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Dismissed

Dismissed

He would kill for a good grade.

20176.51h 27m

Overview

A straight-edged teacher finds trouble when an honors student is willing to do anything to get an A.

Directed by Benjamin Arfmann
Written by Brian McAuley
Produced by Raphael Margules, J.D. Lifshitz
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Top Cast

Dylan Sprouse

Dylan Sprouse

Lucas Ward

Kent Osborne

Kent Osborne

Mr. Butler

Rae Gray

Rae Gray

Becca Vaughn

Randall Park

Randall Park

Mr. Sheldon

Brooke Dillman

Brooke Dillman

Valerie Lohman

Matthew J. Evans

Matthew J. Evans

Alex

Mark Kelly

Mark Kelly

Detective Speck

Mitchell Edwards

Mitchell Edwards

Chris

Victoria Zeutzius

Victoria Zeutzius

Paige

Robert Longstreet

Robert Longstreet

Paul Garrett

Themes & Keywords

high school teachernarcissistsadistic psychopathcold blooded killerblackmail victimbitter

About Dismissed

Dismissed is a horror, thriller film released in 2017 exploring themes of high school teacher, narcissist, sadistic psychopath, cold blooded killer, blackmail victim, bitter. Directed by Benjamin Arfmann, it stars Dylan Sprouse, Kent Osborne, Rae Gray. A straight-edged teacher finds trouble when an honors student is willing to do anything to get an A.

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