
Vulgar, taunting texts blow up the phones of a teen and her boyfriend. Who's sending them — and why? This twisty documentary reveals the shocking answer.


“It's not what you think.”
Journalist David Farrier stumbles upon a mysterious tickling competition online. As he delves deeper he comes up against fierce resistance, but that doesn’t stop him getting to the bottom of a story stranger than fiction.

David Farrier
Himself

Dylan Reeve
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David Starr
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Hal Karp
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Marko Realmonte
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Kevin Clarke
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T.J. Gretzner
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Richard Ivey
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Debbie Scoblionkov
Herself
Jordan Schillaci
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Tickled is a documentary film released in 2016 exploring themes of journalist, sports, secret identity, fetish, fetishism, bullying. Directed by David Farrier, it stars David Farrier, Dylan Reeve, David Starr. Journalist David Farrier stumbles upon a mysterious tickling competition online. As he delves deeper he comes up against fierce resistance, but that doesn’t stop him getting to the bottom of a story stranger than fiction.
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