Movies like Detention 2011

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Detention (2011)
 5.6
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Detention (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: As a killer named Cinderhella stalks the student body at the high school in Grizzly Lake, a group of co-eds band together to survive while they're all serving detention.
Style: slasher, horror comedy, semi serious, dark comedy, offbeat, suspense, suspenseful, bleak, psychological, funny ...
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, dark humor, youth, time machine, survival, imaginary, social relations, suicide attempt, cheerleader, murder, prom, serial killer, love triangle, delusion, on the run, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, secretly observing, school, supernatural, guts, high school life, small town, alien encounter, teenager, time loop ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, year 1998, year 1992, year 2008, year 2003, year 2005 ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out slasher, horror comedy, scary and dark comedy films with plots about blood, teenager, gore, murder, serial killer, violence and death mostly in Horror, Comedy and Thriller genres. Some movies like Detention: Freaks of Nature (2015), Idle Hands (1999), You Might Be the Killer (2018), Scream (1996), Tormented (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Freaks of Nature (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In the town of Dillford, humans, vampires and zombies were all living in peace - until the alien apocalypse arrived. Now three teenagers-one human, one vampire, and one zombie-have to team up to figure out how to get rid of the visitors.
Style: funny, parody, humorous, horror comedy, semi serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: zombie, vampire, small town, high school, nerd, alien, supernatural, humanity, alien invasion, monster, save the day, ufo ...
Time: year 2016, 21st century
Place: usa
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100%
 6.2
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Idle Hands (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Anton is a cheerful but exceedingly non-ambitious 17-year-old stoner who lives to stay buzzed, watch TV, and moon over Molly, the beautiful girl who lives next door. However, it turns out that the old cliché about idle hands being the devil's ...
Style: slasher, humorous, scary, suspense, dark comedy ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: halloween, supernatural, stoner, macabre, high school, youth, ghost, murder, dark humor, teenager, weed, best friend ...
Time: 90s
Place: utah
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
You Might Be the Killer (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Counselors are being killed off at summer camp, and Sam (Fran Kranz) is stuck in the middle of it. Instead of contacting the cops, he calls his friend and slasher-film expert (Alyson Hannigan) to discuss his options.
Style: horror comedy, slasher, suspense, psychological, dark comedy ...
Plot: masked killer, serial killer, survival, mystery killer, curse, murder, friendship, dark humor, characters killed one by one, trap, homicidal maniac, murderer ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.4
 386K
Scream (1996)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A killer known as Ghostface begins killing off teenagers, and as the body count begins rising, one girl and her friends find themselves contemplating the 'rules' of horror films as they find themselves living in a real-life one.
Style: slasher, suspenseful, scary, suspense, psychological thriller ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, date night
Plot: serial killer, high school, teenager, psychopath, small town, maniac, masked killer, murder, woman in danger, teenage life, twists and turns, violent ...
Time: 90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Tormented (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The film centers on Darren Mullet, a bullied asthmatic, driven to suicide by his tormented life - ignored by his parents, ridiculed by his teachers and bullied at school. He returns from the dead to pay his teenage tormentors a final visit.
Style: scary, slasher, semi serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, revenge, ghost, bullying, vengeance, bully, serial killer, supernatural, dead teenager, suicide, school, prank ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Student Bodies (1981)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Director Mickey Rose's zany send-up of teen slasher flicks features a maniacal psycho known as the Breather (played by Jerry Belson), who stalks –and murders– promiscuous students at a suburban high school. The fanatical killer's ...
Style: parody, slasher, humorous, not serious, bloody ...
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, serial killer, murder, cheerleading, gory, cheerleader, dark humor, psychopath, investigation, halloween, danger, youth ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The next great psycho horror slasher has given a documentary crew exclusive access to his life as he plans his reign of terror over the sleepy town of Glen Echo, all the while deconstructing the conventions and archetypes of the horror genre for ...
Style: scary, slasher, dark comedy, mockumentary, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, masked killer, murder, psychopath, small town, insanity, satire, found footage, journalism, dark humor, blood, maniac ...
Time: y2k, year 2006
Place: oregon, portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.3
 208K
Scream 2 (1997)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Two years after the terrifying events that occurred in Woodsboro, Sidney is now attending Windsor College in Cincinnati, and Gale Weathers' best selling book on Sidney's life has now been made into a major motion picture. When two college ...
Style: slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, twist ending ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: serial killer, killer, college, serial murder, mystery killer, villain, strong female lead, blood, murder, psychopath, masked killer, whodunit ...
Time: 90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place: usa, ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Jennifer's Body (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A newly possessed cheerleader turns into a killer who specializes in offing her male classmates. Can her best friend put an end to the horror?
Style: sexy, dark comedy, slasher, demonic, black comedy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: teenager, high school, supernatural, bad girl, satanic ritual, demon, succubus, seductress, small town, cheerleading, dark humor, cannibalism ...
Time: year 2009, y2k, 2000s, 21st century
Place: minnesota, indiana
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 6.2
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Scream 4 (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Sidney Prescott, now the author of a self-help book, returns home to Woodsboro on the last stop of her book tour. There she reconnects with Sheriff Dewey and Gale, who are now married, as well as her cousin Jill and her Aunt Kate. Unfortunately, ...
Style: scary, slasher, suspense, teen horror, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: serial killer, masked killer, mystery killer, serial murder, high school, woman in danger, telephone call, gory, psychopath, murder, small town, revenge ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, year 2000, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.3
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The Babysitter (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: When Cole stays up past his bedtime, he discovers that his hot babysitter is part of a Satanic cult that will stop at nothing to keep him quiet.
Style: suspense, horror comedy, slasher, dark comedy, exciting ...
Audience: teens, kids, adult
Plot: teenager, babysitter, murder, bully, blood, satanic cult, accidental suicide, teenage girl, satanic ritual, sacrifice, rebellious teenager, cheerleader ...
Time: 2010s, year 2017
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Slaughterhouse Rulez (2018)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Don Wallace arrives at Slaughterhouse, an elite boarding school in the English countryside where the children of the wealthiest are groomed to dominate society. But the monolithic rules of the British upper class change when greed and recklessness ...
Style: horror comedy, funny, slasher, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: boarding school, teenage boy, teenager, creature, monster, survival, friendship, teacher, death, boy, english countryside, secret ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Detention of the Dead (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A group of oddball high school students find themselves trapped in detention with their classmates having turned into a horde of Zombies.
Style: semi serious, humorous, witty, horror comedy, psychological ...
Audience: teens
Plot: zombie, high school, school, escapades, supernatural, danger, zombie attack, infection, high school student, cheerleader, social misfits, gory ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Cutting Class (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: High school student Paula Carson's affections are being sought after by two of her classmates: Dwight, the "bad boy", and Brian, a disturbed young man who has just been released from a mental hospital where he was committed following ...
Style: slasher, horror comedy, detective, slasher horror, funny ...
Audience: teens
Plot: male objectification, high school, serial killer, high school student, cheerleader, cheerleading, murder, psychopath, teenager, survival, dead teenager, killer ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Extracurricular Activities (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The outrageous life of Reagan Collins, a model high school student with a "killer" after-school job that involves arranging “accidents” for his classmates' parents. When seasoned police detective Cliff Dawkins starts putting the ...
Style: captivating, humorous, surprise ending, dark comedy, black comedy ...
Plot: nudist, sociopathy, teenager, criminal as protagonist, stalking, voyeurism, cheerleader, death, police detective, murder, murder investigation, police ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.3
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Freaky (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A mystical, ancient dagger causes a notorious serial killer to magically switch bodies with a 17-year-old girl.
Style: slasher, horror comedy, entertaining, humorous, not serious ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: serial killer, body swapping, violence, body swap, switching roles, gender bending, switching bodies, body transformation, dark humor, blood, friendship between teens, masked killer ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Two years after defeating a satanic cult led by his babysitter Bee, Cole's trying to forget his past and focus on surviving high school. But when old enemies unexpectedly return, Cole will once again have to outsmart the forces of evil.
Style: horror comedy, slasher, dark, funny, humorous ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: satanic cult, ritual, nanny, deal with the devil, manipulative woman, blood, loss of virginity, male virgin, murder, husband wife relationship, school, game ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Cheerleader Camp (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Alison follows her friends to a summer camp for cheerleaders. But she is having bad nightmares. Her boyfriend has followed her to the camp but he seems to be more interested in the other girls, girls who sooner or later are found brutally murdered. ...
Style: slasher, semi serious, humorous, scary, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, cheerleader, summer camp, murder, teenage girl, gory, camp, cheerleading, nudity, danger, contests and competitions, stalking ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Movie in collections
 5.5
 133K
House of Wax (2005)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A group of unwitting teens are stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.
Style: slasher, scary, suspenseful, suspense, twist ending ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, torture, group of friends, murder, violence, psycho killer, masked killer, survival, small town, homicidal maniac, gory ...
Time: year 2005, year 2000, 50s, 20th century, year 1974 ...
Place: usa, florida, louisiana, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Slumber Party Massacre III (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: After a hard day of volleyball at the beach, a teen whose parents are away decides to have a slumber party with her girlfriends. Their boyfriends predictably show up to scare them, but a stranger from the beach is also seen lurking around the house. ...
Style: slasher, bloody, funny, dark, retro ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: serial killer, massacre, high school, murder, gory, violence, chase, death, nudity, maniac, blood, killer ...
Time: 80s, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Mirror Mirror (1990)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Shy teenager Megan moves to a new town with her widowed mother and quickly becomes the most unpopular girl in high school. But when she starts to communicate with a mysterious mirror, her tormentors begin to meet with a horrifying series of ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, suspense, gothic, tense ...
Audience: teens, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot: murder, goth girl, teenage girl, violence, danger, supernatural, black magic, mirror, blood, bullying, curses spells and rituals, nightmare ...
Time: 90s, 80s, 1930s, year 1939
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Angela Baker, a psychotic transsexual, escapes from a mental hospital and surfaces at a summer camp as a counselor who lectures her teenage charges on proper moral behavior. Those teens who break her strict rules -- from the camp chatterbox or a ...
Style: slasher, scary, horror comedy, bloody, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, summer camp, camp, gory, teenager, murder, decapitation, blonde, fear, killer, teenage life, who done it ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 5.2
 15K
Cherry Falls (1999)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Cherry Falls is a quiet little town - until the night that a serial killer begins preying on its youth. After a third teen is found slain, the killer's modus operandi emerges: the victims were all virgins. Sheriff Marken is concerned for the ...
Style: slasher, suspenseful, serious, rough, scary ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, high school, teenager, murder, virgin, revenge, father daughter relationship, secret, gang rape, small town, psychopath, sheriff ...
Time: year 2000, 90s
Place: usa, virginia, west virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Hide and Go Shriek (1988)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A group of teenagers spends the night in a furniture store for a graduation party. A psycho killer starts to hunt them down and kill them off.
Style: slasher, cult classic, bloody, independent film, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, survival, teenager, high school, psychopath, hide and seek, elevator, gay, graduation, home invasion, isolation, celebration ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Sexy Killer: You'll Die for Her (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In medical school of an elite university, campus starts sown with corpses. The police have no clue who is responsible for the carnage. Nobody suspected Barbara, a beautiful young innocent looking whose only concern seems to be the fashion. However, ...
Style: slasher, scary, psychological, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: female assassin, serial killer, murder, psychopath, sex addict, danger, amateur detective, violence spree, obsession, teachers and students, gory, woman with a gun ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 6.5
 22K
Society (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A Beverly Hills teen (Billy Warlock) discovers his parents are part of a gruesome orgy cult for the social elite.
Style: surreal, psychological, disturbing, dark comedy, cult horror ...
Audience: teens
Plot: body horror, surrealism, secret society, transformation, conspiracy, paranoia, nudity, dark humor, cheerleader, cannibalism, psychiatrist, homoerotic fight ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles, beverly hills
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 5.2
 3K
Big Bad Wolf (2006)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In Cameron, a group of hunters is attacked by a wild animal, and Charlie Cowley survives, but sees his brother Scott dying. Seven years later, his teenage nephew Derek Cowley steals the key of his stepfather's cabin in the isolated Fire Road ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, semi serious, scary, slasher ...
Audience: teens
Plot: werewolf, dangerous animal, supernatural, lycanthropy, deadly creature, serial killer, gory, teenage life, stalking, adventurer, survival, stepfather stepson relationship ...
Place: europe, england, london, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Two decades after surviving a massacre on October 31, 1978, former baby sitter Laurie Strode finds herself hunted by persistent knife-wielder Michael Myers. Laurie now lives in Northern California under an assumed name, where she works as the ...
Style: slasher, scary, teen, creepy, bloody ...
Audience: teens
Plot: halloween, serial killer, monster, school, high school, holiday horror, masked killer, faked death, serial teen killer, halloween party, van, killer ...
Time: 90s, y2k, 20th century, year 1998
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Return to Sleepaway Camp (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: It's summer camp as usual at Camp Manabe where the kids torment each other for fun while the underpaid camp staff provides as little supervision as possible. Greedy camp owner Frank and junior partner Ronnie do their best to keep everyone in ...
Style: slasher, suspense, suspenseful, scary, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: summer camp, murder, psychopath, gory, burned alive, who done it, serial killer, investigation, teenage life, danger, mind game, obsession ...
Time: 2000s, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Night of the Creeps (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In 1959, an alien experiment crashes to earth and infects a fraternity member. They freeze the body, but in the modern day, two geeks pledging a fraternity accidentally thaw the corpse, which proceeds to infect the campus with parasites that ...
Style: horror comedy, slasher, grindhouse, scary, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: alien, zombie, college, undead, parasite, supernatural, macabre, teenager, survival, violence, gory, fraternity ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 50s, year 1986, year 1959 ...
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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