It’s “Rewind” status for director David Nutter’s summer of 1998 sci/horror chiller, Disturbing Behavior, starring a pre-X-Men James Marsden (Cyclops) and Katie Holmes in her second screen appearance and on the cusp of her Dawson’s Creek breakout success … plus the likes of “Charlie Manson”/“Duane Barry” (Steve Railsback in the ’76 Helter Skelter mini-series; X-Files … season two) and no less than “John Connor” (Nick Stahl … Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines).MVD Entertainment Group will induct Disturbing Behavior into its vaunted “Rewind Collection” as a newly-minted Blu-ray edition on October 17.
Highly under-rated as a horror entry … for two reasons (more, if you like). First, MGM (the studio producing the film) seemed to have had little understanding of what David Nutter, an X-File alumni, was going for and took control of his film … cutting it to shreds in the process by lopping-out something like a half-hour’s worth of footage. Next, the studio decided to open the film theatrically on the same date as Saving Private Ryan.
That’s called “burying it” … in all fairness (who wants to be fair) the studio was in the mists of production changes, so what was in the pipeline was given lesser status in favor of what was being put into production (old guard versus new guard; common in Hollywood).MVD knows a good thing when it sees it, especially with it comes to new members joining the “Rewind Collection” universe. Disturbing Behavior on Blu-ray on Oct. 17 (which is also “Video Store Day” and included in this year’s annual promotion) is a perfect new addition to the family … be sure to check it out!
Bonus goodies include commentary from filmmaker David Nutter, plus deleted scenes and the original ending (all with optional commentary by David Nutter). He gets the final word on what MGM did to his film!!
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