The Faculty (EXPLAINED)

The brainchild of guerrilla filmmaker Robert Rodriguez and slasher film baron Kevin Williamson, The faculty is a peculiar blend of the thing, invasion of the body snatchers, Aliens, the breakfast club and varsity blues, functioning as a teen satire that uses its sci-fi elements to exploit our paranoia about high school and the all too familiar hierarchal structures within it.
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[@AllyourBase3]

Back when actors playing teens didn't look like they were in their mid 20s

[@maddiesmusings]

Lmao yeah these look like they’re pushing 30!

[@JERSEYBOYPLAY2HARD]

Sorry but these people playing teens was perfect. I find it weird watching teen play teen cause they look like middle schoolers.

[@homerguy4444]

Madison Giroux josh harnet was 19, elijah wood 16, usher 19, i think any of them were over 20. So no they dont look 30. Kids look younger now than back then.

[@Thejordanenthusiast]

Seems like you’ve never watched Grease

[@JERSEYBOYPLAY2HARD]

bro i don't want to see real teens. real teens look like they're 12 or 11

[@johnblaze1988]

How much 90's nostalgia can you fit in one movie?

[@damianstarks3338]

John M the 90s my childhood.

[@joshglover2370]

@@damianstarks3338 Mine too! Born in '88! I miss the good old days! 😢

[@damianstarks3338]

Josh Glover holy shit I was born in 88 too so nice to meet someone who was born in the same year and is a fellow 90s kid !

[@johnblaze1988]

@@damianstarks3338 Hell yeah, year of the Dragon! 😎👍

[@damianstarks3338]

John M o my god that is my year too it’s like we are brothers !

[@nixonszombie]

90s Classic.

[@popspider4920]

t1tg Elijah wood went from looking like a child to looking like he’s 50 😂 but you gotta love him

[@lancep2002]

Scariest thing about this movie is that it's been 21 years since it came out

[@BNK2442]

It already can legally drink. ^^

[@diplamatikjuan3595]

We are all old and are going to die... Happy new year! :)

[@13thfullmoon3]

It’s been 25 years now.

[@cruzg-man3039]

We need movies like this again

[@stanleyc2978]

One of my favorite as a young teen. I miss the days of accidentally finding movies like this on rerun late at night.

[@stevenbryant8160]

Fax I agree

[@TruthAplomado]

Jeepers Creepers 1/2 is the closest i could find

[@Darknights23]

I’m surprised they haven’t made a remake or sequel to this

[@pagesofDawn]

Don't remind them

[@OldNavajoTricks]

This is on the list of not to be fucked with movies, but everything seems to get ruined these days.

[@matxalenc8410]

Well, you jinxed it so I'm sure it's coming soon.

[@garyangel3885]

Love this movie. Still watch it today actually am watching it right now lol. Introduced my girls to it.

[@leonardeuler9592]

Don't worry man, we have 3 Star wars movies in 2022, 2024 and 2026!

[@shainewhite2781]

Woww!!!!! This one of my favorite sci-fi Horror films ever made! A teen version of The Thing and Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

[@damianstarks3338]

Shaine White perfect comparisons.

[@tshelby5212]

Yes a cross between those 2 movies 👍

[@mackarack7440]

How high school actually is. You cant trust anyone.

[@Kserijaro]

well it is called HIGH school for a reason. If you aint high you are doing it wrong.

[@michaelhowell2326]

I see your dislike of Zeke's arc but I can also see how it makes sense. Zeke felt abandoned by his parents who were always gone on some trip far away, and according to Ms. Burke was bc they were so disappointed in their son. After surviving the infection and being part of the " good guys", he finally felt he found a family of sorts.

[@BelmontClan]

michael howell not to mention ms Burke was sexually attracted to him. He made his intentions very well known and he gets her in the end because he’s legally an adult and he’s very intelligent. He could have graduated or just dropped out and got a GED but he choose to stay around and get some teacher pussy.

[@michaelhowell2326]

@@BelmontClan you're not wrong, I don't think. I seen in the end there was something between them but I'm not sure that meant much. But maybe you're on to something I just can't see.

[@BelmontClan]

michael howell ms Burke goes to watch zeke at football practice at the end and does like a shy nerdy wave. Zeke also instinctively understand that ms Burke is hot for him because he’s insightful and intelligent. The classroom scene where they are talking about the book Robinson Caruso zeke makes a insightful comment and than compares it to masterbation and getting callouses on the characters hands. Go back and look at the movie you will see the sexual tension she has, he offers her cherry flavored condoms and chocolate laxatives and sexual innuendos. Ms Burke starts flirting back after she’s host to the parasites and changes her appearance.

[@michaelhowell2326]

@@BelmontClan I'll by almost everything except for when she was infected. That doesn't count. Something I just thought about though is that everyone that we meet or see in the movie are all changed by the event. Not like PTSD changed but more of the person they wanted to be. Everyone. Even the fighting couple are a bit more chilled out after the events.

[@BelmontClan]

michael howell that’s true too but that’s also a movie for you, conflict resolution things working themselves out a happy ending. They try to make movies have a happy ending or at least happy for the main characters Casey was the hero and the school bullies where still there but they had a new target. But that’s high school you can analyze a film and it’s properties and dissect it till there’s nothing left. No one has mentioned the music for the movie, a cover of another brick in the wall originally by Pink Floyd. The music video was pretty creepy and good at the same time. If you never heard it or the original I suggest trying it

[@mezmerized4lifejay654]

The Thing meets The Breakfast Club

[@davidgarrido5506]

Fun fact The cabin in the woods references the movie when the two guys were talking about a failed ritual that happened in 1998

[@Reed0069]

Ah yes, the movie which gave me a newfound appreciation for being homeschooled

[@alexanderarkum4793]

I feel you I got my first girlfriend while homeschooled

[@davidwinters7697]

@@alexanderarkum4793 hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[@minhha3063]

Dude I was homeschooled till college

[@jxlegacy3221]

alexander arkum Dub

[@BNK2442]

The best year of my teens was the one I was unschooled. ^^

[@chungledorf350]

1:25 guy in the blue shirt is my dad he was an extra in this movie and always talked about it when I was younger 😅

[@parker6596]

This movie was on tv the other day and i was blown away to find out it was directed by robert rodriguez that explains why its so good!

[@rockinbobokkin7831]

"candy filled with caffeine..." Meth. It's meth.

[@damienreyna5879]

I thought it was coke.

[@wednesdayapril5435]

@@damienreyna5879 it was mate

[@dawb86]

@Rockin BoBokkin "Candy makes you dandy!" **Samson from Half Baked voice**

[@alejandrocabanas5191]

It’s sauce lol

[@fluffychan6000]

Coke. Remember this is the 90s.

[@TheRoguePrince0]

I watched this movie as a kid but I can only remember the naked scene

[@jamesgatz4490]

You sure it was this film and not pornhub??

[@TheRoguePrince0]

@@jamesgatz4490 no it was this movie its the blonde girl that goes naked

[@TheRoguePrince0]

@@jamesgatz4490 look up the faculty (10/11) on KZbin if u don't believe me

[@jamesgatz4490]

@@TheRoguePrince0 lol wooooosh

[@blahblah2255]

I thought you talking about the shower scene when old teacher death

[@Ricekrispy10]

Is this where Frodo went after the One Ring was finally destroyed?

[@Se7enDsinSGaming]

This is the one where Frodo freed a killer whale

[@jamesgatz4490]

Only possible after Macaulay Culkins mom dropped him off a cliff and chose Frodo instead

[@NutnRoll]

And where T-1000 was before he went after John Connor.

[@jamesgatz4490]

@@NutnRoll I'm glad he met Dana

[@AlexFlockhart]

@@NutnRoll Well before and after to be accurate.

[@BeexDubb]

Used to rent this movie constantly on vhs as a kid, so underrated, using that fake cocaine in the pen to take down the parasites was epic 👍🏼

[@tonekagrigsby-green769]

bandit me too then I finally got enough money to buy it online . I remember how much I wore that dvd out . Good times

[@moxiemaxie3543]

Its not underrated. Its a classic for 90s babies and extremely late Gen X-ers lol

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

Looks like I'm not the only one who noticed the characters' ending seemed to have been written out of the blue

[@mr.karate4018]

kirby march barcena interesting!

[@tenzinmutuzaki8228]

The ending was trash

[@Terrakinetic]

I am so glad they got rid of those annoying cone shaped disposable paper cups.

[@TheBadGuy235]

Love this movie. I liked how everybody at first glance seemed stereotypical but had some layers to them. Like why can't the goth girl enjoy football? Why can't the dealer be a genius?

[@moxiemaxie3543]

Irl, many drug dealers are excellent in math and science. As a goth myself,minus the abusive parent, its just style and simplicity. Black matches with everything.

[@shainewhite2781]

2:12, that was a great scene! They even spoofed it in an episode of South Park!🤣🤣🤣

[@retluoc]

My favorite line: I think someone should only run when chased.

[@nasiramani1725]

Mine : I just leave for five minutes and everyone fucking turn into alien

[@Joe_Parmesan]

being chased... I like that...

[@ambehak4744]

Do you think that was a hidden reference to Robert's character from T2 when he's chasing a scared John Connor?

[@retluoc]

@@ambehak4744 Good point...inside jokes are in tons of movies.

[@19blaktop]

No way, how is it better then, "guaranteed to jack you up!"

[@princessbuttercup8954]

"He's just tweaking man. Let him fucking tweak!" Loved this movie. Still do. I watched it the night it came out in theaters.

[@fruff30]

This movie was basically a rip off of a much better film called Class of 1999 except with Dawson Creek rejects cast in the lead parts.

[@astasui]

​@@fruff30no

[@stephen6279]

This seems a bit like Animorphs - ie The Yeerks species

[@montebutler4113]

I feel like he should cover that animorphs

[@matxalenc8410]

Ohmigod! It does. I wonder which came first. I know Animorphs was a book first.

[@kemalramadana7300]

YES! Thank you for pointing that out

[@marethyu1323]

Yup

[@anubusx]

Elijah Wood would of made a great Peter Parker.

[@netherdominater9960]

The Jazz King ...you're not wrong

[@rellbgm4473]

The Jazz King faaacctsss

[@garyangel3885]

Definitely

[@Movie_Games]

True, but a shitty Spiderman. The actor has to do both great.

[@anubusx]

@@Movie_Games I thought Garfield was good.

[@astropunch7708]

So it’s both The Thing and Scooby Doo with Frodo Baggins, T-1000, Jean Grey and Usher

[@jasongradyphstiger6179]

Along with Lori strode's son from Halloween H2O and Mia Toronto Fast and Furious.

[@tshelby5212]

Don't forget body snatchers

[@LordofMovies91]

@@jasongradyphstiger6179 "Mia Toronto" Lolz

[@jasongradyphstiger6179]

@@LordofMovies91 Toretto I meant sorry stupid auto correction.

[@LordofMovies91]

@@jasongradyphstiger6179 all good. It was funny

[@JB-pg3mi]

YES!!!!! I wondered for a while if you had seen my comment way back!! This is sooo cool!! Thank you for putting this video out!! Keep up the awesome work!!

[@GnashingOvTeeth]

Yo thank you for uploading this!! One of my favs and it’s extremely underrated!

[@solo6396]

I watched this movie with my dad when I was young( like 7) and it all came back to me as I was watching this video. Talk about a hit if nostalgia!

[@TheMcSlenderman]

I was wondering when you would cover for this awesome film. Thank you!

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Speaking of aliens, is there a chance that you can cover some Halo lore? Thank you for your great content

[@werwolf1257]

YES!

[@teapots4103]

I watched this movie three times over the course of Christmas break...love this movie

[@mymorningjacket3436]

I haven't thought about this movie in years great choose for a vid keep up the great work.

[@tshelby5212]

Choice

[@r.babylon2885]

Surprisingly, Hinata Hyuga has the same haircut as Josh Hartnett

[@mr.karate4018]

Allen Babylon lmaooo big facts

[@williemakit2477]

I love this movie! The album is amazing too. An all around underated flick!

[@mayragarcia9326]

Thank you been waiting for this one

[@memedagger1104]

I’ve been waiting for this vid for ages!😃😃😃

[@The-Artless-Gallery]

Aahh!!! No wonder i love this film. I didn't know he directed this. I'm in love all over again!!😍😍😍

[@dollarstoresteak7654]

Yay finally you posted a video about this!!!

[@Rodeo_Wizard]

Thanks for doing a video on this underrated horror classic. This scifi horror flick has so many stars and has a tone of Invasion of the Body Snatchers that gave me chills.

[@ReddMango777]

Oh my God YES!! Loved this movie growing up, thank you so much once again 🥰

[@187mrsmith]

This is Aussie one of the most underrated movies of the nineties it gets all over a look and never gets mentioned with the screens the I know what you did last summer just all those big horror/sci fi movies that took off in the mid to late nineties ... On top of it at pay so much homage to the thing and I respect that a lot

[@thinkoutthebox6686]

I think it ended the way it did because in the end they still all were infected/affected in some type of way and all were changed. The host mentioned “we win”.. and in the end as they was walking he said “things are different”… nobody was themselves…even Coach Allowing him to smoke and only telling him to put it out. They all still changed into “someone else”… in my opinion

[@mikehancho7426]

Yeah I think the same, in the end Casey's cut from the parasites start to heal rapidly

[@mer9272]

Hey Niyat, Don't know if you'll see this or not but here goes nothing. Your channel has always astonished me, the way that you go in depth, and don't skip even small details is amazing. You sparked my curiosity not only about films and comics, but life in general. You're one of my biggest inspirations, and you made me take the jump to choose my career, Audio designing and composing. I am happy to say that me and my wife have agreed to name our son "Niyat" after you. I wish you the best my friend. :)

[@lee4478]

I'm actually really pleased I found your channel

[@Pepisthe1]

It blows my mind this movie is over 20 years old now. Damn. I also can’t believe I watched this when I was a kid lol.

[@2alien4earth2human4space]

❤ Love love love this movie ❤ one of the first scary movies I seen as a kid 🤣 I need this on DVD. Remember kids snort drugs if you need to prove Aliens are inside you. 🤦

[@quashmongrel]

This is one of my faves ! Thx 4 this

[@sonny5387]

Crap I still haven't seen this movie.

[@KittenNippl3s]

The nostalgia is strong with this one. Awesome video yet again! Think you could consider doing an explained of Virus (1999), its based on a comic of the same name.

[@babyrahool]

Can u explain the game horror movie “Stay Alive” .

[@nikkofranchi]

My favorite movie

[@finsfan90]

Yessss

[@Vampire-666.]

Stay Alive though it has bad reviews, I enjoyed it!!!!!!!!

[@shyguy205]

One of my favorite movies thank you covering this

[@thekrustykrab8319]

horror movies are so bad now i wish they could go like what they used to be

[@shainewhite2781]

4:05, man, hard to believe he is now starring in Direct to video movies, but he'll be remembered playing John Doggett in The X Files.

[@leeyoung7826]

No.. T1000 Terminator 2

[@finsfan90]

Uhhh T1000 is WAY more iconic.

[@naivenitara]

I will always love this movie. It's right up there with The Craft in my teenage cult classic vault 😄 ALSO, casually drug peddling, secretly smart Josh Harnet was hot AF in this movie. Siiiigh, the 90's

[@HorrorEdits]

Do the grass from Stephen King’s “ In the tall grass.”

[@briesthoughts2261]

Great video!! 👏👏👏

[@DragonflyandTheWolf]

I feel like Delilah is probably with Casey because at the end of the movie he is a hero and therefore now the most popular person at school. Delilah is someone who has always cared more about status and social standing over personality. She's not with Casey because she went through any character development. She's with him because she's the only one of the main cast who didn't get any character development and is still trying to establish status quo; popular girl gets with popular guy. For her that is how the universe works. Casey himself has always had a crush on her so he is thrilled to have her either way.

[@MistarZtv]

I didn't even know that Williamson wrote it, I thought it had scream vibes, especially near the end with the 'who's the queen" plotthread and the chase scenes. It totally made sense why.

[@xoxvw]

As a kid I feared the T-1000 but, this is something else

[@matthewweiss3492]

"Snort homemade candy filled with caffeine." Ah Lucas candy. Now thats how you get your brain cells fried.

[@bskilla4892]

So many people that went on to become super famous. From Hayek to Frodo, from Stewart to even Usher.

[@shayalon]

Most of them were already famous by this point. Jon Stewart was a staple on comedy central and already had a bunch of TV shows under his belt. Salma Hayek had been in Desperado and From Dusk TIl Dawn. Elijah Wood was almost a Hollywood veteran at this point, having been in Back to the Future II, Forever Young, and The Good son. This was, I think, Usher's first movie. But they hadn't hit superstardom yet, for sure. Stewart was a year away from the daily show, Salma Hayek hadn't done Frida yet, Elijiah wood was four years away from doing LOTR.

[@nicoleparreira1024]

shayalon isn’t Wood only like playing pinball in the background of BttF 2? Adventures of Huck Finn, The Good Son, Radio Flyer are things he could actually be known for then.

[@shayalon]

@@nicoleparreira1024 it's a speaking part, but not a very big one.

[@EminentKnight]

Also Famke went on to play the original Jean Grey/Gray.

[@SirArmor21]

Saw usher maybe it isn’t an alien that’s spreading around👀

[@Trejohnsmith]

Sir Armor 😂😂😂😂😂😂😭😭😭

[@GoddessArkasha]

Wow great review and understanding

[@flygonkerel781]

loved this movie as a kid!!!! WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS MOVIE THE OTHER DAY!!!

[@wearenotundone]

damn i was looking for this video yesterday and today BOOM here it is thx

[@Man_United_USA]

What a cast ! A ton of very famous future actors !

[@jbot91]

Had this on vhs

[@wilcarrero1639]

Hello. I’m a veteran who really enjoys the horror/ sci-fi genres. I’d really like to see NightBreed covered by you. Thank you, sir! Keep up the great work! Respectfully, Liam

[@oddballbegay2879]

Great vid always watched this as a kid.

[@GenericYoutubeUserName]

Frodo, mia toretto, gaylord focker’s brother in law, the guy from animal kingdom, usher, t1000, xenia onatopp, steven hyde, josh hartnett, jon stewart, selma hayek and shooter mcgavin. This movie had a lot of well known actors and actresses

[@Joe_Parmesan]

You forgot Mitch Kramer (Wiley Wiggins as Hyde's friend)

[@sulanis8444]

I loved this movie growing up, i watched it a lot.

[@jasonalba5768]

well explained and i can't agree more about this movie that i enjoyed watching over again when im teezing for it :)

[@michaelhowell2326]

Holy shit. I watched the Faculty a couple days ago and thought to myself that it seemed a lot like teaching misses tingle. You can definitely see and feel the writer behind the scenes. Amazing.

[@valkyrie273]

Just watched this with my kids! 12 and 15...lol...they loved it!

[@rand0mGT]

Classic! We don’t see movies like these anymore

[@nomnom9769]

Please do dog soldiers.

[@Parietal-Polymath]

Ron!!!

[@koltonjeff9839]

Dog soldiers is a really good movie and old

[@williamwinder5011]

Dog soldiers is amazing.

[@RubberDuckyTheOne]

I thought I knew this movie but you know what, the criticism of Zeke joining football was lost on me until seeing you mention it. Great point.

[@IntermezzoR]

I remember renting this movie when it was released, I was only 6 but it immediately was one of my favourite movies.

[@danielwaugh2215]

thanks for taking time to look it up, what about some others like the Leviathan movie? almost like the Thing but human made and at the bottom of the lake. also maybe check out the Dark Cystral, Falling Skies aliens, Europa Report and Without Warning (news events and star trek actors in it) they are worth checking out.

[@salud7432]

That was one of my favorites

[@rashdon7126]

one of my fav movies. Thanks 😉

[@Bender1988s]

dobry filmik, dobra analiza, a film, wart obejżenia

[@IntermezzoR]

0:51 I absolutely expected that list of Rodriguez movies to end with Sharkboy and Lavagirl!

[@Nelo_Wolf]

*They are a lot like Las plagas. Where they drastically change the person. I wonder how they would effect the children if they made it as far preschool and kindergarten. Imagine small children attacking them*

[@busychrissy0.0]

Would be a cool sequel

[@psychronic8327]

KICK THE BABY !!!

[@Nelo_Wolf]

@@busychrissy0.0 more scarier than this one, cause you hardly ever see kids in a horror movie. Which would give the genre fresh life.

[@BelmontClan]

Nelo Wolf cooties a zombie movie that had kids turning into zombies because of tainted chicken nuggets, also starred Elijah wood

[@Nelo_Wolf]

@@BelmontClan never heard of it

[@MikeSuma831]

Hell yes. One of my all time favorite films.

[@stepcai448]

I have a lot of question about the after effects on the infected after the queen died. Do they recall everything being infected? How about the one that got her head cut off? The science teacher was seen alive in the end but with bandages, right?

[@popeofpain6904]

The Fellowship of the Students.

[@domainphantom7651]

I have a double pack that has The faculty and Phantoms. I really liked them lol.

[@jakobraahauge7299]

Merry Christmas, dearest Niyat!! 💖 If you need something somewhat forgotten - try to check out Rutger Hauer's filmography! 🙏🥰

[@ErdingerLi]

I really liked this movie as a kid. The creature design is amazing

[@Mogget01]

This, in my opinion, is the last honest horror movie made. There are obviously more modern examples, but as a movie that came out at the end of the traditional horror movie era, this was the conclusion, and fortunately it’s a wonderfully well made conclusion, with only 1 or 2 horrible effects scenes.

[@oasis4ever718]

Josh Harnett is absolutely gorgeous in this movie! My god!

[@yourebelscumm]

Awesome! Saw this movie when I was a kid

[@jackoxendine7157]

Holy hell I've never even heard of this flick but It's on my watch list now! Can you delve into the Diablo series!?

[@cane6074]

Hard to imagine this is a Robert Rodriguez film, the style and tone is much different from his other works, but the camp factor is certainly still there.

[@shainewhite2781]

An all star cast makes up for a good story.

[@whitneyhanson6932]

Young John Stewart always throws me for a loop!

[@Crest28]

Basically all of the main characters were not all star actors at the time this movie came out. Lotr hadn't even come out yet, neither had fast n furious or any other movies these actors would star in

[@cyanphoenix1414]

Great movie. I always just called the parasite in it "Yeerks" since they are so similar to the Yeerks from Animorphs

[@deadryan4262]

Loved this movie No matter how cheesy it is