Detention
...and deliver us from evil
The year, 1978, in a Catholic school, pupils in detention.Billy is missing from the roll-call.Detention has barely begun, as Billy drops in with some friends.All are armed to the teeth.Billy takes revenge on his classmates for the constant harassment.Morgan, another pupil, still has a reckoning with the senior pastors in connection with sexual abuse.
- Signature
- Tension · Drama · Craft
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Signature profile
Detention reads strongest on Tension, Darkness and Mystery.
Story overview
What It's About
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The year, 1978, in a Catholic school, pupils in detention. Billy is missing from the roll-call. Detention has barely begun, as Billy drops in with some friends. All are armed to the teeth. Billy takes revenge on his classmates for the constant harassment. Morgan, another pupil, still has a reckoning with the senior pastors in connection with sexual abuse.
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- Release date
- Feb 22, 2019
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
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- Language
- English, Portuguese
- Country
- United States of America
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