When some very creepy things start happening around school, the kids at Herrington High make the chilling discovery that confirms their worst suspicions: their teachers really are from another planet!
Acting
Hartnett's Zeke Tyler — stoner heartthrob perfection.
Practical Effects
Gloriously gross alien creature effects by KNB EFX.
Writing
Kevin Williamson's self-aware teen dialogue, razor-sharp.
Director
Robert Rodriguez
Josh Hartnett
Zeke Tyler
Elijah Wood
Casey Connor
Jordana Brewster
Delilah Profitt
Clea DuVall
Stokely 'Stokes' Mitchell
Shawn Hatosy
Stan Rosado
Laura Harris
Marybeth Louise Hutchinson
Robert Patrick
Coach Joe Willis
Bebe Neuwirth
Principal Valerie Drake
Famke Janssen
Miss Elizabeth Burke
Piper Laurie
Mrs. Karen Olson
Salma Hayek Pinault
Nurse Rosa Harper
Jon Stewart
Prof. Edward Furlong
Daniel von Bargen
Mr. John Tate
Susan Willis
Mrs. Jessica Brummel
Christopher McDonald
Mr. Frank Connor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Robert Rodriguez shot this between Desperado and Spy Kids, using the same high school from Dazed and Confused. The cast is a who's-who of '90s It Kids who'd dominate early 2000s cinema.
The Faculty is essentially a stealth remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers for the Scream generation—Kevin Williamson even admitted he wrote it as 'Body Snatchers meets The Breakfast Club,' complete with each teen archetype getting systematically converted or vindicated.
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