Detention of the Dead
“When there's no more room in Hell, the dead will go to DETENTION!”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 62, rated by 1 admin.
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Detention becomes more serious when the school fills with zombies. The familiar collection of student stereotypes has to cooperate before the class is permanently dismissed. The crossover premise offers easy group commentary, although weak jokes and limited creature work make this one for forgiving teen-horror completists.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 6.5/10
- Plot
- 7.5/10
- Effects
- 6/10
- Dialogue
- 5.5/10
- Rewatchability
- 5.5/10
“The permanent record has become the least of their problems.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 62
Synopsis and movie facts
A group of oddball high school students find themselves trapped in detention with their classmates having turned into a horde of Zombies.
- Released
- 2012
- Directed by
- Alex Craig Mann
- Running time
- 87 min
Starring
- Alexa Nikolas as Willow
- Christa B. Allen as Janet
- Jayson Blair as Brad
- Justin Chon as Ash
- Max Adler as Jimmy
- Joseph Porter as Mark
- Michele Messmer as Mrs. Rumblethorp
- Jonathan Coogan as Guidance Counselor Zombie
Research behind this pick
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- Film reference · themoviedb.org
TMDB identity and credits retrieved on 2026-11-10: Detention of the Dead (2012), directed by Alex Craig Mann. The importer rechecks identity, poster, synopsis, release date, runtime, genres and cast against live metadata.
- Review · hollywoodreporter.com
The Hollywood Reporter criticises the stock characters, predictable siege structure, limited effects and shortage of effective comedy; this is the film review, not the earlier stage-play review. Full review text consulted on 2026-11-10.
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