The Faculty (Be Kind, Rewind Edition!)

<p>The Faculty is a 1998 American <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction'>science fiction</a> <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_film'>horror film</a> directed by <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rodriguez'>Robert Rodriguez</a> and written by <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Williamson_(screenwriter)'>Kevin Williamson</a>. It stars <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordana_Brewster'>Jordana Brewster</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clea_DuVall'>Clea DuVall</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Harris'>Laura Harris</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Hartnett'>Josh Hartnett</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_Hatosy'>Shawn Hatosy</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famke_Janssen'>Famke Janssen</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_Laurie'>Piper Laurie</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bebe_Neuwirth'>Bebe Neuwirth</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Patrick'>Robert Patrick</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usher_(musician)'>Usher Raymond</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Stewart'>Jon Stewart</a>, and <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_Wood'>Elijah Wood</a>.</p> <p>The film was theatrically released on December 25, 1998, by <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miramax'>Miramax Films</a> through <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimension_Films'>Dimension Films</a>. It grossed $63.2 million and has developed a <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_following'>cult following</a> since its release.</p> <p>Aliya Whiteley wrote an essay, "Revisiting Robert Rodriguez's The Faculty", which identifies the film's influences:</p> <p>Mix Invasion Of The Body Snatchers with The Thing. Throw in some Terminator, a spoonful of The Breakfast Club, and a pinch of The Stepford Wives, and you've got a big mess of a movie set in a school that’s being taken over by a conformist alien, one teacher at a time. You’ve got the very funny, o