The Faculty

Disturbing Behavior
$14.98
Disturbing Behavior (1998) Oh oh! It seems something strange is happening to the kids at Steve's new school. The "bad kids" are transforming one by one into the Blue Ribbon bunch, overachievers with a slight penchant for violence and murder. Can Steve (James Marsden) and new girlfriend Rachel (Katie Holmes-TV's Dawson's Creek) maintain their identities long enough to solve the mystery? This one can't get past the fact that it is cribbed from so many other movies (The Stepford Children, Strange Behavior). Also, though Marsden and Holmes are okay, there's not enough character development here for them to sink their teeth into. The most telling factor is that the distribution company believed they had a dog on their hands and chopped this down to a bare bones 74 minutes. This does keep the film moving along, but a little more character development or a few more "quiet moments" might have helped flesh this out. Character actor William Sadler (Die Hard 2) spices things up as a brighter-than-he-looks school janitor, but he can't save this one. Skip it. Also with Nick Stahl, Bruce Greenwood, and Steve Railsback.

The Faculty [Region 2]
$6.20
Great movie. Good actors helped make this movie and sometime the comedy shots were a great add to the movie.

The Faculty (Blu-ray)
$19.99

Idle Hands
$9.95
Being a huge film fan all my life, I've always aimed to increase my collection at every turn. Mixing my two favorite genres: comedy and horror, into a nice blend, "Idle Hands" is a film I greatly enjoyed. I was not expecting much from this film, being the only reason I purchased it was to add to my collection of Jessica Alba films, but I was greatly surprised with the results. The film is a perfect blend of horror related comedy, kind of amongst the lines of other horror-comedy films such as "Shaun of the Dead", "Young Frankenstein", and more recently "Zombieland". Being a blend of these two genres means that one cannot take the film seriously, so do not expect award winning writing or acting, it's meant more as a parody. Many of the parts of the film also reminded me of the old "Evil Dead" series, especially the part where the lead actor is involved in a struggle with his own hand, reminiscent of Ash fighting himself as well. As long as you know what to expect from this movie you will gladly enjoy a few good laughs and find yourself indulging in a highly underrated film.