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Detention of the Dead
The film follows misfit high-school students who must learn to work together for survival after becoming locked in detention with their classmates having turned into a horde of Zombies.
2 February 1981, Oxford, Mississippi, USA
17 January 1986, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
9 December 1990, Michigan, USA
4 April 1992, Chicago, Illinois, USA
May 31, 2012
It hits way more than it misses, and there are some truly shining moments strewn throughout the flick to keep even the hungriest of gorehounds satisfied.
June 30, 2013
The easiest and most honest line on Detention of the Dead is that it's better than it has any reasonable right or need to be, given its aims.
October 12, 2013
This kind of fodder has been handled better in films like "Dance of the Dead," and "Shaun of the Dead."
July 01, 2013
Detention Of The Dead is a silly zom-com with plenty of funny high school stereotypes worth taking a bite out of, which our zombies do every chance they get.
June 20, 2013
While it features some pleasing tech credits and an engaged cast, the effort swings too wildly from sensitivity to slapstick, resulting in a disagreeably disorienting viewing experience.
June 27, 2013
Is there anything worse than a horror movie that isn't scary? Yes - a horror-comedy that's neither scary nor funny.