Review of The Faculty (1998) by Stuart K — 05 Aug 2013
Directed by Robert Rodriguez, then hot off From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) and written by Kevin Williamson, also hot off Scream (1996) and Scream 2 (1997). This was a very good pairing for this sci-fi horror film, which has a good cast and a clever script.
The idea had been around for nearly a decade before it was made, and while it is derivative in places, it's still great fun to watch. At Herrington High School in Ohio, students Casey Connor (Elijah Wood), Delilah Profitt (Jordana Brewster), Stan Rosado (Shawn Hatosy) and Zeke Tyler (Josh Hartnett) have noticed something strange about the teachers at the school.
They've started to drink a lot of water, Coach Joe Willis (Robert Patrick), Nurse Rosa Harper (Salma Hayek) and Karen Olson (Piper Laurie) are showing strange behaviour, plus Casey and Delilah find the body of Mrs.
Brummel (Susan Willis), who was said to have been very ill, in the closest of the teacher's lounge, which vanishes when they call the police. But they're going to prove that something is going on.
It's a very good film, with two good sets of actors, the younger generation as the students and the older generation as the teachers, and it's a good combination as well. Rodriguez should try something like this again, and it was one of the few projects where he didn't do everything all at once either.
This review of The Faculty (1998) was written by Stuart K on 05 Aug 2013.
The Faculty has generally received positive reviews.
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