedy portion of the film is difficult to discern even at the darkest level of dark comedy.The film's title derives from the scorn felt by a woman named Sadie who learns that her boyfriend, Kevin, is sleeping with her best friend, Jennifer.
Sadie improvises a ghoulish revenge scheme on both her boyfriend and her best friend.
When Jennifer arrives at the home of Kevin and Sadie, she is invited to "follow the rose petals,' along with her little dog named Bootsie.
Little does Jennifer realize what lies ahead along the road strewn with the petals.The actress playing Sadie creates a character worthy of her namesake, the infamous Marquis de Sade.
But the main problem with the film was the excessive violence in Sadie's sadistic acts of torture.
After a while, this film became nauseating, due to the violence.
The defining moment of "Scorn" occurs when an hardened criminal escapes from the local prison and is walking in the vicinity of the home of Sadie while she is torturing her victims.
In the film credits, the convict is known only as "Scary Guy." While hitchhiking, the man is picked up by Sadie.
At that moment, the viewer has great sympathy for one of the characters who is unaware of a portending doom.
And the character for whom we feel sorry is the Scary Guy.