Detention (2011 film)
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Director Joseph Kahn Duration Language English | 5.8/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date March 13, 2011 (2011-03-13) (SXSW)
April 13, 2012 (2012-04-13) Writer Joseph Kahn, Mark Palermo Executive producers Josh Hutcherson, Clayton Reaser, Bob Abramoff, David Kang, Vernon Reaser Music director Melissa Reese, Brain Mantia Cast Josh Hutcherson (Clapton Davis), Dane Cook (Principal Verge), Spencer Locke (Ione), Parker Bagley (Billy Nolan), Jesse Heiman (Nerd), Kate Kelton (Madison)Similar movies Bloody Moon , I Spit on Your Grave III: Vengeance is Mine , W Delta Z , Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker , Mad Max: Fury Road , Halloween Tagline Cancel Your Future | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detention film 2011 sxsw
Detention is a 2011 American satirical horror film directed by Joseph Kahn, and co-written with Mark Palermo. The film premiered March 2011 in Austin, Texas at SXSW. Detention stars Josh Hutcherson, Dane Cook, Spencer Locke, Shanley Caswell, Walter Perez, Organik and Erica Shaffer. Produced by Richard Weager and MaryAnne Tanedo.
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Plot
A serial killer known as Cinderhella is on the loose and preying on Grizzly Lake High's student body. The principal is certain Cinderhella is a disgruntled student at the school and puts the likely suspects - including suicidal Riley, self-absorbed Ione, and hipster Clapton - in all-day (10:00 AM–10:00 PM) detention on prom night. Potentially trapped in a room with a murderer, Riley, Ione, and Clapton are forced to work together to stop Cinderhella from killing again, unaware that they're dealing with sinister supernatural forces
Production
Financed largely by Joseph Kahn himself, principal photography began in Los Angeles, California in August 2010 and finished shooting October 2010. The Director of Photography, Christopher Probst, shot the film digitally on Red Ones. The production set visual effects supervisor is Chris Watts and post production visual effects supervision by Ingenuity Engine in Hollywood, California. Production Design for the film was by veteran music video and commercial designer, Marcelle Gravel.
Release
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions acquired this film's worldwide distribution rights, and opened the film on April 13, 2012 in select US theaters. A Canadian release followed on April 27.
The film was released via DVD and Blu-ray on July 31, 2012.
Reception
The film received mixed reviews, maintaining a 38% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 39 reviews, and 46% from audiences. On the similar site, Metacritic, the film has a rating of 45/100.
Accolades
Detention won the Youth Jury Prize at the 2011 Seattle International Film Festival. The film also won L’Écran Fantastique Prize 2011 at Montreal's Fantasia Film Festival as well as the Midnight Extreme Award at Spain's Sitges. London's Frightfest gave it the Biggest Surprise Award and organizer Alan Jones named Detention as his overall favorite film of the festival in 2011. Critic Devin Faraci called Detention "Insane, Hyperkinetic, Next Level Filmmaking." Drew McWeeny of Hitfix described it a "manic throwback horror comedy for the Twitter generation." Quint of Aint-It-Cool-News raved "time traveling teen pop culture comedy Detention is a runaway freight train of frenetic energy!" Renn Brown of CHUD said "Detention may very well be completely brilliant (5 of 5 stars)." Kevin Sommerfield from Slasher Studios also gave it a glowing review stating the film "is Scream meets Scott Pilgrim with a dash or two of Kaboom, it makes for one wild cocktail."
References
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