Detention (2011)

As a copycat killer named after movie villain Cinderhella stalks the student body at Grizzly Lake High School, a group of co-eds band together to survive while serving detention.

Director:

Joseph Kahn

Writers:

Joseph Kahn, Mark Palermo

Stars:

Josh Hutcherson, Shanley Caswell, Spencer Locke

4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Alison Woods	...	Taylor Fisher
Logan Stalarow	...	Taylor's Little Brother
Julie Dolan	...	Taylor's Mom
Shanley Caswell	...	Riley Jones
Daniel Negreanu	...	Male News Reporter
Will Wallace	...	Riley's Dad / Doug Jones
Josh Breeding	...	Hipster Thief
Marco Garcia	...	Janitor
Josh Hutcherson	...	Clapton Davis
Mickey River	...	Punk
Jesse Heiman	...	Nerd
Joseph Keane	...	Metro (as Joe Keane)
Percy Daggs III	...	Jock Kid (as Percy Daggs)
Parker Bagley	...	Billy Nolan
Marque Richardson	...	Toby T. (as Marque Richardson II)

Storyline

This comedy/horror movie centers about a group of teens who go to Grizzly Lake High School. When one of their classmates is killed by someone dressed up as 'Cinderhella' (a character from a popular horror movie), they all fall under suspicion, but when they all get detention, they try to work out who it is.

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Plot Keywords:

bully | time machine | high school | body swap | bear | 

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Taglines:

Cancel Your Future

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for bloody violence, crude and sexual content, nudity, language, some teen drinking and drug use

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 April 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Castigo

Filming Locations:

University High School - 11800 Texas Avenue, West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Detention Films (II)

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Film debut of Shanley Caswell.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Taylor Fisher: I'm Taylor Fisher and I'm a bitch - beauty, intelligence, talent, charisma, hoobastank.

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Crazy Credits

Just past six minutes into the film, cast and crew names appear on, and replace the names of, various brand products, while also appearing in or on various items such as broken plaster, money, toilet paper, an iPod, a door placard, a school jacket, a fire alarm, etc.

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Connections

Referenced in The Last Schnitzel (2017)

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Soundtracks

Supergum
Performed by Tobacco

User Reviews

Too cool for school

Actually you might feel this tries so hard to be cool, that it never quite achieves that goal. But is that a criticism? And if you think that the same man who directed this took a hiatus after his last movie (Torque), just because he wanted to find himself and his own style rather than just do one studio movie after the other. The director himself will be the first to tell you how much he despises the movie itself (though I do think he is a bit too hard on himself on "Torque"). Still it's refreshing to see a director not being full of himself. Kudos for that and the movie he made here.

Detention is worth watching a second time. Just to see if you got everything right the first time around. And because of the dialogue. If you want to criticize something, I guess you can say, that every character is fast with a witty response, making them all seem alike. Characters could have been developed a bit better. Still good throughout, with a rather complicated story.