An official website has launched for Joseph Kahn’s (‘Torque’) time travelling slasher flick ‘Detention’ along with news on an official release date too! Woooo! Samuel Goldwyn Films will be releasing ‘Detention’ to a small selection of theatres from 13 April and stars Josh Hutcherson (‘The Hunger Games’), Shanley Caswell, Spencer Locke and Dane Cook. MTV have also revealed a new exclusive clip from the fresh horror feature which has been described in the same vein as ‘Scream’ with elements of ‘Back to the Future’ and classic John Hughes films. Check out which theatres will be showing the movie along with the clip, which is only available to our US readers, below.
“The film follows a 17-year-old who is given detention on the night of her prom. Over the course of the night her friends are murdered by a fictional horror movie icon. It’s said to be in the vein of Scream with elements of Back to the Future (time travel is involved) and classic John Hughes teen films from the 80’s.”
‘Detention’ will be showing at the following theatres:
– Atlanta Southlake Pavillion
– Boston Boston Commons
– Chicago River East
– Houston Studio 30
– Los Angeles Burbank 16
– Miami Aventura
– New York Empire
– San Diego Mission Valley
– San Francisco Metreon
– Seattle Pacific Place
‘Detention’ Artwork
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