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The Faculty

1998 • 1h 44m •
Horror Science Fiction
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★ 6.6/10
2,367 reviews
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The Faculty

When creepy things start happening at Herrington High, the students begin to suspect that their faculty is being controlled by body-snatching aliens.

"These six students are about to discover their teachers really are from another planet."

Top Billed Cast

Josh Hartnett
Josh Hartnett
Zeke
Elijah Wood
Elijah Wood
Casey
Jordana Brewster
Jordana Brewster
Delilah
Clea DuVall
Clea DuVall
Stokely
Shawn Hatosy
Shawn Hatosy
Stan
Laura Harris
Laura Harris
Marybeth
Robert Patrick
Robert Patrick
Coach Willis
Bebe Neuwirth
Bebe Neuwirth
Principal Drake

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

G Gimly Verified TMDB Critic
2018-06-01

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._...

J John Chard Verified TMDB Critic
2019-07-15

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...

W Wuchak Verified TMDB Critic
2020-12-06

_**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 turne...