Detention
2011 · Movie · R · 93 min · ★ 5.6 · 44% critics
A masked killer stalks a small-town high school, pushing a mismatched group of students into an uneasy alliance while they’re stuck in detention. As the night spirals into a frantic mix of scares and jokes, they scramble to stay alive amid nonstop pop-culture riffs and chaotic surprises.
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Details
- Years
- 2011
- Release date
- 2012-04-06
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Critic score
- 44/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.6/10 (415 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a hyper, self-aware teen slasher comedy packed with rapid-fire references and weird detours, like a mashup of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The Final Girls; Not for you if you want straightforward scares or a clear, focused plot.
Pros: fast-paced genre mashup; lots of jokes; energetic performances | Cons: messy, confusing story; humor hit-or-miss; low real tension
Themes
- high school
- murder
- slasher
- horror spoof
- detention
- bewildered
Cast & crew
Shanley Caswell
as Riley Jones
Josh Hutcherson
as Clapton Davis
Spencer Locke
as Ione Foster
Dane Cook
as Principal Karl Verge
A.D. Johnson
as Sander Sanderson
Walter Perez
as Elliot Fink
Erica Shaffer
as Sloan Foster
Yves Bright
as Mr. Kendall
Parker Bagley
as Billy Nolan
Tiffany Boone
as Mimi
Directed by Joseph Kahn