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The 10 Most WTF Moments from Horror-Comedy “Detention”

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10 years ago

September 7, 2014

If the acronym WTF manifested itself into a movie, it might look something like the 2011 horror-comedy Detention, starring Josh Hutcherson. Detention is the story of a killer mimicking the one from a popular movie-within-the-movie called Cinderhella as he or she terrorizes the students of a small-town high school. Sounds normal enough, eh? Just peruse these 10 WTF moments and you’ll understand (mild SPOILERS ahead).

10. The first character we see identifies herself as a BITCH. Not bitch in a derogatory sense, but BITCH meaning Beauty, Intelligence, Talent, Charisma, and Hoobastank. Yes, the band. She is promptly murdered.

9. Our heroine, Riley, hates the world and is down on her luck. See? On her way to school one morning, she is casually robbed of her iPod in broad daylight by a knife-wielding hipster in a Sigur Ros T-shirt (which he stole, of course). They exchange words, and Riley continues on her way minus her iPod shuffle, as if this kind of laid back thievery were an everyday occurrence.

8. The killer wears a tiara. Need I say more?

7. In the movie-within-the-movie, Cinderhella II, the killer has set up a Saw-like trap wherein a prom queen must dig a shoe out of her abdomen. Her biggest protest during this? She worked so hard in pilates to get her stomach toned, and her muscles are too tight to allow for adequate stabbing/digging.

6. In science class, students are actually tasked with building a time machine. For real—the teacher has asked the students to legitimately build a machine that travels through time, and their grades depend on it.

5. Over the years, killers in horror movies have had to improvise or get a bit clever when it comes to the weapons they use to dispatch their victims. This one has decided to use a ceiling fan, because why not?

4. When you wish upon a star, your mother gets abducted by aliens.

3. Ash’s chainsaw hand in Army of Darkness is legendary in the horror genre. Not so legendary is the kid who needed to wear a TV set on his hand to hide a strange deformity. “TV Hand! TV Hand! TV Hand,” his classmates taunted. Kids can be so cruel.

2. A football player becomes choked up during a game and vomits on a teammate. Oh, and his vomit is made of acid. And it dissolves his teammate’s helmet.

1. Throughout the film there are title screens that act like chapter names or descriptions for characters’ back stories. One such title featured a combination of words I never thought I’d see in my life: The Disturbing Abduction of the Time-Traveling Bear. Allow the following picture to give you a visual:

For these and many, many more WTF moments, sign in for Detention, now available to stream on Netflix. Watch the trailer below to whet your appetite.

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Netflix Releases First BTS ‘Fear Street: Prom Queen’ Footage

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5 hours ago

April 30, 2024

Timothy Rawles

It’s been three long years since Netflix unleashed the bloody, but enjoyable Fear Street on its platform. Released in a tryptic fashion, the streamer broke up the story into three episodes, each taking place in a different decade which by the finale were all tied together.

Now, the streamer is in production for its sequel Fear Street: Prom Queen which brings the story into the 80s. Netflix gives a synopsis of what to expect from Prom Queen on their blog site Tudum:

“Welcome back to Shadyside. In this next installment of the blood-soaked Fear Street franchise, prom season at Shadyside High is underway and the school’s wolfpack of It Girls is busy with its usual sweet and vicious campaigns for the crown. But when a gutsy outsider is unexpectedly nominated to the court, and the other girls start mysteriously disappearing, the class of ’88 is suddenly in for one hell of a prom night.”

Based on R.L. Stine’s massive series of Fear Street novels and spin-offs, this chapter is number 15 in the series and was published in 1992.

FEAR STREET: PROM QUEEN IS NOW IN PRODUCTION 🩸 Welcome to Shadyside High. We're gonna have a killer time. pic.twitter.com/jDl0zRa2CH
— Netflix (@netflix) April 30, 2024

Fear Street: Prom Queen features a killer ensemble cast, including India Fowler (The Nevers, Insomnia), Suzanna Son (Red Rocket, The Idol), Fina Strazza (Paper Girls, Above the Shadows), David Iacono (The Summer I Turned Pretty, Cinnamon), Ella Rubin (The Idea of You), Chris Klein (Sweet Magnolias, American Pie), Lili Taylor (Outer Range, Manhunt) and Katherine Waterston (The End We Start From, Perry Mason).

No word on when Netflix will drop the series into its catalog.

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Live Action Scooby-Doo Reboot Series In Works at Netflix

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6 hours ago

April 30, 2024

Timothy Rawles

The ghosthunting Great Dane with an anxiety problem, Scooby-Doo, is getting a reboot and Netflix is picking up the tab. Variety is reporting that the iconic show is becoming an hour-long series for the streamer although no details have been confirmed. In fact, Netflix execs declined to comment.

If the project is a go, this would be the first live-action movie based on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon since 2018’s Daphne & Velma. Before that, there were two theatrical live-action movies, Scooby-Doo (2002) and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004), then two sequels that premiered on The Cartoon Network.

Currently, the adult-oriented Velma is streaming on Max.

Scooby-Doo originated in 1969 under the creative team Hanna-Barbera. The cartoon follows a group of teenagers who investigate supernatural happenings. Known as Mystery Inc., the crew consists of Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, and Shaggy Rogers, and his best friend, a talking dog named Scooby-Doo.

Normally the episodes revealed the hauntings they encountered were hoaxes developed by land-owners or other nefarious characters hoping to scare people away from their properties. The original TV series named Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! ran from 1969 to 1986. It was so successful that movie stars and pop culture icons would make guest appearances as themselves in the series.

Celebrities such as Sonny & Cher, KISS, Don Knotts, and The Harlem Globetrotters made cameos as did Vincent Price who portrayed Vincent Van Ghoul in a few episodes.

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BET Releasing New Original Thriller: The Deadly Getaway

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7 hours ago

April 30, 2024

Cameron McFarland

BET will soon be offering horror fans a rare treat. The studio has announced the official release date for their new original thriller, The Deadly Getaway. Directed by Charles Long (The Trophy Wife), this thriller sets up a heart racing game of cat and mouse for audiences to sink their teeth into.

Wanting to break up the monotony of their routine, Hope and Jacob set off to spend their vacation at a simple cabin in the woods. However, things go sideways when Hope’s ex-boyfriend shows up with a new girl at the same campsite. Things soon spiral out of control. Hope and Jacob must now work together to escape the woods with their lives.

The Deadly Getaway is written by Eric Dickens (Makeup X Breakup) and Chad Quinn (Reflections of US). The Film stars, Yandy Smith-Harris (Two Days in Harlem), Jason Weaver (The Jacksons: An American Dream), and Jeff Logan (My Valentine Wedding).

Showrunner Tressa Azarel Smallwood had the following to say about the project. “The Deadly Getaway is the perfect reintroduction to classic thrillers, which encompass dramatic twists, and spine-chilling moments. It showcases the range and diversity of emerging Black writers across genres of film and television.”

The Deadly Getaway will premiere on 5.9.2024, exclusively ion BET+.