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

1998

1h 44m

6.6(2301 votes)

Horror

Science Fiction

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When creepy things start happening at Herrington High, the students begin to suspect that their faculty is being controlled by body-snatching aliens.

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10 featured cast members

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Josh Hartnett

Zeke Tyler

Elijah Wood

Casey Connor

Jordana Brewster

Delilah Profitt

Clea DuVall

Stokely 'Stokes' Mitchell

Shawn Hatosy

Stan Rosado

Laura Harris

Marybeth Louise Hutchinson

Robert Patrick

Coach Joe Willis

Bebe Neuwirth

Principal Valerie Drake

Famke Janssen

Miss Elizabeth Burke

Piper Laurie

Mrs. Karen Olson

Creative team

Directed by: Robert Rodriguez
Written by: Kevin Williamson
David Wechter
Produced by: Robert Rodriguez
Elizabeth Avellan

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