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Show D6 ‘TheSalt Lake Tribune ARTSSunday, December27, 1998 _ Teachers Really Are Monsters in ‘The Faculty’ tok The Faculty jock, Stan (Shawn Hatosy); and Aliens take over the bodies of high-school isn’t right at Herrington High teachers, forcing students to think indepen- start acting weird. (Of course, for BY VINCE HORIUCHI students, there's nothing strange about that, so they gets points for and genresto comeup with new ideas for movies. That's their version of action flowing at a decent pace, and the scenes of paranoia are their home world — are taking match beingoriginal. riachi,” “Desperado”) keeps the being perceptive.) Slimyaliens — tired ofliving on Sometimes, Hollywood execumix then perforated bya 6-foot tentacle. As silly as it sounds, “The Faculty” has its moments of flair. Director Robert Rodriguez (‘El Ma- when the principal and teachers THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE to “The Faculty” is their heads are They discover that something dently tives love gle to fit in. The big differencein the nerd, Casey (Elijah Wood). suspenseful. The special comput- over our planet byfirst invading the mindsand bodies ofthe school er effects of the aliens also are pretty impressive, especially when a miniature version of the monster mutates inside a fish tank. But writer Kevin Williamson, faculty. Oncethat’s done,they be- Take “From Dusk ‘til Dawn.” It's nothing more than “PulpFiction” meets “Evil Dead.” It's the same with “The Facul- gin to work their way into the stu- dents and townspeople. It won't be long, Casey says, before the invasion spreads beyond anyone's control. Since the aliens literally hide out in normal-looking humans, teen-age mad-slasher genre with princess, Delilah (Jordana Brewster); the weird outcast, Stokely alien and whois human. Just as in John Carpenter's “The Thing,” the kids figure out a test to find out who has been infected. It has to do with diuretics, of all things — thealiens are water-based. And as in “The Breakfast Club,” there are scenes in which newest creation derivative. Just becauseyou put two original movies together to come up with anew idea doesn’t mean you have hit pay dirt. The makers of “The Faculty” (rated R for gore, grisly deaths and frequent drug use) would have beenbetter off putting ef- beth (Laura Harris); the stoner about what it’s like to be an out- ty,” the newscience-fiction /hor- ror movie from the creator of Scream.” Youmight call it “The Breakfast Club” meets ‘The it’s hard to figure out who is an Thing.” Five teens from typical highschoolcliquesarefighting off an alien invasion of their school. Asin “The Breakfast Club,” the young heroes include the yuppie (Clea DuVall); the newkid, Mary- students give heartfelt speeches punk, Zeke (Josh Hartnett); the cast at school and howthey strug- whosingle-handedly revived the “Scream”and “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” makes his Great PerformancesSeriesat the Egyptian proudly presents fort into writing something new. with Gregg Lizenbery What's next? “The Waterboy” meets “Saving Private Ryan”? BONWOO D | Wanta story printed a few years | ago in The Salt Lake Tribune?It's | available to you now | through the Shawn Hatosy(left), Laura Harris, Josh Hartnett, Jordana Brewster, Clea DuVall, Elijah Wood. 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