The Faculty
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When creepy things start happening at Herrington High, the students begin to suspect that their faculty is being controlled by body-snatching aliens.
What critics thought
A mixed-reception genre exercise that critics couldn't quite agree on: admirers found Kevin Williamson's self-aware, reference-heavy script and Robert Rodriguez's propulsive direction genuinely fun in a shameless pulp way, while detractors felt the meta-humor undercut any real satirical bite. The film's crowded cast of teen archetypes drew both praise and complaints about character overload.
“The Faculty works hard at mixing a canny cocktail of cineastic in-jokes, affectionate teenploitation and high-octane suspense that's as enjoyable as it is impossible to take seriously.”
Dennis Harvey·Variety
“its honest, good-natured junkiness… feels like a relief”
Charles Taylor·Salon
“While it may suffer a bit from excess character clutter (nearly 10 major characters throughout), it's nonetheless a slam-bang, sci-fi actioner, relentlessly paced and edited, with a pounding soundtrack and some ingenious aliens courtesy of Bernie Wrightson and KNB Effects.”
Austin Chronicle
“too invested in the earnestness of teen angst to portray it in the scathing parodistic terms a hip horror movie demands”
Tom Sinclair·Entertainment Weekly
Genres
Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Cast & Crew
Robert RodriguezDirector
Josh HartnettZeke
Elijah WoodCasey
Jordana BrewsterDelilah
Clea DuVallStokely
Shawn HatosyStan
Laura HarrisMarybeth
Robert PatrickCoach Willis
Bebe NeuwirthPrincipal Drake
Famke JanssenMiss Burke
Piper LaurieMrs. Olson
Salma Hayek PinaultNurse Harper
Jon StewartMr. Furlong
Marco BeltramiComposer
Kevin WilliamsonWriter
Bruce KimmelWriter
David WechterWriter
Enrique ChediakCinematographyThe Faculty
When creepy things start happening at Herrington High, the students begin to suspect that their faculty is being controlled by body-snatching aliens.
What critics thought
A mixed-reception genre exercise that critics couldn't quite agree on: admirers found Kevin Williamson's self-aware, reference-heavy script and Robert Rodriguez's propulsive direction genuinely fun in a shameless pulp way, while detractors felt the meta-humor undercut any real satirical bite. The film's crowded cast of teen archetypes drew both praise and complaints about character overload.
“The Faculty works hard at mixing a canny cocktail of cineastic in-jokes, affectionate teenploitation and high-octane suspense that's as enjoyable as it is impossible to take seriously.”
Dennis Harvey·Variety
“its honest, good-natured junkiness… feels like a relief”
Charles Taylor·Salon
“While it may suffer a bit from excess character clutter (nearly 10 major characters throughout), it's nonetheless a slam-bang, sci-fi actioner, relentlessly paced and edited, with a pounding soundtrack and some ingenious aliens courtesy of Bernie Wrightson and KNB Effects.”
Austin Chronicle
“too invested in the earnestness of teen angst to portray it in the scathing parodistic terms a hip horror movie demands”
Tom Sinclair·Entertainment Weekly
Genres
Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Cast & Crew
Robert RodriguezDirectorJosh HartnettZekeElijah WoodCaseyJordana BrewsterDelilahClea DuVallStokelyShawn HatosyStanLaura HarrisMarybethRobert PatrickCoach WillisBebe NeuwirthPrincipal DrakeFamke JanssenMiss BurkePiper LaurieMrs. OlsonSalma Hayek PinaultNurse HarperJon StewartMr. FurlongMarco BeltramiComposerKevin WilliamsonWriterBruce KimmelWriterDavid WechterWriterEnrique ChediakCinematographyStream
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