History Film / Tamara

''Tamara'' is a 2005 teen horror film written by Jeffrey Reddick and starring Jenna Dewan, Matthew Marsden, and Chad Faust.

As you can guess, the plot can pretty much be summed up as "''{{Carrie}}'', only with witchcraft and [[{{Gorn}} more gore]]," to the point where it could've served as [[DolledUpInstallment a remake of, or sequel to, that film]] with a few script changes (it [[Film/TheRageCarrie2 wouldn't have been the first time]], either). It can, however, be [[SoBadItsGood quite entertaining]] if you go in with [[MST3KMantra the right mindset]].

''Tamara'' is a 2005 teen horror film written by [[Film/FinalDestination Jeffrey Reddick]] and starring [[Film/StepUp Jenna Dewan]], Matthew Marsden, and Chad Faust.

* FollowTheLeader: A shy, frumpy teenage girl with an {{abusive parent|s}} who [[BeautifulAllAlong just needs a makeover to look beautiful]] is the victim of a prank GoneHorriblyWrong, then goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge with the help of deadly supernatural powers... [[{{Carrie}} now why does that sound familiar?]] It even goes the extra mile by following the ending of the original book rather than that of [[AdaptationDisplacement the more famous film]], [[spoiler:having the villain's rampage be stopped when she mind rapes the SpoiledSweet girl and realizes that she wasn't so bad]].

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Done to [[spoiler:Shawn, Patrick, Kisha, and a cop in order to kill Allison, Tamara's romantic rival]].

* ParentalIncest: Part and parcel of Tamara's... ''troubled'' home life.
* PsychicAssistedSuicide: How Tamara kills Roger and her father.

* SexualKarma: [[GuyOnGuyIsHot What Tamara does]] to Sean and Patrick.

* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: Chloe.

'''''Tamara''''' is a 2005 teen horror film written by [[Film/FinalDestination Jeffrey Reddick]] and starring [[Film/StepUp Jenna Dewan]], Matthew Marsden, and Chad Faust.

* [[spoiler: MenAreTheExpendableGender: The only people besides Tamara to die in the film are the male characters, while Chloe, Allison, and Kisha all live (Kisha is still under Tamara's spell though).]]

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Kisha.
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Roger, Patrick, Shawn and Tamara's father.]]

* CharacterTitle
* ClingyJealousGirl: Tamara, to Bill.

* DeadlyPrank

* HollywoodNerd: Tamara before her resurrection. Also Roger.

* HotWitch: Guess who?

* JerkJock: Sean and Patrick.

* SurferDude: Jesse.

* TheVamp: Tamara, after her resurrection.

* AssholeVictim: Not only does the movie expect us to sympathize with teenagers who bullied a fellow student and then pulled a vicious prank on her, but one of her bullies even insults her ("I'm not throwing my life away because of this loser") immediately after her death.

* AbusiveParents: Tamara's father is an [[TheAlcoholic alcoholic]] who rapes his daughter.

* AssholeVictim: Not only does the movie expect us to sympathize with characters who bullied a fellow student and then pulled a vicious prank on her, but one of her bullies even insults her ("I'm not throwing my life away because of this loser") immediately after her death.

* AssholeVictim

* GuyOnGuyIsHot: Tamara brainwashes Shawn and Patrick into making out and having sex for her enjoyment, so that they can experience what it's like to be in the position of the girls who they exploited for sex. Partially averted in that the two appear to remain fully clothed at least while on screen.

* GuyOnGuyIsHot: Tamara brainwashes Shawn and Patrick into making out and having sex for her enjoyment, so that they can experience what it's like to be in the position of the girls who they exploited for sex.

* MenAreTheExpendableGender: The only people besides Tamara to die in the film are the male characters, while Chloe, Allison, and Kisha all live (Kisha is still under Tamara's spell though).

Problem is, that blow to her head was just the thing to complete Tamara's ritual. She comes BackFromTheDead [[EvilMakeover looking better than ever]], equipped with the power to read and control people's minds and perceptions with only a touch. And she is pissed off.

Problem is, that blow to her head was just the thing to complete Tamara's ritual. She comes BackFromTheDead [[EvilMakeover looking better than ever]], equipped with the power to read and control people's minds and perceptions with only a touch. Oh, and she is pissed off.

* MindRape: Tamara does this to everyone she touches, but special mention goes out to what she does to Roger, forcing him to experience what it's like being BuriedAlive, and to Keisha, exploiting her insecurity over her body. [[BodyHorror It gets graphic.]]
* MonkeyMoralityPose: The quotation the pose comes from is referenced by Roger during his PsychicAssistedSuicide, in which he [[EarAche cuts off an ear]] and [[TongueTrauma the tip of his tongue]] before finally [[EyeScream shoving the box-cutter into his eye]].

* SoftGlass: Averted with [[spoiler:Tamara's father's death]].

* TapOnTheHead: Averted with Tamara, who is killed when she knocks her head on the edge of a table. Played straight when Chloe punches out Keisha, though, and when Allison knocks out Sean.
* TeacherStudentRomance: Tamara wants this with Bill, much to his embarrassment and, later, misfortune.

* VomitIndiscretionShot: Tamara makes Keisha think that she's vomiting to the point where she's coughing up her guts.

!!Tropes:

* SoftGlass: Averted, [[{{Gorn}} oh so brutally]], with [[spoiler:Tamara's father's death]].

Problem is, that blow to her head was just the thing to complete Tamara's ritual. She comes BackFromTheDead [[EvilMakeover looking better than ever]], equipped with the power to read and control people's minds and perceptions with only a touch. Oh, and she is pissed off. Preying on the fears and insecurities of

* HollywoodHomely: The normally gorgeous Jenna Dewan (seen [[http://www.imnotobsessed.com/2012/09/17/channing-and-jenna-dewan-tatum-step-out-in-style/#.UMcjjoPAeSo here]]) playing an unkempt nerd in the first half-hour of the film. They kind of ''had'' to cast a beautiful woman, though, given that the rest of the film calls for Tamara to be not just pretty, but a knockout.