Disturbing Behavior

For the 2011 episode of The Vampire Diaries, see Disturbing Behavior (The Vampire Diaries).

Disturbing Behavior
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDavid Nutter
Written byScott Rosenberg
Produced byArmyan Bernstein
Jon Shestack
Starring
CinematographyJohn S. Bartley
Edited byRandy Jon Morgan
Music byMark Snow
Production
companies
Distributed byMGM Distribution Co. (North America)[1]
Roadshow Entertainment (Australia)
Columbia Pictures (through Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International; international)
Release date
  • July 24, 1998 (1998-07-24)
Running time
84 minutes
Countries
LanguageEnglish
Budget$15 million[5]
Box office$17.5 million[6]

Disturbing Behavior is a 1998 teen science fiction psychological horror film starring James Marsden, Katie Holmes, and Nick Stahl. The film was directed by David Nutter, who was a director and producer on The X-Files, and the screenplay was written by Scott Rosenberg. The plot follows a group of high school outcasts who discover their seemingly perfect "Blue Ribbon" classmates are part of an elaborate mind control experiment.

The film, which contains nods to 1975 thriller The Stepford Wives,[7][8] premiered on July 24, 1998, and received negative reviews. The film went through numerous studio-mandated cuts from MGM prior to theatrical release in response to negative test screenings. There has been considerable fan support for the release of a director's cut version that restores deleted scenes.[9]

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  6. ^ "Disturbing Behavior (1998)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on April 30, 2022. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
  7. ^ Holden, Stephen (July 24, 1998). "'Disturbing Behavior': Young Goody-Two-Shoes Who Basically Lack Souls". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 6, 2023. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
  8. ^ Schwarzbaum, Lisa (July 31, 1998). "Disturbing Behavior". EW.com. Archived from the original on January 6, 2023. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
  9. ^ Baldwin, Daniel (July 27, 2016). "[Exhumed & Exonerated] 'Disturbing Behavior' (1998)". Bloody Disgusting!. Archived from the original on December 31, 2018. Retrieved April 30, 2022.