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Upon its release on Christmas Day in 1998, The Faculty grossed roughly $40 million domestically against a $15 million budget. Critics were divided; some dismissed it as a derivative mashup of better sci-fi films, while others praised its sharp wit and stylistic energy.
★★★★☆ (4/5) – Essential viewing for 90s horror fans and anyone who ever suspected their principal was from another planet. The ultimate recognition in this track is promotion
A goth outcast who identifies as a lesbian just to keep people away.
It’s The Breakfast Club meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers —but with 90s grunge, paranoia, and a killer soundtrack (Creed, Oasis, Soul Asylum, and a standout cover of Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2”). ★★★★☆ (4/5) – Essential viewing for 90s horror
One of The Faculty 's greatest strengths is its phenomenal ensemble cast, a veritable who's-who of 90s cinema. The young cast is packed with future stars: a pre-Lord of the Rings Elijah Wood, a breakout Josh Hartnett, and the always-brilliant Clea DuVall, alongside Jordana Brewster and Shawn Hatosy.
Director Robert Rodriguez ( From Dusk Till Dawn , El Mariachi ) trades his usual desert grime for fluorescent high school hallways, injecting the film with kinetic energy, inventive practical effects, and genuinely unsettling body horror (the pencil scene… you’ll know it).
The horror elements are surprisingly visceral. The film’s signature creatures—aquatic, parasitic snail-like monsters that latch onto the brain—are grotesque and memorable. The practical effects, designed by the legendary KNB EFX Group, hold up remarkably well today. The method of killing the aliens—a homemade drug called "Scat"—turns the narrative into a tense guessing game of "who is human," utilizing a brilliant mechanic where the aliens cannot tolerate the drug, violently revealing themselves.