History Trivia / DisturbingBehavior

* DuelingWorks: ''Film/TheFaculty'' was released on 25th December, 1998, six months after ''Film/DisturbingBehavior'', on 24th July, 1998. Both are quippy teen riffs on classic ParanoidThriller material: ''Literature/TheStepfordWives'' ''Literature/TheStepfordWives'' in the earlier movie's case, and ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers'' in the later's case, both [[RecycledInSpace recycled in high school.]] Both have antagonistic adults, and both [[spoiler:rewrite their source material's ''very'' depressing endings so that the good guys win, though the earlier movie's ending is [[BittersweetEnding much more bittersweet.]]]] However, the effect is dampened by the fact that ''Disturbing Behavior'' [[BoxOfficeBomb underperformed at the box office]] and was badly received.

* DuelingWorks: ''Film/TheFaculty'' was released on 25th December, 1998, six months after ''Film/DisturbingBehavior'', on 24th July, 1998. Both are quippy teen riffs on classic ParanoidThriller material: ''Literature/TheStepfordWives'' ''Literature/TheStepfordWives'' in the earlier movie's case, and ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers'' in the later's case, both [[RecycledInSpace recycled in high school.]] Both have antagonistic adults, and both [[spoiler:rewrite their source material's ''very'' depressing endings so that the good guys win.]] However, the effect is dampened by the fact that ''Disturbing Behavior'' [[BoxOfficeBomb underperformed at the box office]] and was badly received.

* DuelingWorks: ''Film/TheFaculty'' was released on 25th December, 1998, six months after ''Film/DisturbingBehavior'', on 24th July, 1998. Both are quippy teen riffs on classic ParanoidThriller material: ''Literature/TheStepfordWives'''' ''Literature/TheStepfordWives'' in the earlier movie's case, and ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers'' in the later's case, both [[RecycledInSpace recycled in high school.]] Both have antagonistic adults, and both [[spoiler:rewrite their source material's ''very'' depressing endings so that the good guys win.]] However, the effect is dampened by the fact that ''Disturbing Behavior'' [[BoxOfficeBomb underperformed at the box office]] and was badly received.

* FocusGroupEnding: The theatrical version ended on a cliffhanger revealing that Gavin, one of the brainwashed Blue Ribbon kids, had survived and is now working as a student teacher at an Inner City School, where it's implied that he will restart the Blue Ribbon program. The original ending, which was deemed by test audiences as too depressing, had Gavin take his former friends hostage on the ferry as they try to escape. They shoot him in self-defense, which breaks him out of his brainwashing before he dies. This was just one of many edits imposed on the film, to the point where the director almost had his name taken off of the credits as a result.
* PlayingAgainstType: At this point in her career, Creator/KatieHolmes was best known for playing sweet Tomboy Joey Potter on ''Series/DawsonsCreek''. Here she's playing one of the town "bad kids".

* ExecutiveMeddling: A particularly brutal example that saw nearly a fifth of the film left on the cutting room floor. Furthermore, David Nutter was working on a [[{{Recut}} Director's Cut]] that would have reinstated the deleted scenes, only to have it vetoed by the studio. The commentary track gives a lot of detail on just how badly the film was butchered.

* PlayingAgainstType: At this point in her career, Katie Holmes was best known for playing sweet Tomboy Joey Potter on ''Series/DawsonsCreek''. Here she's playing one of the town "bad kids".

* PlayingAgainstType: At this point in her career, Creator/KatieHolmes was best known for playing sweet Tomboy Joey Potter on ''Series/DawsonsCreek''. Playing a Bad Girl was quite a change for her.

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Steve is [[Film/{{X-Men}} Cyclops]].
** Rachel is [[Series/DawsonsCreek Joey Potter]].
** Gavin is [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} John Connor]] [[Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines from the third movie]]. That's how he knows so much about evil robots -- [[{{Brainwashed}} he was one himself!]]
** Lindsay is [[Film/GingerSnaps Ginger]] [[Creator/KatharineIsabelle Fitzgerald]].
** Would you have been able to figure out that the guy playing the HeroicAlbino UV was the straight-laced best-friend of the main character in ''Film/FinalDestination''?
** The two kids in the opening scene are Natassia Malthe (Rayne from the ''Film/BloodRayne'' sequels) and Tobias Mehler ([[Series/BattlestarGalactica2003 Zak Adama]] and [[Series/StargateSG1 Graham Simmons]]).
** One of the Blue Ribbon girls, Abbey, is [[Series/{{Popular}} Sam McPherson]].
** Dr. Caldicott is [[Film/StarTrek Captain Christopher Pike]].
** Mr. Newburry was the Grim Reaper in ''Film/BillAndTed's Bogus Journey''.

** Lindsay is [[Film/GingerSnaps Ginger Fitzgerald]].
** Would you have been able to figure out that the guy playing the HeroicAlbino UV was the straight-laced best-friend of the main character in ''FinalDestination''?

** One of the Blue Ribbon girls, Abbey, is [[{{Popular}} Sam McPherson]].

** Gavin is [[Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines John Connor from the third movie]]. That's how he knows so much about evil robots -- [[{{Brainwashed}} he was one himself!]]

** Gavin is [[TheTerminator John Connor from the third movie]]. That's how he knows so much about evil robots -- [[{{Brainwashed}} he was one himself!]]

** The two kids in the opening scene are Natassia Malthe (Rayne from the ''Film/BloodRayne'' sequels) and Tobias Mehler ([[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined Zak Adama]] and [[Series/StargateSG1 Graham Simmons]]).

* ExecutiveMeddling: A particularly brutal example that saw nearly a fifth of the film left on the cutting room floor.

** Lindsay is [[GingerSnaps Ginger Fitzgerald]].

** The two kids in the opening scene are Natassia Malthe (Rayne from the ''Film/BloodRayne'' sequels) and Tobias Mehler ([[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined Zak Adama]] and [[StargateSG1 Graham Simmons]]).

** Gavin is [[TheTerminator John Connor from the third movie]]. That's how he knows so much about robots -- [[{{Brainwashed}} he was one himself!]]