Monday 30 June 2014

Detention (2011) 8/10

Starring : Josh Hutcherson, Shanley Caswell, Spencer Locke, Aaron David Johnson, Walter Perez, Dane Cook
Director : Joseph Kahn
Running Time : 94 mins

A group of school kids that attend Grizzly Lake High School start to find themselves under attack from someone claiming to be Cinderhella, a character from a popular series of horror slasher flicks. When they all get detention, they decide to try and figure out who the killer is, and soon they discover that the truth behind the killings is much more confusing...

This is actually a pretty funny movie that doesn’t go too over the top to garner laughs from its audience, in spite of its over the top premise. The script is sharp and witty, with some knowing nods to popular culture – even pointing out what movies it is ripping off – and, unlike those movie movies by Friedberg and Seltzer, this doesn’t unnecessarily parody anything that isn’t related to the genre it is embracing. Well worth watching if you love your comedy horrors how they’re supposed to be – subtly humorous.

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