10 Best Scary Movies For People Who Hate Horror
2. The Faculty (1998)
For those of you who associate school life with torrid times, this is one for you. A film that doesn't take itself too seriously, The Faculty is able to utilise it's 90's wackiness and offer a dark, humorous and genuinely scary narrative of a group of students at a typical American high school who begin to realise that it's being taken over by alien parasites.
Toeing the line between genuinely frightening and hideously funny The Faculty is a call-to-arms, band-of-unlikely-heroes flick which manages to tactfully keep the audience guessing, whilst being scary enough to keep even the strongest slasher fans honest. With the school as the central set piece the movie leans into its craziness. It knows what it is, and champions itself.
The over the top action sequences and bizarre character traits make this movie all the more charming. It is easy to invest in these characters given their likeable approach to their woes, not to mention that it's easy to root for students against their oppressive teachers, we've all been there!
A truly satisfying, amusing narrative with some eccentric yet charming lead characters, the movie extends an olive branch to those who are looking for something easy to watch which is doused in dark humour with a pinch of scary thrown in. Self-aware with an understanding of it's target audience - rebellious teens dipping their toes into horror - the school is a perfect setting which resonates well.