Is The Faculty scary?

Not particularly — The Faculty's appeal is atmospheric or thematic rather than overtly scary. As a teen film, it scored 3.0/10 for fear, 5.0/10 for atmosphere, and 7.0/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 1 rating.

How many jump scares are in The Faculty?

The Faculty has 11 jump scares, based on Watch Darkly's per-film jump-scare count.

What are some films like The Faculty?

The Faculty is tagged as teen, body horror, alien on Watch Darkly. The film's page lists similar horror films selected by curated scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, and overall quality.

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teen

The Faculty

1998 · R · 1h 44m

These six students are about to discover their teachers really are from another planet.

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!

Plot summary via TMDB

Curator Score

7.0

Overall

Based on 1 curator rating

A quieter watch, light on gore.

Jump scares

The Faculty has 11 jump scares. Compare counts

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7.0Overall

Fear3.0

Gore3.0

Atmosphere5.0

Genres

science-fictionhorrorthriller

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Details

Budget$15M

Box office$40.3M

Directed by

Robert Rodriguez

Written by

Kevin Williamson, David Wechter, Bruce Kimmel

Cinematography

Enrique Chediak

Music

Marco Beltrami

Starring

Josh Hartnett as Zeke Tyler · Elijah Wood as Casey Connor · Jordana Brewster as Delilah Profitt · Clea DuVall as Stokely 'Stokes' Mitchell · Shawn Hatosy as Stan Rosado · Laura Harris as Marybeth Louise Hutchinson · Robert Patrick as Coach Joe Willis · Bebe Neuwirth as Principal Valerie Drake

Production

Los Hooligans Productions

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