timespace coordinates: 2011 – 1992 California
An apocalyptic fantasy, horror, science fiction, action- thriller, body swapping, time-traveling teen romantic comedy starring Josh Hutcherson, Dane Cook, Shanley Caswell and Spencer Locke. Detention follows the local students of Grizzly Lake as they survive their final year of high school. Bringing even more angst to student life, a slasher killer has chosen their high school as his new home of slaughter. It becomes a race against time to stop the killer, which will in turn save the world – if only they can get out of detention. (rt)
“Insane, Hyperkinetic, Next Level Filmmaking.”
“(…) for pop-culture pilgrims intent on discovering an underground prize, look no further.”
“Smart, funny, and equally full of splatstick violence and heart, Detention isn’t just next-level horror–it’s next level everything, a senses-altering reaffirmation of cinema.“
“a shockingly meaningful, potent film about the nature of meaninglessness and its damning effects on the younger generation”
“manic throwback horror comedy for the Twitter generation.”
“time traveling teen pop culture comedy Detention is a runaway freight train of frenetic energy!”
“is Scream meets Scott Pilgrim with a dash or two of Kaboom, it makes for one wild cocktail.”
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