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The Faculty on DVD (1998)

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Average rating: (66%)
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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: 100 mins
Certificate: 15
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Genres: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Languages: English
Subtitles: English
Released: 01/05/2007

Brief synopsis of 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.

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Rating of 3 stars out of 5 Radio Times

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.

Rating of 1 stars out of 4 Halliwell's Film Guide

An adolescent variation on Invasion of the Body Snatchers, done with immense energy and a little wit.

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Rated - 3 starsDerivative but fun

Lawrence Conquest from siberia , 03/06/2005

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.

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Rated - 5 starsso teachers really are aliens!

A customer from outside space , 25/02/2004

this has got to be the funniest horror movie ive ever seen. this is already a classic and i luv it. Elijah wood shines as the nerd guy as does Josh Hartnett as the bad boy turned genius football star. classic.

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Rated - 5 starsClassic

Justin Credible from Emmerdale , 04/03/2005

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

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Rated - 4 starsalready a cult classic

stephen decantelupe from boston, lincs , 12/12/2003

this is how a teen horror movie should be done.good performances,some great humour and a twist just to make sure you remember the beginning of the movie

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