Detention (2019) – Filming Locations
Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Drama · Directed by John Hsu · Starring Fu Meng-po, Gingle Wang
In the 1960s, two classmates go looking for their missing friends and teachers, all of whom took part in an illegal book club, only to come face to face with ghosts and deformed monsters that have taken over their school.
Where was Detention filmed?
- Taipei, Taiwan, Taipei – Primary school setting where the story begins and key flashback sequences occur. The school serves as the central location for the film's exploration of Taiwan's martial law era and the protagonist's childhood memories
- Taipei, Taiwan, Taipei – Contemporary scenes showing the protagonist navigating modern Taipei while investigating the past. Urban Taipei locations contrast the present-day narrative with the historical flashbacks to martial law period
- Taipei, Taiwan, Taipei – Period locations representing Taiwan's authoritarian past during the White Terror era. Historic sites ground the film's supernatural and temporal exploration in Taiwan's actual political history