For the month of October, we're celebrating Halloween the only way we know how: by watching a whole bunch of horror movies! Specifically, this October, we're taking a look at a small piece of horror film history by diving into the post-SCREAM teen horror revival of the late 90s and early 00s!

Our next entry: Robert Rodriguez’s THE FACULTY!

Hoping to cash in on the success of SCREAM, Dimension Films (who’d released that movie) began work on a new horror film, this one an homage to classic sci-fi horror such as INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS and THE THING. Hoping to bring a bit of self-awareness to it a la SCREAM, Dimension hired that film’s screenwriter Kevin Williamson, hoping to strike gold again.

We’ll get into all the details on how that came about, including how Dimension talked the film’s original writers into giving away their credit, and how Robert Rodriguez — hot off the success of FROM DUSK TILL DAWN — came to direct the film.

And this week, we’re also nominating the film for the Psychotronic Hall of Fame!

VOTE: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/9DFZ2VH

Visit our website at www.psychotronicfilmsociety.com. There you'll find all of our past episodes and our full list of Psychotronic Hall of Famers!

Theme song: “Foreign Body” by the Slasher Film Festival Strategy from their album PSYCHIC SHIELD. More info: http://slasherfilmfestivalstrategy.bandcamp.com

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