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Berkshire County (alternate title: Tormented) is a Canadian Horror Thriller Movie by Audrey Cummings.

Kylie Winters (Alysa King) is a teenage girl who's being bullied by all her classmates because of an online video of her giving Marcus (Aaron Chartland) a blowjob at a Halloween Party the night before. Tonight, she's scheduled to babysit the children of the Harrisons in Berkshire County, and expects it to be an uneventful night looking after young Phoebe (Madison Ferguson) and Sam (Cristophe Gallander).

In the night, a young boy in a pig-faced mask arrives at the door trick-or-treating. Once she steps out of the house, however, she's attacked by someone in another pig mask, and discovers there's three of them, and they've come with malicious intent in mind. So now, Kylie has to protect herself and her young charges from them.

The movie was released on October 5th, 2014.


Berkshire County contains examples of:

  • Asshole Victim: Marcus gets stabbed through the torso with a pitchfork.
  • Bait-and-Switch: When Kylie tries to get a lift from Marcus to escape from the intruders, she tells them about them. He then asks "Why do you think I came all the way out here?", only to laugh a few seconds later.
  • Batter Up!: Kylie grabs a baseball bat to use against the intruders after being told by Barbara to arm herself. Sadly, she doesn't get a chance to use it against them as a weapon.
  • Big Fancy House: Kylie is quite impressed by the Harrison residence when she sees it. It's quite big house, with a big round tower in the center, which the kids seem to use as their bedroom.
  • Bound and Gagged: Kylie finds people tied up and gagged in the back of the intruders' van. She also ends up like this late in the movie.
  • Choke Holds: Kylie uses one on the child intruder since she doesn't have it in her to hurt a kid.
  • Cruel Twist Ending: Kylie has killed the adult intruders, is recovering in the hospital, and got the child intruder the chance to have a normal childhood. However, the kid is taken by a guy who's in league with the intruders. When Kylie comes to, she sees everyone in the hospital but her is dead, and there are pig-masked killers in the building with her.
  • Empathy Doll Shot: After hearing Phoebe scream, Kylie runs to where she's supposed to be, and finds her teddy bear on the ground.
  • Enfant Terrible: One of the intruders is a child who, when he's not sitting in the van eating candy and listening to the police radio, is just as willing to go along with the murder spree as the adults are.
  • False Friend: Barbara.
  • Instant Humiliation: Just Add YouTube!: Kylie discovers a video of her sucking Marcus off at the party, and is immediately bullied and laughed at by her peers.
  • Jump Scare: The kids are fond of leaping out at Kylie and scaring her.
  • Malevolent Masked Man: Well, two malevolent masked people, and a malevolent masked boy, but they all wear masks and are killers.
  • My Car Hates Me: More like the intruders' van hates Kylie. When she tries to start it up in hopes of escaping, the engine just refuses to start.
  • Over-the-Shoulder Carry: Kylie sees one of the intruders doing this with Sam.
  • The Place: Berkshire County is the name of where the bulk of the movie takes place.
  • Prank Call: While Kylie is babysitting, the phone rings. She answers it, and is asked if her refrigerator is running. She immediately knows it's a prank.
  • Rule of Three: There are three masked individuals attacking Kylie and the kids. Also, the address of the house is 3 Mendoro Road.
  • Sackhead Slasher: One of the intruders's pig masks looks like it was made out of a burlap sack.
  • Sexy Whatever Outfit: At the start of the movie, Kylie is wearing a sexy Red Riding Hood dress at a party.
  • Shower of Angst: Kylie has one when she gets home from school after being bullied by all her classmates.
  • Sinister Swine: The killers targeting Kylie in the house all wear pig masks. One of them looks like he fashioned his pig mask out of a burlap sack.
  • Slashed Throat: One of the intruders kills a police officer by slitting his throat.
  • Slut-Shaming: Kylie is made fun of at school because of the video of her sucking off Marcus.
  • Teens Are Monsters: Kylie gets no support from any of her classmates. Just bullying and Slut-Shaming.
  • Wham Line: Barbara delivers one when she says the police are looking for her.
    Barbara: But they'll never find you, because all of your calls were rerouted to my radio.
  • Wham Shot: The kid intruder being taken by a man who says he's there for him. Then we see he has the same symbol on his arm that the kid has, revealing he's also a murderer.
  • Would Hurt a Child: Kylie, a teenage girl, along with the children under her charge, are being targeted by a trio of pig-masked psychopaths.

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