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Okay, you knew everyone in high school was just a little different: everyone looked at you strangely, the teachers were freaky, and you never could find the right groove to fit into. What if it turned out that it was all because your school was inhabited by creepy aliens from outer space? That's the enjoyably cheesy B-premise for this fun and scary flick from the pen of Scream's Kevin Williamson, the master of the post-modern teen horror film. Directed by Robert Rodriguez (El Mariachi), it's The Breakfast Club meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers, as six disparate students from Herrington High School band together when they discover that an alien life form is invading both the student and faculty bodies, with plans to take over the world.
Each of the heroes represents a different high school type: popular babe (Jordana Brewster), picked-on geek (Elijah Wood), goth girl (Clea DuVall), sensitive jock (Shawn Hatosy), new kid in town (Laura Harris), and bad-boy rebel (Josh Hartnett). The plot isn't much--a basic kill-or-be-killed premise spiked with a healthy shot of paranoia--but Willliamson and Rodriguez do a great job of building the tension slowly but surely. The suspense set pieces are genuinely frightening, and the film pokes fun at itself without deflating its scares; Williamson is a master at shifting gears from comedy to horror quickly and adroitly. The young cast doesn't have a weak link among them (with special kudos to Wood, DuVall and heartthrob-in-the-making Hartnett), and Rodriguez gets maximum mileage from the titular faculty, which includes Jon Stewart, Piper Laurie, Salma Hayek, Bebe Neuwirth, and Robert Patrick of Terminator 2. Go to the head of the class, Mr. Williamson. --Mark Englehart
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EDGY SCI-FI FLICK...
Mar 9 2008
Format:DVD
This is a terrific sci-fi flick with an excellent cast. It is sort of an "Invasion of the Body-Snatchers" or "Puppet Masters" gone MTV. Set in a small town high school in the Midwest, all hell breaks loose when some of the teens notice that something is not quite right with some of the faculty. They engage in a bit of amateur sleuthing, and what they discover causes them to band together to fight a force that is not of this world.
Well-directed by Robert Rodriguez, this film will keep the viewer riveted to the screen. With a good, edgy story line laced with humor and with solid performances given by the stellar cast, the film will hit its mark with those who enjoy well made sci-fi films.
Well-directed by Robert Rodriguez, this film will keep the viewer riveted to the screen. With a good, edgy story line laced with humor and with solid performances given by the stellar cast, the film will hit its mark with those who enjoy well made sci-fi films.
awesome, thank you again
Nov 16 2011
Format:Blu-ray
I recieved it really quickly, thank you so much!!!!!!!
I recommned this seller to everyone, super nice, and super quick! Amazon.ca has a winner here! The faculty is a great movie, I enjoy it back in the day and I enjoy it now as well!
I recommned this seller to everyone, super nice, and super quick! Amazon.ca has a winner here! The faculty is a great movie, I enjoy it back in the day and I enjoy it now as well!
This is as good as any snatcher movie.
July 9 2006
The formula is the classic; someone is being "alienated." Naturally someone wants to put a "bug" in your ear as to which the person(s) is/are. Time is running out to find out what the problem is and how to correct it. As always the first to go is the authorities.
All right you have seen it a million times and even the characters in the movie refer to "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1956) [see my review] and "The Puppet Masters" (1994). However it is not the plot but the carrying out of the plot or action that makes the movie. I was amazed to find this movie so professionally portrayed in the era of ersatz teenybopper knockoffs like "Sleepy Hollow"
The characters were well chosen to portray the different Faculty and student types.
Where have we seen Coach Willis (Robert Patrick) before? Can you say "Terminator Two"?
Laura Harris is from Canada and this is Ohio so what doses that make her? (An Al...)
You can not beat the descriptive names given to the characters.
The movie is just down right fun and has a lot of "Don't do that" scenes makes you want to kibitz.
All right you have seen it a million times and even the characters in the movie refer to "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1956) [see my review] and "The Puppet Masters" (1994). However it is not the plot but the carrying out of the plot or action that makes the movie. I was amazed to find this movie so professionally portrayed in the era of ersatz teenybopper knockoffs like "Sleepy Hollow"
The characters were well chosen to portray the different Faculty and student types.
Where have we seen Coach Willis (Robert Patrick) before? Can you say "Terminator Two"?
Laura Harris is from Canada and this is Ohio so what doses that make her? (An Al...)
You can not beat the descriptive names given to the characters.
The movie is just down right fun and has a lot of "Don't do that" scenes makes you want to kibitz.
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Good Alien Fun
This movie may not be the most original thing to come out of teen flicks ( then again, name one teen flick that is original, especially when it concerns horror/thriller movies. Read more
Published on Mar 16 2004 by Michelle DeMeuse
TEACHERS PETS?
If you're gonna rip off a classic like INVASION OF BODY SNATCHERS or PUPPET MASTERS, at least do it right...Robert Rodriguez did it right with this stylish and visceral thriller. Read more
Published on Feb 29 2004 by Michael Butts
A fun little B movie
This movie is enjoyable to watch. It isn't very scary, but you can still sit down and enjoy watching it every now and then.
Published on Jan 21 2004 by Kelli
Quite Fun. Nothing Special.
Don Siegel's original 1956 "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", Kaufman's 1978 remake, Ferrara's 1994 version; Carpenter's "The Thing" and "They Live"; sixties TV series "The... Read more
Published on Jan 18 2004 by snalen
The Faculty
This movie was great but I thought it was a little too gruesome. but it has now become my favorite movie.
Published on Nov 5 2003
Our Teachers Are Aliens!!!
I am a very big fan of Robert Rodrigues films!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The kids don't know it but there teachers are behaving strangly and are ALIENS! Read more
Published on Oct 17 2003 by Brett Boles
just the better of all high school movies
well i wont say i watched this JUST for josh hartnett - wel actually i did but i was so impressed by this film it is a very cliched plot and the ending - who ends up with who is... Read more
Published on Sep 14 2003 by emma london
The Faculty starring elijah woods, josh hartnett, clea......
The Faculty takes place in a public school somewhere in ohio. the storyline is that aliens take over the school. but it is so much more. Read more
Published on Aug 27 2003 by Emalea M. Greaves
Good begining, but terrible ending.
"The Facult" is one of those movies were you wonder if they went over budget twords the end, and had to fill in the rest with not much more than a generic and... Read more
Published on Aug 15 2003 by Bret Call
Night of the Creeps from 1986
If you liked that classic from 1986 then you'll definitly enjoy The Faculty. Its a similar alien movie with teachers and students being abducted. Read more
Published on Aug 9 2003 by Tim
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