Well, I don't really feel the need to explain that The Faculty was just another film trying to draw the Scream-audience into the theatres (although it is from the same studio that brought us "Scream"). But contrary to "Urban Legend" or "I still know..." The Faculty is quite a nice attempt.
The Faculty is not really a horror film, it is a fairly entertaining film about teenagers with just a few elements of the horror genre that should be called a thriller-comedy rather than a horror film. It is therefore nowhere as suspenseful or scary as "Scream". It is evident that Kevin Williamson wrote the screenplay because the film shows us many allusions to other horror-films like "Body Snatchers" or "The Thing", though, again, not in such a clever way as "Scream" did.
Probably the most interesting thing about this movie is the cast. Young people of the new generation of actors (e.g. Josh Hartnett, Elijah Wood) were combined with already well-known people (e.g. Robert Patrick, Famke Janssen, Salma Hayek). It was fun to see these two generations fight each other in the movie.
While the film is not very predictable the whodunit-question is not very effective in this movie and so the main interest does not lie within this point. But if you are young this film might entertain you anyway.
A harmless but entertaining, nice little film that won't totally disappoint you.
My rating: 8/10
The Faculty is not really a horror film, it is a fairly entertaining film about teenagers with just a few elements of the horror genre that should be called a thriller-comedy rather than a horror film. It is therefore nowhere as suspenseful or scary as "Scream". It is evident that Kevin Williamson wrote the screenplay because the film shows us many allusions to other horror-films like "Body Snatchers" or "The Thing", though, again, not in such a clever way as "Scream" did.
Probably the most interesting thing about this movie is the cast. Young people of the new generation of actors (e.g. Josh Hartnett, Elijah Wood) were combined with already well-known people (e.g. Robert Patrick, Famke Janssen, Salma Hayek). It was fun to see these two generations fight each other in the movie.
While the film is not very predictable the whodunit-question is not very effective in this movie and so the main interest does not lie within this point. But if you are young this film might entertain you anyway.
A harmless but entertaining, nice little film that won't totally disappoint you.
My rating: 8/10