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1998 Certificate 15
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The story of a group of high school students - loners, leaders, hipsters, nerds, brains and jocks - who make the terrifying discovery that their teachers are from another planet. With this knowledge they are forced to band together to save their school and town from alien domination. Read more

Starring Clea Duvall, Laura Harris, Josh Hartnett, Shawn Hatosy
Director Robert Rodriguez
Genres Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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The Faculty

The story of a group of high school students - loners, leaders, hipsters, nerds, brains and jocks - who make the terrifying discovery that their teachers are from another planet. With this knowledge they are forced to band together to save their school and town from alien domination.

Starring Clea Duvall, Laura Harris, Josh Hartnett, Shawn Hatosy, Elijah Wood, Bebe Neuwirth, Piper Laurie, Famke Janssen, Salma Hayek, Jon Stewart, Jordana Brewster
Director Robert Rodriguez
Studio HOLLYWOOD PICTURES HOME VIDEO
Run time DVD: 1 hr 40 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Language DVD: English
Subtitles DVD: English
Released DVD: 01 May 2007
Production year: 1998
Format DVD

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  • 3 stars out of 5

    Scream writer Kevin Williamson teams up with From Dusk till Dawn director Robert Rodriguez for this enjoyable reworking of alien invasion movies that's bolstered by Williamson's patented in-jokes and genre subversions. Considerably less subtle than the 1950s films that inspired it, this sci-fi horror thriller succeeds through assured performances from the teenage cast, zippy direction and the writer's refusal to take even the most tense moments seriously. Along the way, there's humorous homage paid to sci-fi related novels, TV and films. Despite a disappointing reliance on digital effects in the final third, this is classy extraterrestrial entertainment.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • This smart, involving sci-fi picture, set in an Ohio high school, pays homage to several genre faves, notably Invasion... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  • 4 out of 5 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Derivative but fun

    The Faculty is an incredbily derivative film, lifting entires plots and scenes from the likes of Invasion Of The Bodysnatchers and The Thing, but despite all this the movie works well as an entertaining little horror flick. No classic, but slickl directed, and the usual bunch of overly photogenic American teenagers who populate this kind of movie are a little more interesting than the usual bucnh of slahser fodder. Fun disposable trash.

      • Lawrence Conquest from siberia
      • Posted 03 Jun 2005 10:34

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  • 3 out of 5 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Classic

    I loved this film. Shame they don't make movies like this anymore. Jordana Brewster TURNS ME ON TO THE MAX!

      • Justin Credible from Emmerdale
      • Posted 04 Mar 2005 16:40

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    One of this year's most eagerly anticipated films comes to UK cinemas today, with the arrival of Sin City. The film is directed by Robert Rodriguez, the ambitious director behind other projects such as Four Rooms, From Dusk Till Dawn and The Faculty. The film-noir concept, based on the comic books of Frank Miller, is the first film to have been shot entirely on a digital backlot, with actors performing in front of a green screen, and the whole background being added post-production. Three... Read more

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