On this website, "Scorned" is listed under the tripartite heading of comedy-crime-horror. The best match is the horror genre. There is also a seemingly endless spate of crimes committed. 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. It was far too gruesome to extract teeth, place a hand in a vice, and use electric shock on the eyes of her victims. It is odd that the filmmakers would not rein in the long string of acts of revenge. 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.
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. It was far too gruesome to extract teeth, place a hand in a vice, and use electric shock on the eyes of her victims. It is odd that the filmmakers would not rein in the long string of acts of revenge. 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.