DETENTION OF THE DEAD

Detention Of The Dead is a 2012 horror "comedy" which is just as it sounds. This flick has been described as a cross between The Breakfast Club and Night Of The Living Dead. And that pretty much describes it. But, for those who haven't figured out the plot of this flick by now, a group of high school students in detention--a jock, a cheerleader, a nerd, a bully, a goth chick and a stoner (yes, just like in TBC!)--all of a sudden have to fight off a zombie horde when a zombie virus inexplicably decimates their school. A couple of the scenes are an apparent rip-off of TBC: the scene where some of the students fall through the vents and the scene where they bare their souls to each other or whatever. My own personal favorite character in the film is the "goth girl" Willow played by actress Alexa Nikolas who's best known for her role in the Nickelodeon TV show Zoey 101 and in the--of course!--zombie TV show The Walking Dead (in which her character was killed off after only appearing in a few episodes, by the way). She was kind of like the Ally Sheedy character in TBC, though not as, shall we say, intense. (Alexa is also known for a picture that surfaced online of her kissing Vanessa Hudgens, of which she also appeared in a music of Vanessa's, but I digress!) I believe I've stated before on this blog how I'm not the biggest "fan" of zombie flicks and/or TV shows, but Detention Of The Dead at least attempts to do something different in the zombie genre (which, in my opinion, is more or less a rip-off of George Romero's late-sixties zombie classic Night Of The Living Dead), and it's actually not a bad film as far as zombie "comedies" go. If you're a fan of The Breakfast Club AND Night Of The Living Dead (with a bit of The Faculty thrown in!), then Detention Of The Dead could very well be the flick for you! Best line in the flick (from Willow, of course!): "Everyone in this school knows you've got a mouth that could suck start a jet engine." Second best line in the flick (again, from Willow!): "Goth chicks kick ass!"

Here's a clip of Willow from Detention Of The Dead (from YouTube):