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List Price: $14.99 | | Label: Dimension
Salesrank: 7743
Released: June 22, 1999 |
| Our Price: $5.76 |
| Used Price: $3.98 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
This hip and edgy thriller from the director of FROM DUSK TILL DAWN and the writer of SCREAM and SCREAM 2 sizzles with a hot young cast including Elijah Wood (THE LORD OF THE RINGS Trilogy), Josh Hartnett (PEARL HARBOR), and R&B superstar Usher Raymond! When some very creepy things start happening around school, the kids at Herrington High make a chilling discovery that confirms their worst suspicions: their teachers really are from another planet! As mind-controlling parasites rapidly begin spreading from the faculty to the students' bodies, it's ultimately up to the few who are left -- an unlikely collection of loners, leaders, nerds, and jocks -- to save the world from alien domination! Also starring Robert Patrick (TERMINATOR 2), Famke Janssen (X-MEN), and Jon Stewart (TV's THE DAILY SHOW) in a great cast -- don't miss the unstoppable excitement of this unpredictably smart and scary hit!
Description of The Faculty:
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
The Faculty Reviews:
entertaining 
2009-11-14 - Great movie. Good actors helped make this movie and sometime the comedy shots were a great add to the movie.
A Scary Fun Body Snatcher flick. 
2009-07-31 - I have this movie on vhs tape. I just watched half of this movie on tv. I was interested to see how others rated this movie. I don't know any of the actors names right off hand, but there are some very good actors in the movie. The football coach character was in Terminator two and also in the X Files. He was an excellent character in the flick. John Stewart was also quite good in his role as a teacher. The actress who played "Lilith" or Frasier Crane's wife on Cheers was quite good. And how could she not be great. She is extremely SEXY. I think she's a powder keg. The spanish actress who was also a teacher, was good in the flick.
The cast of young stars did pretty well as high school students. However, I didn't think the girl who played the alien "Queen" brought much to the movie at all. The idea of killing the aliens with some "skat" is fairly lame, but I guess it could work. What was that substance anyway, cocaine? Not much really happens in this flick. The best action occurs in the school itself.
The movie is a BLATANT ripoff of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. If this bothers you then you will probably give the movie a low grade. Personally I didn't even think about the Body Snatchers when I saw this flick. Only later did I realize how this movie really did just rehash that same plot.
The movie is pretty good I feel. I'm giving it three stars because it borrowed so much from Invasion of the Body Snatchers. I must say though that these aliens stole bodies in an entirely fresh manner. It's not like they used pods and all.
ARGH!!!BRAND NEW SEALED but USED DVD
2009-02-01 - Got it delivered but after opening the dvd box i found that the dvd center ring clip has been chipped off and also the disc looks like someone tampered or used DVD which i was shocked!It was brand new sealed and i happen to see this issue.anyway after playing the movie all the way i found no skips or defects which i am very happy.I have no complains but i would not wanna get such a copy next time,really makes me feel been cheated
I'm Very Pleased
2008-09-29 - I bought this DVD on Saterday & recieved it in the mail on Monday. Not only was I pleased because I got it so quick but because it played in the DVD player great. I definitely would recommend amazon.com to any movie lover.
Great Sci-fi Flick of its time
2008-08-28 - Usually movies about aliens don't appeal well to me, but this is the only major exception. It's great for a sci-fi movie of its time, and it never gets old. Hopefully someday they'll release it with the deleted scenes!
