Taiwan Synopsis
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“Back to School…”
Set in Taiwan during the 'White Terror' period of martial law, a high school girl who awakens in an empty school, only to find that her entire community has been abandoned except for one other student. Soon they realize that they have entered a realm filled with vengeful spirits and hungry ghosts.
Audience Engagement
96 audience reviews — more than 93% of Taiwan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 87th percentile among Taiwan films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Detention. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From 1 Production Film
The 2018–2020 Taiwan Window
Detention holds position #14 of 26 Taiwan films in the 2018–2020 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Taiwan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Taiwan, 70 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Detention premiered alongside 5 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 5 other Taiwan films in 2019.
The 142nd Taiwan title from Taiwan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1972).
Our Taiwan catalog contains 174 titles in total (149 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Detention, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- martial law · 3
- book club · 3
- oppression · 3
- betrayal · 28
- psychological thriller · 21
- teacher student relationship · 13
- based on video game · 90
- high school · 88
- school · 82
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #79 of 174 Taiwan films indexed here (55th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Taiwan Horror productions specifically: #3 of 17 (top 18%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Taiwan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Production Companies | 1 Production Film, Lots Home Entertainment, Filmagic Pictures, Gamania Digital Entertainment, Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Runtime | 1h 42m |
| Release Date | September 20, 2019 |
| IMDb | tt10805432 |