
Freaky(2020)
A mystical, ancient dagger causes a notorious serial killer to magically switch bodies with a 17-year-old girl.


“Cancel Your Future”
As a killer named Cinderhella stalks the student body at the high school in Grizzly Lake, a group of co-eds band together to survive while they're all serving detention.

Shanley Caswell
Riley Jones

Josh Hutcherson
Clapton Davis

Spencer Locke
Ione Foster

Dane Cook
Principal Karl Verge

A.D. Johnson
Sander Sanderson

Walter Perez
Elliot Fink

Erica Shaffer
Sloan Foster

Yves Bright
Mr. Kendall

Parker Bagley
Billy Nolan

Tiffany Boone
Mimi
Detention is a horror, comedy, science fiction film released in 2012 exploring themes of high school, murder, slasher, horror spoof, detention, bewildered. Directed by Joseph Kahn, it stars Shanley Caswell, Josh Hutcherson, Spencer Locke. As a killer named Cinderhella stalks the student body at the high school in Grizzly Lake, a group of co-eds band together to survive while they're all serving detention.
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