Detention

Sep 20, 2019

1h 42m

★ 6.7

Back to School...

Overview

In the 1960s, two classmates go looking for their missing friends and teachers, all of whom took part in an illegal book club, only to come face to face with ghosts and deformed monsters that have taken over their school.

Genres

Horror

Mystery

Thriller

Drama

Production Companies

1 Production Film

Lots Home Entertainment

Filmagic Pictures

Gamania Digital Entertainment

Taipei Film Commission

Kaohsiung Film Fund

MandarinVision

Warner Bros. (F.E.)

Detention Trailers

Cast

Fang Ray-Shin

Gingle Wang

Zhang Ming-Hui

Fu Meng-Po

Wei Zhong-Ting

Tseng Jing-Hua

Yin Cui-Han

Cecilia Choi

Instructor Bai

Chu Hung-Chang

Mr. Kao

Liu Yue-Ti

Fang's Mother

Chang Pen-Yu

Fang's Father

Joseph Hsia

Old Wei Zhong-Ting

Yun Chung-Yueh

Sheng

Pan Chin-Yu

Wen-Xiong

Li Kuan-Yi

Zhou Xin

Moon Lee

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