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A really cool, atmospheric, unique movie that epitomises the sheer stupidity of the studio system. These freaks thought they knew best, what the teen audience would want and in the process deprived them of a really promising film.

Katie Holmes is, without a doubt the most beautiful, talented young actress working in film today. She simply shone from the moment she emerged from that truck. Nick Stahl and James Marsden both put in exceptional work too. What was with Ethan Embry though? The tiny snippets we got to see of him were electrifying, I wanted to know more!!!

The atmosphere was intense, brilliantly shot by X-files dude David Nutter. Gawwwddd, watching the studio cut makes me ill. They trimmed it beyond belief. Most teen movies are 1 hour, 40 nowadays, they could have left at least fifteen minutes of the deleted, yet totally important scenes in. They filled in so many gaps, character motivations, histories. I for one, wanted to know exactly how much pain Steve's brother was in, talk about vague. Even with the extra stuff, there still wasn't enough Katie, her character needed more time on screen, we didn't get to know her as well as we should have. Okay, I've went on long enough and if you're still here, reading this, Disturbing Behavior is one of the best horror teen movies since Scream.

I'll wait for the Director's Cut.
A family moves from Chicago to the Washington Island town of Cradle Bay to start a new life after the suicide death of their eldest son (Ethan Embry). Steve (James Marsden) makes a friend out of a bright, but unambitioned stoner who witnesses a double murder of a girl and a cop that is oddly covered up by another police officer. Gavin (Nick Stahl) belives that there is a conspiracy, that students once only interested in drugs, sex, and cars are now being changed against their will to the become straight laced and academically proud pillars of the community. However, members of the Blue Ribbons are sometimes involved in violent attacks that go conviently ignored. When Gavin becomes one of the Blue Ribbons, Steve's only other friend is Rachel (Katie Holms), a fellow outsider and UV, an albino friend of Gavin's (Chad Donella). Only Steve and Rachel can beat the system, if only they don't become part of it.

I have seen this film on the Sci-Fi channel and cannot fathom why perfectly needed footage was cut out in the first place. I rented the disk but the footage was only part of the special features and not in the movie. If you don't have this movie, but want it, wait until the film owners wake up and release this film whole and complete, though they can leave the ending as it is.

*Strange film fact: It's ironic that Ethan Embry is playing Steve's deceased older brother, when James Marsden is about 6 years older than him, not to mention how typical it is to cast a 20 something as a highschool student in thrillers/horror movies.
That and nearly every film/television show that takes place in Washington State is filmed in British Columbia.

TEEN ANGST
While DISTURBING BEHAVIOR is a notch above many of the teen slasher movies, what's most disturbing are some of the deleted scenes they left out, which would have fit nicely into the sometimes confusing film.
James Marsden who would go on to X-MEN, plays the handsome young student who is still suffering from the untimely death of his older brother. His family moves him to Cradle Bay, where a group of students called "The Blue Ribbons" epitomize the perfect teen---they hang out in a yogurt shoppe, for instance! But since they are merely under the mind control of dastardly Bruce Greenwood (always the bad guy it seems), they go out of control and eliminate anyone who stands in their way. Katie Holmes is around for the beauty aspect, but she is a good actress, too. Nick Stahl (Terminator 3) does well in his role as Gavin until he becomes one of the Blue ribbons and its downhill for his performance, too. William Sadler does great in his role as the seemingly ignorant janitor, and Tobias Mehler once again shows his potential in a rather thankless role.
Director David Nutter keeps things eerily spooky, but I wish these directors would stop using songs to bolster their box office. So many times the vocal background songs merely get in the way.
All in all, a tidy little thriller.