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The Faculty

The Faculty

Horror · Science Fiction · 1998

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

Movie details

The Faculty

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

1998 Horror · Science Fiction 1h 44m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.6 / 10

Community rating

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

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over The Faculty?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Robert Rodriguez

Written by

Kevin Williamson · David Wechter · Bruce Kimmel

Josh Hartnett

Josh Hartnett

Zeke Tyler

Elijah Wood

Elijah Wood

Casey Connor

Jordana Brewster

Jordana Brewster

Delilah Profitt

Clea DuVall

Clea DuVall

Stokely 'Stokes' Mitchell

Shawn Hatosy

Shawn Hatosy

Stan Rosado

Laura Harris

Laura Harris

Marybeth Louise Hutchinson

Robert Patrick

Robert Patrick

Coach Joe Willis

Court is in session

Put The Faculty on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.