The Faculty

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The Faculty

R

1998

1h 42m

Horror

Sci-Fi

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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

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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Peter Matthews

Sight & Sound

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

Mar 3, 2002

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Brian Orndorf

Blu-ray.com

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.

Rated: C

Jan 30, 2025

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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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John C

It was the best horror movie of that year so it did something right. Although a copy of a more recent horror film (invasion of the body snatchers) it still manages to hold onto it's younger audience with it's visually appealing, awesome special effects and handful of bodacious young actors who are now super famous. You won't be bored and the soundtrack is rightfully killer. For it's time, it was pretty bad ass and very popular with the younger people. Adults with an open mind will enjoy it too.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/16/25

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Ray C

A fun and effective 90's body horror with a great cast. Robert Patrick delivers a particularly memorable performance. Some of the character relationships hold it back for me however. They feel poorly written and weak.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/14/25

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Jelisije J

A lot of famous actors started off in film where the premise is a basic alien invasion and yet its up to a bunch of teenagers to take them down........idk why i enjoy this film, but I do.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/16/25

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Mateo O

honestly an underrated classic FOR REAL.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/26/25

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Eric J.

Interesting enough to watch, but not good enough to make it a repeat offender on my go-to list.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

08/25/25

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Nashville I

A fun and simple thrill ride through 90s nostalgia. Basically a fun, very easy adaptation of the body snatchers but with classic teen 90's attitude. The dialoague's extremely basic but the movie actually aged pretty well. It's a fun one-time watch from year to year. The movie clearly knows it's cheesy and over the top, but because it leans into this there are actually some pretty entertaining parts.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/07/25

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Robert Rodriguez

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Delilah Profitt

Clea Duvall

Stokely "Stokes" Mitchell

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
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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