Detention vs Lake Placid
Lake Placid has the higher audience score (5.9/10 against 5.6/10 for Detention). Lake Placid is the shorter watch at 1h 22m compared with 1h 33m. Lake Placid is the older of the two (1999 against 2012). Both are comedy, horror, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Detention
Lake Placid| Detention | Lake Placid | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.6/10 | ★ 5.9/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 1999 |
| Length | 1h 33m | 1h 22m |
| Genres | Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction | Action, Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joseph Kahn | Steve Miner |
| Main cast | Lindsey Morgan, Tiffany Boone, Josh Hutcherson, Shanley Caswell, Dane Cook | Bill Pullman, Mariska Hargitay, Oliver Platt, Brendan Gleeson, David James Lewis |
Synopsis
Detention
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.
Lake Placid
When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden teams up with a paleontologist from New York to find the beast. Add to the mix an eccentric philanthropist with a penchant for "Crocs", and here we go! This quiet, remote lake is suddenly the focus of an intense search for a crocodile with a taste for live animals...and people!
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