The Faculty

R

Released Nov 12, 1998

1h 42m

Horror

Sci-Fi

List

58%

Tomatometer

64 Reviews

57%

Audience Score

100,000+ Ratings

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

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.

Rated: C+

Sep 7, 2011

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Nigel Floyd

Time Out

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.

Jan 26, 2006

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Globe and Mail

Rated: 2/4

Apr 25, 2003

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Josh Goller

Spectrum Culture

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.

Jan 11, 2024

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Kristy Strouse

Wonderfully Weird and Horrifying

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.

Nov 14, 2023

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

... a fun loving, self-aware cleverness to both the science-fiction/horror conventions and the teen movie clichés.

Oct 27, 2023

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Ari V

Left the review too long, but pretty sure this is an accurate rating.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/25/24

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Sabrina F

The Faculty is a highly derivative but fun late 90's horror film. It is very much in the vein of Scream, another Kevin Williamson project, in that you have plenty of teen angst, meta references, sarcasm, and a fairly fast pace. You also get a lot of archetypal teen characters that you never really care about, but that is true of many horror films, honestly. The Thing, Alien, and any adaptation of The Invasion of the Body Snatchers is better than The Faculty, but if you are feeling nostalgic for a 90's teen horror film, this is not a bad one to watch. Just be aware that some of the special effects are a product of their time, so be prepared for some wonky CGI. It added to the film's "time capsule" charm for me, but it might be too clunky for others. Also, the soundtrack is so good in that oh so 90's way.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/15/24

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Logan T

It may stretch its credibility with the infected towards the end but The Faculty wears its cliches on its sleeve and along with the cast it's a lot of fun

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/08/24

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Jules N

Un très bon film d'extraterrestre qui possède des réels scènes de tension

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/21/24

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Gary T

Bad writing, OK acting. Wouldn't watch it again.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/13/24

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Chris F

A true classic of its era and genre. The Faculty is fun and I am always down for a rewatch.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/06/24

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Robert Rodriguez

Director

Jordana Brewster

Delilah Profitt

Clea Duvall

Stokely "Stokes" Mitchell

Laura Harris

Marybeth Louise Hutchinson

Josh Hartnett

Zeke Tyler

Shawn Hatosy

Stan Rosado

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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
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 12, 1998, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 21, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $40.1M
Runtime: 1h 42m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS

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