ALIENS Pt 21: The Faculty (1998)
The Evolution of Horror
Mike Muncer
4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 5 November 2021
⏱️ 121 minutes
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“Guaranteed to jack you up!”
This week Mike is joined by Faculty of Horror co-host and author of ‘The 1990s Teen Horror Cycle’ Alex West to discuss one of the most divisive movements of the horror genre, then Joshua Tonks returns to the pod to discuss THE FACULTY (1998) in spoilerific detail!
Music by Jack Whitney.
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| 0:00.0 | The 1990s saw a resurgence in teen horror. |
| 0:23.0 | The success of movies like Scream, Scream 2, and I know what you did last summer, all |
| 0:28.1 | released within the space of a single year brought slashes back to the mainstream and solidified |
| 0:34.3 | Kevin Williamson's position as the most popular teen horror writer in Hollywood. |
| 0:42.5 | In 1998, Kevin Williamson was hired to write the screenplay for a new teen horror film. |
| 0:48.4 | Unlike Scream or the others he had written so far, this one was to be a science fiction |
| 0:53.4 | about alien body snatchers taking over a high school. |
| 1:02.3 | But Kevin Williamson brought his slick post-modern teen dialogue to the project and, along |
| 1:08.0 | with director Robert Rodriguez, managed to successfully make both an homage to 50s alien |
| 1:13.7 | invasion films and also something ultra modern, something that fit perfectly within the |
| 1:18.8 | 1990s teen slasher movement. |
| 1:29.2 | Join me as we continue exploring the evolution of alien horror and we discuss Robert Rodriguez |
| 1:34.8 | and Kevin Williamson's The Faculty. |
| 1:45.1 | Welcome back to the evolution of horror. |
| 1:47.4 | My name is Mike Munter and as ever I am your host. |
| 1:50.9 | If you're tuning in for the first time, then welcome. |
| 1:53.4 | In this podcast, we explore and dissect the history and the evolution of the horror genre |
| 1:58.0 | by looking at a particular sub-jummer as one series at a time. |
| 2:02.0 | We are currently in the middle of our seventh series exploring the evolution of alien sci-fi |
| 2:06.7 | and cosmic horror, and this is part 21. |
| 2:11.4 | This week, as that intro suggested, we're going to be talking all things 90s horror and |
| 2:15.9 | discussing the brilliant The Faculty from 1998. |
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