The Tortured is a 2010 mystery horror-thriller film directed by Robert Lieberman

Robert Lieberman

Robert Lieberman is a Canadian director of movies and television series.-Biography:Lieberman was the founder of the legendary west coast commercial production company Harmony Pictures and has directed close to two thousand commercials, many of them winning awards. He has received countless Clio...

 and written by Marek Posival

Marek Posival

Marek Posival is a Czech Canadian screenwriter, producer, actor and film director.-Biography:Posival was born in Prague and emigrated to Toronto...

.

Plot

The film tells the story of a couple whose life is broken when a serial killer kidnaps their only son and kills him. The psychotic wife blames her husband. In order to obtain revenge, the couple kidnap and torture the serial killer.

Cast

• Chelah Horsdal
  Chelah Horsdal
  Chelah Horsdal is a Canadian actress and model.-Life and career:She grew up in the Kitsilano neighbourhood of Vancouver with her mother, Lindsay. Her father is the folk singer Valdy...
  
   as Liane Strader
• Erika Christensen
  Erika Christensen
  Erika Jane Christensen is an American actress whose film appearances include Traffic , Swimfan , How to Rob a Bank , and The Perfect Score , among others. She also co-starred in the short-lived drama Six Degrees on ABC...
  
   as Elise
• Jesse Metcalfe
  Jesse Metcalfe
  Jesse Eden Metcalfe is an American actor, best known for his role on Desperate Housewives as John Rowland. He is also notable for his portrayal of Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald on the soap opera Passions and his starring role as the title character in the movie John Tucker Must Die.-Early life:Metcalfe...
  
   as Craig
• Bill Moseley
  Bill Moseley
  William "Bill" Moseley is an American film actor and musician who has starred in a number of cult classic horror films, including House of 1000 Corpses, Repo! The Genetic Opera and The Devil's Rejects. His first big role was in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 as Chop Top...
  
   as Kozlowski
• Aaron Pearl as Father
• Viv Leacock as Officer Patterson
• Yee Jee Tsoa as Dr. Scanlan
• Darryl Scheelar as Officer Alvarez
• Thomas Greenwood as Ben
• Peter Abrams as Judge Stanley
• Stephen Millera as Dr. Locke
• Donita Dyer as Mrs. Holden

Production

The Twisted Pictures stars Erika Christensen

Erika Christensen

Erika Jane Christensen is an American actress whose film appearances include Traffic , Swimfan , How to Rob a Bank , and The Perfect Score , among others. She also co-starred in the short-lived drama Six Degrees on ABC...

, Bill Moseley

Bill Moseley

William "Bill" Moseley is an American film actor and musician who has starred in a number of cult classic horror films, including House of 1000 Corpses, Repo! The Genetic Opera and The Devil's Rejects. His first big role was in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 as Chop Top...

 and Jesse Metcalfe

Jesse Metcalfe

Jesse Eden Metcalfe is an American actor, best known for his role on Desperate Housewives as John Rowland. He is also notable for his portrayal of Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald on the soap opera Passions and his starring role as the title character in the movie John Tucker Must Die.-Early life:Metcalfe...

 in the leads. It based on the screenplay Act of Redress by Czech screenwriter Marek Posival and was directed by Rob Lieberman. The scenes of Paz Fuels truck stop was shot in Langley, British Columbia

Langley, British Columbia (city)

The City of Langley is a municipality in Metro Vancouver. It lies directly east of the City of Surrey, adjacent to Cloverdale, and surrounded on the north, east and south by Township of Langley.-History:...

 and the others scenes in Vancouver, British Columbia. Mark Burg

Mark Burg

Mark Burg is an American film producer and actor, perhaps best known for his work on the SAW series of films and on the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men.-Career:...

, Oren Koules

Oren Koules

Oren Koules is an American entertainment industry and professional sports industry executive. He was president of Evolution Entertainment, producer of the Saw film series...

, Carl Mazzocone and Marek Posival

Marek Posival

Marek Posival is a Czech Canadian screenwriter, producer, actor and film director.-Biography:Posival was born in Prague and emigrated to Toronto...

 produced the film for Twisted Light Productions. In minor roles played Zak Santiago

Zak Santiago

Zak Santiago is a Canadian actor and Disc-jockey.Santiago was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. He has appeared in many television shows, including Young Blades, Smallville, Robson Arms, Flight 93 and The L Word...

, Lynn Colliar

Lynn Colliar

-Biography:Colliar was born in Scotland and grew up in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia. She is a graduate of Terry Fox Secondary and went on to SFU where she graduated with a degree in biology...

, Chelah Horsdal

Chelah Horsdal

Chelah Horsdal is a Canadian actress and model.-Life and career:She grew up in the Kitsilano neighbourhood of Vancouver with her mother, Lindsay. Her father is the folk singer Valdy...

 and Fulvio Cecere

Fulvio Cecere

-Early life:Born to Italian parents, he attended Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles, but after one year he realized that acting, not law, was his true calling. He took acting classes at UCLA and starred in a wide array of television and feature film parts over the next few years...

. The role of Kozlowski was originally planned with Charlie Sheen

Charlie Sheen

Carlos Irwin Estevez , better known by his stage name Charlie Sheen, is an American film and television actor. He is the youngest son of actor Martin Sheen....

, but he left the project 30 June 2008.

Release

Eclectic Film Sales released the film on November 8, 2009 over the American Film Market

American Film Market

The American Film Market is a film industry event held each year at the beginning of November in Santa Monica, California. About 8,000 people attend the eight day event to network and to sell and acquire films...

. It has his European career as part of the 2010 FrightFest. The UK DVD and Blu-Ray release is set for the August 30, 2010.