Detention (2019)

Original title

返校

Directed by

John Hsu

Genre

horror film

Country

Taiwan

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

IIB

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 115 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two students are trapped in their high school at night during Taiwan's White Terror period. They try to escape while searching for their missing teacher, encountering ghosts and facing a grim truth about their situation.

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What happens

Detention (Chinese: 返校) is a 2019 Taiwanese supernatural psychological horror film directed by John Hsu and based on the popular horror video game of same name developed by Red Candle Games. Set in 1962 during Taiwan's White Terror period, two students are trapped at their hillside high school at night. While trying to escape and find their missing teacher, they encounter ghosts and the dark truth of their fate. The film was not released in mainland China due to a ban, but enjoyed strong box office success in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and South Korea; the film was also selected in the official section of the 2020 International Film Festival Rotterdam. A TV series of the same name aired in 2020 on PTS and Netflix. The TV series is also based on the video game, but features a different story from the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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