Study Hell (2007)

A high school teacher reaches the end of his patience and turns into a lethal murderer. As a former army man, he draws on all his experience as a trained killer, and only the kids in detention are left to stop his bloody murder spree.

Director:

Mark McNabb

Writer:

Jeff McArthur

Stars:

Lindsay Dell, Brian Austin Jr., Stephen McDougall

Cast

Credited cast:
Lindsay Dell	...	Denise
Brian Austin Jr.	...	Todd
Stephen McDougall	...	Don Keller
Shaylin Doyle
Ryan Fisher	...	Matt Jones
Michael Henry	...	Greg
Paul Pinel	...	Will
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Randy Cunningham	...	Greg's Friend

Storyline

Don Keller is a retired army captain turned high school professor. The day to day pressures from his principal and students are almost too much to handle and when he reaches his breaking point, the unimaginable happens as he transforms from a mild mannered teacher into a highly trained psycho killer.

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Plot Keywords:

psycho thriller | teenage | detention | slasher | veteran | 

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Taglines:

School's Out FORVER.

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

R

User Reviews

Trash but watchable for the lols

This is a film I actively searched out. At the time of this review its very hard to find on DVD at a reasonable price online and there's no blu ray release unsurprisingly. Just to give you an idea of online prices the lowest ive seen it for with the U.S. release is around 15 dollars which is pricey for a used film thats only a little of 10 years old. There is a german release but from what ive seen its lower quality and I dont think it's playable in the U.S. For a brief synopsis avoiding spoilers, the film follows these students in detention and the teacher watching them eventually gets fed up and he uses his previous war time experience to hunt down the students. In my opinion the acting is subpar and at times dreadful. The teacher who served in the military also has PTSD but the PTSD turns him into a worse slasher Rambo which doesn't make sense. Also all of the characters in the detention hall feel like their from the Breakfast Club and even has direct line and scene rips. At least the film looks good, just kidding, it looks like it was recorded on the cheapest camera ever, its worse than any B-movie cinematography like anything is better than this and after hearing the German release has worse quality I don't even know how that's possible. I have also heard a few rumors for why this film is so hard to find, first someone from the cast or production team destroyed copies and the other story i heard is a lot of copies were accidently destroyed or misplaced, I find both of these very unlikely. In my personal opinion there are two more likely scenarios, the first is that the release was limited especially with how low the budget seems during viewing and my other thought is this is a forgotten film, people probably have copies somewhere of this movie but theyve just forgotten about owning this film or just having a lying around not knowing its worth a small but high price for a recent film. I got my own copy from a dvd sale for a single dollar. I think thats a fair price for the film since its super below average and not worth buying unless you want to laugh at a really bad film. The other thing that's lame is I can't find a streaming service where it's free and it's not even available on YouTube.

Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 October 2007 (Canada)

Also Known As:

I mathitria tis Kolasis

Company Credits

Production Co:

402 Films, Rigtown Pictures, Skylight Films

Technical Specs

Color:

Color (NTSC Color)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1