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THE FACULTY

1998 US HMDB
dicembre 25, 1998

Siamo all'Herrington High (situato nel mezzo dell'Ohio) nel quale gli insegnanti ed il personale vengono posseduti da parassiti. Gli insegnanti iniziano quindi a infettare gli studenti con l'organismo. Un gruppetto di studenti capisce la situazione e resiste. Tra questi abbiamo: Zeke Tyler (Josh Hartnett), un genio solitario che ripete il suo ultimo anno, i cui genitori sono sempre in viaggio, che vende una droga simile alla cocaina ai suoi compagni di corso; Stan Rosado (Shawn Hatosy), un burlone che decide all'ultimo anno di uscire dalla squadra di football per incentrarsi sullo studio; la fidanzata di Stan, Delilah Profit (Jordana Brewster), una ragazza popolare e vendicativa che è l'editor-in-chief della testata studentesca; Casey Connor (Elijah Wood), un disadattato picchiato costantemente dagli studenti con un debole per Delilah ed è un abile fotografo per il giornale studentesco.

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Produzione: Elizabeth Avellan (Producer)Tamara Smith (Producer)Bob Weinstein (Executive Producer)Harvey Weinstein (Executive Producer)Robert Rodriguez (Producer)
Sceneggiatura: Kevin Williamson (Screenplay)David Wechter (Story)Bruce Kimmel (Story)
Musica: Marco Beltrami (Original Music Composer)
Fotografia: Enrique Chediak (Director of Photography)

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Marco Castellini
Un gruppo di giovani, che frequentano tutti una piccola scuola superiore dell'Ohio, notano che da qualche tempo i professori e alcuni degli studenti cominciano ad assumere degli strani atteggiamenti. In poco tempo comprendono che i loro insegnanti ed alcuni dei loro amici sono “posseduti” da entità aliene che mirano all’invasione della terra. Dopo vari tentativi scoprono che l’unica sostanza in grado di sconfiggere gli alieni è…la droga! Diretto da Robert Rodriguez (noto al pubblico horror per la regia di “Dal tramonto all’alba”) e sceneggiato da Kevin Williamson (che ha curato le sceneggiature dei primi due “Scream” e di “So cosa hai fatto”) questo “The Faculty” è una sorta di rivisitazione, in chiave giovanilistica, del classico della fantascienza “L’invasione degli ultracorpi”. La storia quindi risente di un senso di “già visto”, a ciò aggiungete una serie di personaggi che rappresentano i classici stereotipi del cinema di genere americano ed una sequenza praticamente ricalcata da “La cosa” di Carpenter (mi riferisco al metodo usato dai ragazzi per vedere chi tra loro è stato infettato dagli alieni) e capite che non ci si trova certo davanti ad una pellicola memorabile per originalità. Comunque il film è scorrevole, ci regala alcune sequenze riuscite ma dalla coppia Rodriguez-Wialmson ci si poteva aspettare di più. Ultima nota di curiosità: “The Faculty” è un film del 1998 che però in Italia si sono decisi a distribuire solo tre anni dopo, cosa che avviene, ahimè, piuttosto spesso!
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Gimly

Gimly

7 /10

Totally underrated, prime late 90s Sci-Fi/Horror/Comedy with an incredible cast that has somehow managed to stay under the radar even now, twenty years later on. The Faculty is one of those movies I make everybody watch.

Final rating:★★★½ - I really liked it. Would strongly recommend you give it your time.

John Chard

John Chard

7 /10

Body Snatchers was just a made up story...

Herrington High School, just your everyday place of learning. That is until the teachers start behaving strangely. It seems there is an alien plot to take over the world and only a rag-tag group of students can save us!

When you pair Robert Rodriguez (director) and Kevin Williamson (writer) what sort of movie do you really think you are going to get? Well the answer is The Faculty, which in all honesty holds absolutely no surprises for anyone familiar with the guys who gave us From Dusk Till Dawn & Scream respectively. That's not to say that The Faculty isn't a fun horror/sci-fi film, because it absolutely is, it's just should be noted that The Faculty is all that it can be as regards the makers and the nature of the genre beast.

The film has rightly been tagged as a cross between Invasion Of The Body Snatchers and any teen led Highschool movie (you can add Invaders From Mars in the mix too), this is intentional, something that's apparent since our intrepid students discuss "Snatchers" amongst other movie references, and one of them, Stokely (Clea Duval), is a sci-fi aficionado . As things progress it's also evident that the makers here are movie fans making a movie for movie fans, all be it one aimed solely at the teenage demographic. There's much satire around and cliché's are widely embraced, but again it works because there is no hidden agenda. There's gore and hugely effective scenes involving blood, slugs, heads and an eyeball, whilst slasher fans are catered for in a couple of - if seemingly pointless as regards the alien's intentions - memorable scenes.

The youngsters in the cast, all purposely playing total stereotypes, all do what is required, with Josh Hartnett, Duval & Elijah Wood particularly shining. Yet it's with the adult actors that The Faculty really gains its tongue in cheek momentum. Robert Patrick, Famke Jansen, Salma Hayek, Piper Laurie, Bebe Neuwirth and even Jon Stewart all file in for a bit of alien parasitical fun. Come the end of the mania, with the staple alien queen reveal and showdown, there's the overriding feeling that the film could have been so much more. Certainly it's guilty of being a touch too derivative, where a little focus has been lost in the self referential and knowing in-jokery genre winks. But ultimately it's a groovy ride is this one, not in the least bit serious, but one to clip open a tin of beer with and embrace it for what it certainly is. Entertaining sci-fi alien invasion hokum. 7/10

Wuchak

Wuchak

5 /10

Wannabe edgy high school horror satire with a notable cast

Several students at a high school in Ohio suspect that the faculty has been taken over by some… thing(s).

"The Faculty" (1998) was directed by Robert Rodriguez, who knows how to make slick, ‘cool’ horror flicks, as witnessed in “From Dusk Till Dawn” (1996) and “Planet Terror” (2007). “The Faculty” is cut from the same cloth except it goes too far over-the-top in its wannabe edgy depiction of high school life in Middle America, to the point that it can only be viewed as a satire or black comedy. This turned me off the first time I watched it but, if you roll with it, you can enjoy the movie to some degree.

The story doesn’t become compelling until the second half when a group of students team-up to tackle the unbelievable situation. It’s basically “The Hidden” (1987) set in a high school environment.

Laura Harris is the top female, although the overrated Jordana Brewster is also on hand, as well as Clea DuVall. Bebe Neuwirth looks great as the principal while Salma Hayek plays a nurse, but not enough is done with her (don’t expect the dance sequence of “From Dusk Till Dawn”). Meanwhile Famke Janssen appears as an intimidated teacher that has an entertaining metamorphosis.

On the other side of the gender spectrum, Shawn Hatosy is notable as the main protagonist; Josh Hartnett too as a chemical-obsessed older student. Robert Patrick from “Terminator 2” plays the vein-popping coach while Jon Stewart has a small role.

The film runs 1 hour, 44 minutes, and was shot in East Texas as follows: Austin (Herrington High School), Lockhart (high school parking lot, football field & town exteriors) and San Marcos.

GRADE: C+

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