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Detention
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52/100
Every rating
Everyone agrees
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 44, highest is Letterboxd on 60.
See the most agreed on films →At Grizzly Lake High School, a serial killer dressed as the school's mascot, a wolf, is terrorizing the students. The film focuses on a group of disparate teenagers, including the unpopular Riley, who find themselves placed in Saturday detention. As the killer's motives seem tied to a series of bizarre urban legends and pop culture phenomena, the students must band together to survive. The narrative is a chaotic mash-up of horror, sci-fi, and comedy, breaking the fourth wall as the characters navigate a reality that seems to be glitching.
Details
- Director
- Joseph Kahn
- Writers
- Joseph Kahn, Mark Palermo
- Studio
- Detention Films
- Released
- 6 April 2012
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $10.0M
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