Blending fictional horrors with historical atrocities is nothing short of an arduous task. If not handled with the care it is deserving of, one that could easily feel exploitative. But from the opening moments of Red Candle Games Detention, it’s clear that the studio has gone to great pains to impart personal pieces of its […]
The post Back to School With Red Candle Games’ Historical Horror ‘Detention’ [Safe Room Podcast] appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.
Joseph Kahn‘s Detention deserves its own club when we talk about underappreciated, before-their-time strokes of brilliance. What an embarrassment of riches in a post-meta Scream world where so few imitators live up to Wes Craven’s redefinition of evolutionary slashers. Yes, initial reception led to negative aggregator scores for numerous reasons — too many subgenres smashed […]
The post “Good Taste Is Not a Democracy”: Slasher-Comedy ‘Detention’ Is Better Than Ever 10 Years Later appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.
Video Game adaptations have long been a tricky, tricky thing to accomplish. Too far removed from the source material, and you earn the fanbase’s ire. Too close to the source material, and you’ll likely alienate newcomers. Many adaptations opt for the former. Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City tries its hand at the latter, attempting to […]
The bar for video game to film adaptations may be dreadfully low, but it’s still quite nice to be able to say John Hsu’s Detention is easily one of the better examples. Based on Red Candle’s excellent 2017 side-scrolling horror game of the same name, Detention delves into a bleak portion of Taiwan’s history to […]
Dekanalog has added the acclaimed Taiwanese festival favorite Detention to their slate this year, and they’ll be releasing the award-winning film in US theatres and virtual cinemas nationwide on October 8. From director John Hsu, the film is based on the 2017 video game. Set in 1962 Taiwan during the White Terror martial law period, Detention tells the story […]