The Faculty Was SUPPOSED To Be The Next Scream
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2021
- When the Faculty was produced, it was hot off the tails of teen slashers like Scream. All things considered The Faculty should have ben another box office smash for Dimension Films. But what happened? Why did a movie made with such star power in front and behind the camera fail? How did a movie with all the ingredients of Scream flop so hard?
#TheFaculty #Scream #Nerdstalgic
Written by Dave Baker
Edited by Brian Nappi - Zábava
This movie is so underrated, in my opinion, "Breakfast Club" meets "Invasion of the Body Snatchers." I love how Mary Beth is the only main character who doesn't have a Breakfast Club counterpart. Foreshadowing at its finest...
breakfast club is ass
@@killermoviemakers go watch transformers or something
It watched it recently. It wasn't bad at all. To me it corny fun in a good way.
@@killermoviemakers fair if you think that, but can I ask why (as someone who grew up loving it, I’m curious why you hate it)
Hmm I might look this movie up. Sounds like fun
Grew up watching this movie, and I’ve always thought it was horribly underrated. It’s an excellent film.
Agreed. You're gorgeous, btw😍
No movie with Offsprings in the soundtrack can be that terrible, that’s like a known law of cinema.
I completely agree. Same here.
Likewise, it's truly a staple of 90's horror Cinema, and deserves to be more well known!
Yeah we dont agree on that lol. if you didn't like breakfast club, you wont like this movie it seems.
I absolutely loved this film as kid. It's sad that most people don't even know what it is when you talk about it though. It's a really underrated gem, in my opinion.
The Faculty is underrated. It captures the energy of an old horror B Movie to perfection
Thanks to Robert Rodriguez
The Faculty was mediocre. Let's not give credit where it isn't due.
@@marmac83 well people are loving it more and more as time goes by
meh i did not like it...it lacks acting..its very bland
I always felt like The Faculty was criminally underrated. This should of been a break out movie for all those stars. And you're right, Hollywood is scared to take risk like they did in the 80's/90's. Now we live in the perpetual land of remakes, reboots, and franchises.
Accurately summary of the current world
Saw in theaters and loved it
@Barnaby Wentworth What's funny? The 90's was home to some amazing films in my opinion: The Big Lebowski (1998), The Matrix (1999), Fight Club (1999), Scream (1996), Goodfellas (1990), Boogie Nights (1997). And those are only a few. All great, stand alone, ORIGINAL films.
Spot on
I can't believe that you went through the cast without mentioning mr. Frodo himself.
Disturbing behavior and faculty are so underrated . Love both of those films.
The Faculty was way better, the actors in here gave way betta performances
Oh, yeah. I saw "Disturbing Behavior" in theaters. I liked it. But, I typically like unpopular things.
Thank you!!! I love both of these movies.
Its a cult classic and I'm glad it didn't get ruined by a forced studio sequel.
I'll always know what you did last summer
What are you people talking about? WHAT cult following?
@@marmac83 Believe it or not, I started a sorta cult following for it. I showed it to ONE person and they've now showed it to like six others.
Love this movie
Guaranteed to jack you up!!! 😂🤣😂 I love this movie.
The Faculty and it’s soundtrack came in just as I was entering high school, it embodied all of my anxieties about it. After seeing what high school was actually like, I would’ve preferred the killer alien brain slugs.
Hahaha right there w you
Right?
I completely agree
Why do I keep finding out my favorite 90's movies were not hits at the time? 🤯
Same!
This movie was a hit though when it originally came out. It had a budget of 15 million and made over 40 million and that's just in the US. We are not talking Avengers money but still it made its money back.
When I watched it as a middle schooler, I remember saying "This is Animorphs! Those are exactly like the Yeerks from Animorphs!" And all my friends cringed.
I am still waiting for the R rated, age accurate casting, body horror filled Netflix series Animorphs deserves
ok but were you wrong?
@@LynnHermione omg yes.
Oh good it wasn't just me and my siblings.
Despite the short comings, the faculty holds a special place in my childhood.
people do not get its a b movie...like the blob or night of the living dead
The star of this movie was Jon Stewarts Goatee
Beautiful lol
theater seats being filled isnt a good measure of a films quality. life goes on and sometimes people didn't even know a movie was out. this is one of my favorite flicks
The screening I saw this in was packed and everyone was up for it, total blast. One of Rodriguez's best movies. 👽
*Kevin Williamson, dumbass. Robert didn't write it, he just directed it, dipshit.
@@MrParkerman6 it's roberts movie all the way.
I saw this in theaters as well, but my screening was more half filled or so. Not like Scream and Scream 2 which were sold out when I saw them. I agree it’s one of his best for sure. May be my personal fave.
Video: *in depth analysis of a cult classic*
My dumbass brain: "is that frodo?" 😂😂😂
yes
That's the guy from Wilfred 😂
You mean the kid from The War
No it’s the kid who YEETED Cully McCullen off a cliff onto sharp rocks
@@alexgavaghan8543 You mean the kid that divorced his parents and traveled the globe trying to find new ones in North ...
The Faculty is such an underrated Film. My friends & I at the time felt like we were the only ones who loved it and it could have started a whole new sub-genre by being the first hard Sci-fi/Horror/Teen-Slasher
its def sci-fi horror but its not a slasher at all
This is a great 90's teen movie! Watched the VHS countless times.
same
I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. I didn’t even know it existed until a few years ago.
That's literally the "Made By Kevin Williamson" stamp mate 😂😂😂
The faculty is so underrated
My university thesis was about high school representations in 90s films. The Faculty featured heavily so I watched it many, many times. Ha, good times. Seriously underrated little flick.
Well this hits right in the nostalgia bone.
Great movie. It’s so nice seeing a good CZcams content creator making videos about the long forgotten great films. Love it. Thank you.
Can’t believe I’ve never heard of this film when I’m pretty well-versed in the horror genre. A new treat for me!
lucky you! It's my fave
It's neat how Robert Patrick seems to be typecast as the Villain in nearly every project he does, from "Judgement Day", to "The Faculty." "Bridge to Terabithia" seems to be his lone exception.
I think it's because he works as a good "surprise" villain. He's at first glance a very unthreatening person, but still has a sense of danger about him.
Either that or a cop or FBI agent . Especially in his tv rolls
hi, the x files!
He fit perfectly in x files and was pretty good taking Mulders place as a main character
I mean he was also Sokka's sword master in Avatar.
I forget how good this movie is. Now I have to watch it.
Love this movie!!!! "It must really blow being you" "You have no idea"
Guaranteed to Jack you up!!!
I remember loving this movie when I saw it. One of the most underrated movies ever. The risk paid off. The studio didn't market it well.
Yeah I do remember this movie. Yeah but Scream sort of sucked all the oxygen out the room. But this was a good sci-fi horror movie all about these aquatic aliens.
"The Faculty" and "Disturbing Behavior" were both awesome. My friends & I saw both in the theater a couple times apiece.
And jawbreaker .. late 90s cranked out sum good movies
I remember seeing this in the theater…. I loved it.
It’s up there with *”Idle hands”* as far as “nostalgia bait” goes for me. 😆❤️
Wassup anton you playing a little 2 ball theree?
@@BabyBash23 TELL ME EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOAT THE DEVIL!
Saw this one in a Sneak Preview - great experience and made me fall in love with the soundtrack. Class of 99 deserves recognition - frigging Tom morello playing Pink Floyd and so much more great originals and covers on the OST.
This was my go to horror movie as a kid I watched it whenever it wss on horror channle and I recorded it onto my grandas sky box for when I stayed there on weekends I would often fall alssep watching it
Was one of my favorites as a kid, glad someone finally did a video on it.
I saw the Faculty in theaters. I liked it. It was entertaining
That Paul Rudd clip 😂 but I loved this movie as a young kid back then it wasn't scary like the scream was to me when I was younger but The faculty I can remember being super into the story. And who's a bug an who isn't an they way to find out was crazy too.
Loved this movie, my friend had it on VHS and we loved it for years. GReat cast, gorgeous girls and a very unique yet familiar plot.
I remember seeing this on opening night and the theater being so packed we set in the isles because there were no seats.
Saw it in the theater with a buddy. We were the only ones there. I didn't understand why, we both loved it.
Love this movie. Got a very 90's cult horror vibe about it.
Still one of my all time favs. Glad to see a vid talking about it!
I watched this movie a ton as a kid, and its always had a special place in my heart! Great work, as always 🙏
This movie was good, but SCREAM was lightening in a bottle that wasn't even captured in its subsequent sequels. I like SCREAM but am not a huge fan, but I see that the original was lightening in a bottle.
Precisely, you can't capture lightning in a bottle twice, since what worked the first time might not always occur again.
Scream 2 stayes true and was fine. Scream 3 sucked. Scream 4 was interesting from a modern point. None have tried to flip the script on the original tho. I hope 5 does that. Please let an MC/good guy be one of the ppl behind the mask.
@@The0Kiyubii0Kid I actually don't think any of the sequels were bad. The original was just, well very original and great. The sequels ranged from 'meh' to good in my opinion. I feel that their rankings are 1, 3 ,2, & 4. I hold the unpopular opinion where I felt that 3 was not a bad watch at all. Again, I am not a mega fan of the series, so I may take it a bit easier on these films.
@@DominickSpano I feel you need to rewatch 3. Its pretty corny. My personal order would be 1, 4 ,2, 3. A reason 3 sucks is Kevin Williamson did not write it and its pretty obvious.
@@The0Kiyubii0Kid I know for hardcore fans it was a little bit of the black sheep or off from the others. To me I just felt the final confirmation at the end was well done. I do think there was many holes in the script, and this coming from a not mega fan.
I was like 7 or 8 when I saw this movie. I have been thinking about this movie on and off for about 15 years and never knew the name. Thank you
I saw it opening day as a kid and fell in love with it!
I love this movie!!! Such a classic of the 90's. The Faculty is underrated.
such a great film - thanks for sharing!
I loved the faculty when I first watched it and still love it today. One of the greatest in it's genre and will always be one of my favs.
This movie was an underrated Gem! Loved it!
“Flogging the Bishop” is one of my favourite lines from this movie.
@0:45 That's damn good rotoscopting. I appreciate the little touches like that because i know how much time they can take for something so brief. coolcoolcool
My mom used to teach at the school they filmed this in. Whats funny is thats the same football field that was in varsity blues
I always forget The Faculty was directed by Robert Rodriguez. This movie is a classic.
As soon as the video started i got **very** excited to watch a video about the Faculty. I loved this movie when it first came out!
I should probably note that i ignored the thumbnail. I just read the title and the creator and clicked play
I take one day off and miss the absolute gem by a day! Sorry Nerdstalgic! Catching up now on this awesome sauce
What! I never knew it was a “flop”. I guess this was before I cared. This movie was one of my all time favorites. I LOVE it.
Been a fan of The Faculty for 20 years. Josh Hartnett went to high school a few miles from where I went to high school in Minneapolis
I've wanted to see this movie and I'm not even into the horror genre. Not because I don't want to be scared, but I want to see some originality in them. Marketing is EVERYTHING and that APPLIES to everything. For instance, NBC barely advertised Manifest, a show I actually like, explaining why the ratings were average to low and they cancelled them because of it. But when it was added on Netflix, it was #1 on the most watched list for probably two and a half months, leading to them ordering another season of the show!
Or how big another show I like You was when they added that show as part of their content and ordered another season after Lifetime cancelled it. But even before the renewal, so many people suddenly talked about it as if it's brand new and originated from Netflix even though it started on Lifetime.
Didn't know this. Guess Netflix isn't dead like people are saying
Faculty is one of those classic movies, when you are channel surfing, and its on, you do not change the channel.
That ending bit about taking risks in art really resonated with me!!!
In middle school I based my whole sense of style around Zeke...
Truly fun underrated film. Everything really comes together from this stellar cast, great soundtrack, witty writing, and capturing late 90s slasher era with scifi. The Faculty will always have a special place in my heart. This film rules.
You can draw alot of parallels from this movie to what's going on today. Scary.
Such a underrated 90s Teen Sci Fi Classic. Scream meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
One of my fav flicks from the 90s. Just watched it last year with my 11yr old & he loved it too.
I legit just finished Scream and picked up my phone to this notification. Now I know what to watch next.
This movie is so badass.. it's like The Thing but with teens in highschool ... incredibly entertaining and fun to watch... great video dude 👏🏽🖤
I really like the Faculty. One of those movies I've watched multiple times, but not for a few years now. I actually think the concept is perfect for a streaming show remake. It's the kind of plot that would benefit from the extended run time of a show. Netflix would do a good job with it I think, if it was more like Stranger Things in tone than their Scream remake. If they set it in the 90s that would be amazing, so that the ability for research and communication would be hampered by the lower access to technology... I remember watching the Faculty for the first time and thinking it should be more famous. Glad it's considered a cult classic now.
Loved this movie as a kid, probably still would enjoy it if I played it today. Josh Hartnett pulling the arm off the paper cutter is fuckin epic and classic
The Faculty has been one of my favorite movies since the 90s and I talk about it all the time. Also one of the best soundtracks ever made
I didn't even know that, 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.
ughhh the memories this brought back
This movie was fantastic, I couldn't tell you why this didn't take. So great.
The Faculty is the film version of "this didn't give what it was s'pose to gave" for the studio but for me ...it gave!!!
I remember renting it when it first came out and I didn't like it, a few weeks ago I decided to watch it again and liking it. Now I realized why I didn't like it the first time and it was because I was expecting a Slasher style movie, that was my favorite genre of movies. Since that time I've been watching more Sci-fi movies and I think that's why I feel differently about the movie now.
I remember being really hyped for The Faculty... only for it to not come to my theater. But then really liking it when I rented it on VHS.
This movie is actually scary, especially in its premise, as if aliens took over earth this way it would be possible that we’d lose.
My friends and I watched it in the theaters when it came out. We liked the movie a lot.
The Faculty is an example of trying to make something popular for the sake of it being popular. If you focus solely on making something successful, you won’t have the creative touch it takes for it to be good
The thing is sometimes box office failure and even critical failure at the time of release, are a godsend for films like this. The Faculty is great still today, because it is the only one. There was no franchise. And that is actually a good thing.
I remember some friends forcing me to go see this when we were in high school. At the time, we all hated it. I wasn’t a horror fan, and I didn’t understand what it was trying to do. You’re 100% right about the marketing of it. I don’t know what we expected, but none of us expected what it was, and everybody just felt confused by it (though it isn’t a confusing movie). However, I feel like I should revisit it now. I have a feeling that I would actually like it 22 years later because I have more context for it.
I just bought this on Blu Ray the other day , still a great movie, this was definitely one of my favourites as a teen, the concept was a good mash-up of some of my favourite sci-fi movies.
Disturbing Behavior is definitely an underrated film you should cover
I always loved The Faculty, since when way back in '99 when I saw it for the first time on vhs. Such a fun movie. Total shame it didn't hit as big as Scream or I know what you did last summer. Highly underrated. Glad someone made a youtube vid about it.
I remember the sci-fi channel used to constantly play this movie in the early 2000’s. Great movie btw I always enjoyed watching it. Reminds me of me and my dad sitting down to watch it everytime it came on.
3:32 yeah yeah yeah..I've heard that too many times
When "The Faculty" came out, we weren't going to see it. My sister went and saw it and said "you've got to see this". I went and it ended up being one of my favorite films to come out of the 90s. I LOVE this movie and yes, the marketing was bad. I didn't want to see it because it came off like a "Scream" and that's my favorite slasher film. I didn't want to see another rip off. This movie was one of the most unique teen horror films of it's time (maybe even ever) and it's a shame it didn't get it's roses.
I'm a huge fan of this film. Must have watched it 10 or more times. A hidden gem, if you like teen slasher, sci fi horror, big monster mash up's.
i literally only discovered the movie this year and i already own a dvd. i only buy dvds of things i feel instant love and warmth towards, it became that on the first watch i love it
The thing about marketing reminded me of The Village, a SPECTACULAR drama that was murdered by its marketing. I saw it in cinemas and my friends hated it bc they were expecting a gore fest and not a nuanced tale of love and family with some maybe monsters
Yeah from 1996 to 2003 there was a flood of Teen Horror movies after Scream’s success. Scream, Scream 2, I Know What You Did Last Summer, I still Know What You Did Last Summer, The Faculty, Halloween H20, Bride Of Chucky, Disturbing Behaviour, I’ve Been Waiting For You (TV movie), Urban Legend, The Clown At Midnight, Dead Man’s Curve, The Rage: Carrie 2, Kolobos, House On Haunted Hill (1999), Urban Legend 2: Final Cut, Final Destination, Scream 3, Cherry Falls, Ripper, Do You Wanna Know A Secret?, Jeepers Creepers, Final Stab, Joyride, Valentine, The Hole, Jason X, Wishcraft, Slash, Taboo, Halloween Resurrection, Final Destination 2, Freddy Vs Jason, Jeepers Creepers 2.
And most of the actors who were staring in these movies were big and young upcoming stars from Neve Campbell, Skeet Ulrich, Mathew Lillard, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Sarah Chalke, Rebecca Gayheart, Alicia Witt, Tara Reid, David Arquette, Joshua Jackson, Seann William Scott, Anthony Anderson, Jennifer Morrison, Nick Stahl, Jessica Cauffiel, Marley Shelton, Katherine Heigl, David Boreanaz, Josh Hartnett, Ryan Phillippe, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr, Kerr Smith, Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, AJ Cook, Alexandra Holden, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Mena Suvari, Rose McGowan, Jamie Kennedy, Drew Barrymore, Britney Murphy, Michael Weston, Katherine Isabelle, Chad Donella, Derek Hamilton, etc etc.
Never heard of "Disturbing Behavior"
Ima put that on my list, thank you
Classic movie IMO, also the best tv censor ever. Josh Harnett screamed fuck when Delia gets away and they changed it to fuey or something. I know no one cares but I found it funny lol.
Now I want to go rewatch! I remember thinking this was the new scream! This video is spot on!
I was in Jr high when this came out. I thought the shot of Robert Patrick turning and the fireworks going in the back round was so bad ass.
Of course used in the trailer.
Robert Rodriguez directed that oh my God I forgot.
I love the style, tone and story of this little gem. Zeke is so Damn cool! 😎
Another component to take into consideration is that the sci-fi horror subgenre was not particularly successful at the box office during the mid to late 90s. I can see a hesitation by the studio to show its hand as an alien film. But yes, The Faculty is a bizarre film but I’ve always thought that’s what made it special. I loved this film when it came out and still. I saw it in theaters!
I enjoy this movie immensely, love seeing a young Elijah Wood be pretty much the male equivalent of Sidney Prescott, and the practical creature effects towards the end look pretty neat.
But I totally get the sci-fi Scream vibes.
This movie and Disturbing Behavior are some of my more nostalgic favorite teen horror movies.
the faculty and ginger snaps somehow were weirdly relatable teen films for me