Review of The Faculty (1998) by Lanyard980 — 08 Aug 2021

A brilliant mix of science fiction and teen horror. This is without a doubt one of the best sci-fi films of the last decade. In a recent trip to the U.S. I had the pleasure of viewing this film(seven times) and loved every minute of it.

It is a perfect example of both Kevin Williamson's and Robert Rodriguez's talent. It has a silly-sounding story, aliens taking over a school disguised as teachers, but you don't think about that as you are blown away by brilliant special effects, fast-paced action, smart-worded script and brilliant acting from both the teachers and the students.

There is also the sexy Famke Janssen, Jordana Brewster and Laura Harris, and for the girls there's Josh Hartnett(I suppose). As for who the queen alien is, it will be easy for some people to guess, but surprising for others.

For those who don't like horror there's the science fiction factor, including a brilliant shot of the alien in the school gym at the end. And for those who don't like science fiction, there's quite a lot of horror(or horrible scenes) like fingers running around on their own, a head crawling around on octopus-like legs, while its body searches for it in the background, and teacher being stabbed in the eye with drugs that affect it, it then begins to splurt white stuff, similar to that of the androids blood in ALIENS But it does take a teens perspective and is aimed at a younger audience(although not that young) and is so not that gory.

So there's something for everybody, you should go and see it as soon as you can.