WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: R During their personal investigation, Steve and Rachel try to find out what exactly has been happening to the Blue Ribbon kids, which leads them to a mental hospital called Bishop Flats following a lead on the disc. 1 Appearance and Behavior 2 Summary 3 Official Summary 4 Possible Theories 5 Trivia The Guests are large, obese creatures with short, rotund bodies, possessed of off-white skin and sags of repulsive, filthy fat. A man shoots at, and wounds, another man who's quickly approaching in his car, but not before the car spins out of control and strikes the shooter. Besides allegations from other women, Manson has been putting his violent behavior … When hope seems lost, Dorian drives up, striking Caldicott, and activating multiple E-Rat-icators that scramble the mind control tech inside the Blue Ribbons' heads. Steve spits out some blood onto the cafeteria floor and we see that his nose and mouth are bloody after the Blue Ribbons have beaten him. Password. Chug then tries to strangle Steve with a telephone cord, but Rachel hits Chug several times with a metal rod, knocking him out and causing some blood to flow from his head and spread across the floor. She then moves down his chest (out of the camera's view), we hear her unzipping his pants, and then see the pleasured look on his face as she has oral sex with him. The plot is full of holes and inconsistencies, and the ending is about as predictable as they come -- a fact that's worsened because the "solution" arrives at the last minute, was telegraphed early in the story, and isn't executed by the main character, but instead by a supporting one. We see her bare breasts and she tries to come on to him, but he refuses her. [11], As they are leaving Bishop Flats, Steve makes the decision to return to Cradle Bay to rescue his sister, which upsets Rachel, who then tells Steve that all her ambitions of escaping Cradle Bay and going to college have now evaporated with their new revelations about the Blue Ribbon program, and implores him to simply escape with her. James Marsden, who makes his feature film debut after an early career on TV, has the appropriate teen look for the part, but isn't given much to do with his character. Privacy Statement and Terms of Use and Disclaimer Another scene involves unseen, but heavily implied oral sex that ends in violence like that other sexual scene. The screenplay, written by Scott Rosenberg, follows a group of high school outcasts who are horrified by their "Blue Ribbon" classmates who are part of an elaborate mind control experiment, and was compared unfavorably by most critics to the 1975 thriller, The Stepford Wives. They walk down dimly lit halls and have several brief, spooky encounters with some mental patients. OUR TAKE: 1 out of 10 Gavin asks an older man headed into a grocery store if he could buy him some beer (the guy refuses). Once the technological secret is revealed, however, the little bit of hot air that was holding up this film escapes and we're left with a picture that goes flat faster than a punctured balloon. Unfortunately, Chug Roman (A.J. We see several Blue Ribbons and a newly converted one smashing up his former hotrod car with what looked like mallets and pipes. Sociological in its impact and its intention, broad (and often sketchy) in its character depictions, and completely uninterested in its own genericism, Disturbing Behavior is a conventional suspense-action piece. Some Blue Ribbons push Steve to the floor and U.V. We see a mental patient who appears to have been flossing his teeth and both they and his hands are very bloody. Reviews of Disturbing Behavior. Two people fight (many punches) over a cliff with one of them eventually falling to his death. Gavin then knees Steve in the gut. contributed by. Directed by David Nutter, Disturbing Behavior was a movie that, although I mostly enjoyed, was hacked up by the studio as demonstrated by 20+ minutes of deleted footage which should never had been taken out. The clothes, the soundtrack, James Marsden’s floppy hair, the cinematography and editing styles for this brand of horror, virtually … Director David Nutter, who makes his feature film debut after cutting his teeth on episodes of TV's "The X-Files" and "Millennium," and screenwriter Scott Rosenberg ("Con Air," "Beautiful Girls") obviously know the basic elements required for this sort of story, but deliver them in ways that are anything but spooky. The performances from the cast are likewise uneventful. CAST, CREW, & TECHNICAL INFO Handgun: Used by a Blue Ribbon to shoot and kill a police officer. Disturbing Behavior is on the opposite end of the spectrum. After pulling a nose ring from another student's nose (not seen), Chug holds the bloody ring (with what looks like some flesh hanging onto it), while the violated student's face and hands are very bloody. Username or Email . tells Rachel that he's got to go and sell some more pot. BLOOD/GORE One never gets the eerie (and needed) feeling that everyone in the town is on this plan -- which is oddly true because not everyone is, a fact that diminishes the potential horror -- and both the parents and their silicon chip controlled kids are far too normal and two-dimensional to give the film a much needed dose of spookiness. A woman talks about a new Blue Ribbon candidate spending too much time "listening to rock and roll music and masturbating." Disturbing Behavior part13 - YouTube. That must be what the filmmakers of "Disturbing Behavior" said while making this uneventful, poorly executed horror film. On the first day of school, Steve notices that there is a group, the Blue Ribbons, who seem a little too perfect. Steve and Chug get into a fight over Rachel and they slam each other into some walls as well as throw some punches. Besides, Steve is more interested in Gavin's loner friend, Rachel Wagner (KATIE HOLMES). Rachel makes the comment, "Who put the acid in my spam?" A Blue Ribbon purposefully overturns Newberry's mop bucket. Extreme Sociological in its impact and its intention, broad (and often sketchy) in its character depictions, and completely uninterested in its own genericism, Disturbing Behavior is a conventional suspense-action piece. Chug feels Rachel's clothed breast as he pins her against a boiler in the school's basement. The screenplay, written by Scott Rosenberg, follows a group of high school outcasts who are horrified by their Blue Ribbon classmates, and was compared unfavora Obviously the work of Dr. Caldicott, his team, and the transformed Blue Ribbons and their parents all have both for "stepford-izing" many of the kids in the town. Uh, I mean, Katie, I would like … *Heavy [citation needed], In the film commentary, the director complains that he objected to particular scenes being removed, but that the producers overrode his objections. But his dark side was far from a secret. We see a closeup of a person's eye that has big, bloody splotches in it, and moments later, also see a somewhat bloody chip (or something similar) that's been removed from it. Rachel finds a CD-R disc that Gavin hid in the school's boiler room, containing a video he made of himself before his "transformation", telling about the history of the club and Caldicott's background. The good kids are bad, the bad kids are good and sexual temptation leads to violence. 12. ga('send', 'pageview'); Attending the local high school, Steve meets stoner Gavin Strick (NICK STAHL) and his albino buddy, U.V. He escapes, however, and hits several people while doing so. Of special note for those concerned with bright, flashing lights: During the opening credits, several bright flashes occur over a predominantly darkened screen. The Guests are minor antagonists toward the end of Little Nightmares, first seen in Chapter 4 of The Guest Area. Handgun: Gavin shows one to Steve and says that he's going to use it on anyone who tries to convert him into a Blue Ribbon (Steve eventually takes it away from him). across a table as they try to talk to Gavin in the cafeteria. Gavin tries to tell Steve that he believes there is something evil about the "Blue Ribbons" - a clique of students taking part in a "special program" led by the school psychologist, Dr. Edgar Caldicott (Bruce Greenwood). [9], Although a director's cut was never released, there is a fan edit version of the film available, which runs 103 minutes and uses the DVD's deleted scenes, including the film's original ending. (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ Officer Cox allows a Blue Ribbon to escape after killing a girl and shooting another police officer. JAMES MARSDEN plays the new teenager in town who falls for the loner girl, is beset by abuse from the Blue Ribbons, and discovers the truth behind their behavior. when she sees the newly reformed Gavin. The film opened at No. A man moves to a new town; a small town with a creepy element he can't quite put his finger on; a town with a dark secret. The performances from the cast are likewise uneventful. A guy and a girl make out in a parked car, but he stops her saying, "It's no good. David Nutter’s Disturbing Behavior is a pure relic of the 1990s. During this time, Steve also befriends Dorian (William Sadler), the school janitor, who appears to be mentally disabled and hunts rats for the city for some extra cash. to begin a new life without their parents. Many Blue Ribbons are killed along with another man as the car they're on/in goes over a cliff and crashes hundreds of feet below. Dickie is later accosted at a secluded marina by the Blue Ribbons. James Marsden, who makes his feature film debut after an early career on TV, has the appropriate teen look for the part, but isn't given much to do with his character. After pulling a nose ring from another student's nose (not seen), Chug holds the bloody ring (with what looks like some flesh hanging onto it), while the violated student's face and hands are very bloody. Dorian, having been fatally wounded by a gunshot from Caldicott, and believing the Blue Ribbons to be beyond help, drives his car off a cliff with most of the Blue Ribbons hanging onto it. That’s not to say there aren’t some things that are organically wrong with the film. The plot is full of holes and inconsistencies, and the ending is about as predictable as they come -- a fact that's worsened because the "solution" arrives at the last minute, was telegraphed early in the story, and isn't executed by the main character, but instead by a supporting one. IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR Although it may score well at the box office in its opening week, its core target audience of teens should be wise enough to smell this stinker long before the end credits roll, thus ensuring a quick trip for it to the video stores. Despite having survived the events that preceded them, the group is reminded that they still lost a friend in the process as everyone starts to tear up. Mental patients startle Rachel (and some audience members) on two separate occasions in a mental ward. Disturbing Behavior is a 1998 sci-fi Thriller directed by X-Files veteran David Nutter that can best be described as The Stepford Wives for the Scream generation.. WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT? After Steve's refused her sexual advances, a Blue Ribbon girl bashes her head into a mirror (causing a large gash that bleeds down her head). Chug screams at Rachel and pins her against a boiler in the basement where he feels her clothed breast and prepares to rape her (after she turns down his offer to go out) until Newberry's sonic rat deterrent makes him go crazy (which he later finds and smashes). Chug feels Rachel's clothed breast as he pins her against a boiler in the school's basement. Gavin smokes a joint at night. Clearly, his behavior is one of the most disturbing in the flick. The only bright spot is William Sadler's ("Die Hard II") goofy take as the enigmatic janitor, although it's never explained why a man "who just wanted to disappear" would take a job as a basement dwelling janitor obsessed with killing rats. They then leave Cradle Bay on the ferry with Lindsay and U.V. DISTURBING BEHAVIOR (1998) [Update 12/28/2020: No idea why, but I really want to watch this film again and hopefully flesh this review some.] Buckley) attempts to rape Rachel in the basement, when Dorian's E-Rat-icator goes off, and immediately sends Chug into an agonized frenzy, during which Rachel slips away. Newberry suddenly pops up out of a manhole cover and startles Gavin and Steve. In certain versions of the theatrical release, the two aforementioned conversations did stay included. Lorna then starts chanting: "Wrong, bad!" Alcohol/Drugs His dying words are a sarcastic remark that his death will prevent him from meeting his pre-transformation idol, Trent Reznor. He then proceeds to continue beating up these guys until he's stopped. Music(Inappropriate) A group of Blue Ribbons ambush them and drag Steve and Rachel to the programming center. Phrases: "Shut the f*ck up," "Eat sh*t," "P*ckerhead," "Hard on" (erection), "Drop dead," "Chick" (for a woman), "Bite me," "Bitch," "Slut," "Dirt bag," "Dork," "Eat me," "Retard," "Moron" and "Bastard.". Gavin tells Steve that his friend U.V. Having witnessed one of the Blue Ribbons kill several people but not be arrested by the town's head cop, Officer Cox (STEVE RAILSBACK), Gavin knows something weird is happening, but no one, including Steve, believes his paranoid sounding story. A moderate amount of scary or suspenseful music occurs during the film. As Steve walks home through the woods at night, many of the Blue Ribbons tauntingly call out his name and scamper about him just out of eyesight, trying to scare him. Gavin refuses on the false belief that everything helped him without the realization of the program's effects which cause him to react. Music(Scary/Tense) Due to a several minute stretch where the audio didn't play at our screening (in one scene), the following should be considered a minimum. With the aide of Dorian Newberry (WILLIAM SADLER), the school's enigmatic janitor, Steve and Rachel attempt to stop Caldicott and the group while avoiding becoming Blue Ribbons themselves. by Abigail Curtis, BDN Staff. Tense FamilyScenes Of special note for those concerned with bright, flashing lights: During the opening credits, several bright flashes occur over a predominantly darkened screen. Exiting what turns out to be the town hospital's basement, Steve and Rachel are met by Lindsay and U.V. BUCKLEY), one of the Blue Ribbons, is also interested in Rachel, a fact that doesn't endear him to the group, although she wants nothing to do with Chug or them. Handgun: Used by Caldicott to shoot at an approaching car and wound the person inside. Clocking in at a ludicrously (but mercifully) short running time of just more than eighty minutes (shorter than most animated films aimed at younger kids' short attention spans), this film clearly should have gone straight to video. Essentially stealing and marginally modifying the plot from the 1975 film, "The Stepford Wives" (where Katherine Ross discovers the technologically sinister secret behind all of the pleasantly dutiful and docile married women of Stepford), this film features a tepid plot, horrible pacing with nearly no suspenseful buildup of genuine scares, and only adequate performances from its predominantly teen cast. After bashing her head into a mirror, a Blue Ribbon girl has a large stream of blood running down her face. [citation needed], The United States cable networks Syfy Universal and Comet (TV network) have been known to air a somewhat unofficial director's cut of the film, with the deleted scenes reinstated, although the film is still shown with the theatrical ending. A probe nears Steve's eye as he's about to undergo the surgical procedure that will turn him into a Blue Ribbon (while he's strapped to a chair). Whatever happened to the plot devices of the ferry not running, the phones not working, etc... to rev up the suspense? NICK and JAMES see KATIE HOLMES dressed up like an eighties prostitute, dancing on the back of a truck. Disturbing Behavior is a 1998 American teen science fiction psychological horror film starring James Marsden, Katie Holmes, and Nick Stahl. Letterboxd — Your life in film. A probe nears Steve's eye as he's about to undergo the surgical procedure that will turn him into a Blue Ribbon. View ★★★ Watched by boogz 27 Jan, 2021 2. "In Cradle Bay, it doesn't matter if you're not perfect. In Disturbing Behavior, the Kangaroo Jack screenwriter desperately tries to make “razor” happen as a synonym for “cool” and like “fetch” it is a lost cause. Rachel makes the comment, "Who put the acid in my spam?" A person who's been shot has a bloody, wet shirt. Directed by David Nutter. Here's a quick look at the film's content. ga('create', 'UA-8457300-1', 'screenit.com'); Conformity and whether it's a good thing or not. After Gavin suddenly and surprisingly becoming a Blue Ribbon and as more violent events occur and more mysterious behavior unfolds, Steve and Rachel discover the technologically sinister truth behind the Blue Ribbons. And Disturbing Behavior fit the bill. Like any well-intended technology, things obviously go wrong with the transistor enhanced students, but neither their occasional violent outbursts nor their zombie-like demeanor is frightening or unsettling in the least. U.V. 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