Dekanalog has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to director John Hsu's Taiwanese horror film Detention, which the folks at Fangoria saw last year and named "one of the best horror films of 2020". Dekanalog will be bringing Detention to theatres and virtual cinemas nationwide on October 8th.
Based on a 2017 video game of the same name, Detention is set in 1962 Taiwan, in the midst of the White Terror martial law period. The film tells the story ofÂ
Fang Ray-shin, a female student at the hillside Greenwood High School. Attending counselling with teacher Mr. Chang, they gradually fall in love. It was a dangerous period where sensitive books were banned and free speech was restricted, but Mr. Chang has secretly organized a study group for banned books. One day, Mr. Chang disappears without explanation, and only Ray-shin and her fellow student Chong-ting seem to remember that he ever existed. The two agree to work together to find their missing teacher, but soon find that their school is no longer the familiar world they remember. The building has become an alien land of ghosts and demons, and the two students will be forced to confront a terrible, secret truth if they hope to escape with their lives.
Gingle Wang, Meng-Po Fu, Jing-Hua Tseng, and Cecilia Choi star.
An image from the film can be seen below. We'll keep you updated on Detention as it moves toward its U.S. release date.