The Faculty

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The Faculty

R

1998

1h 44m

Horror

Sci-Fi

Mystery & Thriller

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To the students at Harrington High, the principal and her posse of teachers have always been a little odd, but lately they've been behaving positively alien. Controlled by otherworldly parasites, the faculty try to infect students one by one. Cheerleader Delilah (Jordana Brewster), football player Stan (Shawn Hatosy), drug dealer Zeke (Josh Hartnett) and new girl Marybeth (Laura Harris) team up with some of their other classmates to fight back against the invaders.

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Critics Consensus

Rip-off of other sci-fi thrillers.

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

09/07/2011

C+

Some of this is fun in a low-grade Hellraiser sort of way, but it reduces the script’s mildest ambitions to hamburger. In The Faculty, it’s Kevin Williamson’s talent that turns into a pod of itself.

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Nigel Floyd

Time Out

01/26/2006

This smart, involving sci-fi picture, set in an Ohio high school, pays homage to several genre faves, notably Invasion of the Body Snatchers and The Thing.

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Peter Matthews

Sight & Sound

03/03/2002

The Faculty consistently draws attention to its own ill-joined cracks and seams.

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Brian Orndorf

Blu-ray.com

01/30/2025

C

A slam-dunk premise is left dangling by a limited cast and general sluggishness from the usually excitable helmer, who never gets the feature up to speed as a chiller or thriller.

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Josh Goller

Spectrum Culture

01/11/2024

In nearly every aspect, The Faculty acts as collage. Admittedly, there are virtually no new ideas here, but rather homages to forebears, direct references to contemporary influences and modernization of classic sci-fi tropes.

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Kristy Strouse

Wonderfully Weird and Horrifying

11/14/2023

The Faculty is an engaging story that breezes by with an energetic fervor that doesn’t slack on bringing the horror when it needs to.

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Kristofer K

@kbkaizer May 13

💯 believable? Probably not, but this Breakfast Club meets teen alien concept will take you on a fun ride like most Rodriguez movies, deserving of its cult following.

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Craig B

@Boundsy Apr 9

Great movie from Robert Rodriguez

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Richard H.

@ClevelandFan Apr 3

Very creepy suspense builder

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Romi V

@Vish.Rom Feb 19

Intresting to watch and with not bad twist.

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GotRizz237

@RT94619608 Feb 17

Pretty good movie, not really that bad.

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Shaun R

@Shaun666 Jan 26

This is a proper 90s film. Enjoyable for what it is.

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Laura Harris

Marybeth Louise Hutchinson

Josh Hartnett

Zeke Tyler

Shawn Hatosy

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Synopsis

To the students at Harrington High, the principal and her posse of teachers have always been a little odd, but lately they've been behaving positively alien. Controlled by otherworldly parasites, the faculty try to infect students one by one. Cheerleader Delilah (Jordana Brewster), football player Stan (Shawn Hatosy), drug dealer Zeke (Josh Hartnett) and new girl Marybeth (Laura Harris) team up with some of their other classmates to fight back against the invaders.

Director: Robert Rodriguez
Producer: Elizabeth Avellan, Robert Rodriguez
Screenwriter: David Wechter, Bruce Kimmel, Kevin Williamson
Distributor: Miramax Films
Production Co: Dimension Films
Rating: R (Some Nudity|Drug Use|Strong Language|Violence/Gore)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 12, 1998, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 21, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $40.1M
Runtime: 1h 44m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS