Detention (1998)
- Directed by
- Andy Anderson
- Genre
- drama, comedy, horror
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 9 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A traumatized substitute teacher takes a job at a chaotic high school. After violent incidents with students go unpunished, he kidnaps seven troublemakers and locks them in cages at his remote property. He then starts a brutal lesson in discipline.
tensebleakdisturbingslow-burnunsettlingdarkly comiccerebral
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