Exploring Disturbing Behavior

[@grzetim]

"Someone who thinks they know what's best for everyone else." Perfect description of the studio in this and many cases. :\

[@juleswinnfield9097]

Timothy Grzeczka Perfect description of our dear governments.

[@benmcfee]

You're both right, and I think that's why the studio still doesn't want anyone to see it.

[@cdreid99999]

i think they tend to be business majors (ie the bottom rung intellectually in college) who get there by kissing ass and believing every stereotype theyve ever heard. So.. not knowing that books as complex as the Catcher in the Rye are legendary teenage movies.. they view teenagers as wanting t and a and action and being as stupid as they are otherwise

[@manuelper]

Perfect description of social media giants.

[@KarstensCreationsKC]

You beat me to it....;) I came here to the comments to LITERALLY say the exact same thing...

[@BaronOfAnarchy]

In all these Exploring episodes, I've noticed that the most of these movies have one thing in common: the studios always wants to fix things that aren't broken and manages to screw up the movie.

[@phant0mdummy]

It is incredibly frustrating. They continually take a product and dumb it down to appeal to the masses, but make the movie so ass that hardly anyone likes or remembers it after.

[@daniboy4153]

That's Hollywood, ruining anything just for a quick buck

[@RUBIZEN]

Imagine trying to take all the "boring" scenes out of The Godfather or The Departed. The "boring" scenes are some of the best...and...they give context.

[@supastar25]

I actually prefer to see a bad movie as long as that is the vision that the director intended...the directors and writers are the artists...and I want to see their vision and work...not some hatchet editing job by a studio money man.

[@RKingis]

And never learn, but do it again.

[@SeaTac411]

It is simple, the reason why execs are willing to change a good film when the majority of the audience likes it is greed. They think by changing just a few things that they will magically get 100% of the audience to love it. You will never get 100% of an audience to love a movie no matter how good it is.

[@andreakloberdanz13]

Scream Queen Here, thank you for pointing that out!😄This is why I hate horror films now, cause they only want pointless cash grabs....And why I'm not making ANYMORE....Case in point....I saw The Trailer 4 The Strangers sequal...and already knew...they wanted me 2 clean up their own mess...and as you can imagine, that didn't end well....No wonder people don't go 2 the Movies anymore....Hollywood R the ones who're (cause Hollywood's become cheap) Hollywoods The ones who're scared.

[@evanrusselburg8027]

Some horror movies are good now , Halloween, a quiet place, get out , etc but that is all thanks to the artist making them if studios had less control real art could blossom

[@zetetick395]

No audience will *ever* be 100% in agreement about any movie - The fact that they cannot see this *completely obvious truth* is a measure of how doolally they've made themselves with statistics and sales forecasts and focus testing etc etc In the mean time, we all get bland mangled movies.... O~O

[@bonnierabbit1413]

Release the Snyder cut

[@Backinblackbunny009]

It's not greed, it's the bubble rich people live in. No one wants to tell the incompetent boss their ideas are shit. It's why the elite are always so dumb

[@FavouriteScaryMovie]

I love Disturbing Behaviour, but it is incredibly frustrating to know that it could've been so much better if the director's cut had actually been released. Still, I think this is an underappreciated gem and even with the drastic cuts, you can get the vibes of what the director wanted it to be.

[@alucard624]

I appreciate the fan made cut that's been floating around the net for several years with the deleted scenes put back in including the original ending. It really helps the story flow better but sadly that's the closest we'll likely ever get to a directors cut of the film.

[@bellapepperpatchesfluffy]

agreed!

[@peterwingate4296]

I'm with you there my friend😵🤯

[@younggod2319]

There is an online petition to release the director's cut, but I don't know if those things work.

[@alucard624]

@@younggod2319 It would've happened already, especially since Shout put out the Blu Ray and they love to put in alternate cuts if they're available.

[@DashingPunkSamurai]

This is still one of my favorite movies of all time. The cast, cinematography, locations, and score are all perfect. I still love it. I wish that we could get a directors cut.

[@maximumcarnage1381]

Katie Holmes seems to have a knack for playing characters named Rachel.

[@lukebeaulieu3794]

Disturbing Behavior is one of my favorite movies from the 90's. Endlessly quotable movie "rats! Rats from the bay" "every time one of these kids get a hard on they go beat some one with it" "someone queue the power ballad" "it's bad, it's wrong, it's wrong, it's bad" " what the hell is a yogurt shop-pee" "be the ball"...and on and on. Amazing soundtrack btw- Harvey Danger's Flagpole Sitta and The Flys- Got You to name a few, were huge hits because of this movie.

[@The82bstewart]

This movie always makes me miss the 90's..

[@MashupsByMandy]

He should just pull a Ryan Reynolds and "leak" the movie he made.

[@vanillabadboy4469]

I always felt there was a far deeper film in this movie.. thanks for letting me know I was right. Keep up the great work

[@nemesisslr]

I totally agree, it felt disjointed and deserved more explanation for the actions of the characters.

[@twilightpheonix123]

I feel the studio realizes their mistake in releasing the theatrical cut instead of the film in it's entirety . I do think instead of just owning up, they double down and didn't want admit they fucked up.

[@dennett316]

They wouldn't even need to admit anything, just release the Director's Cut and not say anything about past decisions. Very few would care about the past decisions, so it's not like it'd hurt the studio.

[@StrazdasLT]

that would be admitting studio cut wasnt the only good version and the arrogance of executives does not allow that.

[@yarloo]

They don't agree with the message of the movie. They think they know what's best for you more than you do.Wanks

[@SkyExplosion]

What I don't understand is how out of touch studio's are and have always been. Somehow it almost always ends up like this and it's so weird as to how these people every made it into the industry at all.

[@poorcollectibles4827]

Yup...cuz they would be fired or everyone would loose trust in their judgement which means they LOOSE POWER. THEY CANT HAVE THAT. LOL.

[@TonySamedi]

Studio execs remind me of an episode of Frasier where they hold an audience test for his show and everyone but one guy likes him, and Frasier basically stalks the guy desperate to find out why this one person disliked him. Just the fact the majority of the audience loved the original and they're like "But this one dude didn't, let's change it!" Part of me wishes I could get into test screenings for movies and just become a troll now. "So what are your thoughts on Black Panther?" "I dunno, can we make it more about Iron Man? Marvel movies don't have enough Iron Man."

[@DeBanked]

why do studios bother to hire producers or directors if they just plan to make it themselves

[@Madbandit77]

Antonia Delgado Because they're not creative enough.

[@DarkLordDiablos]

Name recognition at the end of the day. People who love the work of a specific writer, director or producer will go see the film simply because it has their name attached to it so studios will hire said person for their name only. Its like when movies have cameos from big name stars who may only be in a movie for afew minutes yet give them top billing and publicise the movie based on their participation.

[@AdmiralBison]

so maybe movie execs should make the films themselves since they think they are so creative and pay writers, directors and producers to have their names on it. That way when the movie tanks, studio execs have no one to blame but themselves and writers, directors and producers didn't waste their times/efforts in an inevitable hit on their reputation.

[@cdreid99999]

its writers they want to get rid of. It boggles the mind half the movies made are because a couple rich morons got together, tossed together a couple tropes they thought were brilliant and original, and handed random idiot 50 million dollars to put it on film

[@rbswords2353]

Because if it bombs they can blame those people.

[@melrose1138]

Why do studios always ruin movie

[@taliaprice1909]

Melinoe Rose they have the $$$$$$

[@Rivensdusk]

And being scared of everything except the illusion of a sure thing. Studio interference happens far too often, fearing if their reputation is tarnished too much they will have less and less influence in the future.

[@PhatGirlLuvr68Comix]

Cocaine.

[@browsertab]

Because they scared they won't get their money back. Don't worry though - this way of refining a film will soon die in favour of machine-learning algorithms designed to pinpoint what the specific users want.

[@bKdrunk]

You got a ton of people whose job is to have input on something that costs a lot of money, so they think they have to change things, etc.

[@Taylor_Lindise]

Lol, coming into this I was thinking "this could be the first time that executives actually helped a film, that's good to know they aren't always wrong and some oversight is needed in the movie Indu..." Then they decided to take apart a movie the majority liked. "YOU WILL NEVER EARN MY PRAISE EXEC'S!"

[@claudespeed2418]

I love your channel, man, it's really great and covers films that are sadly overlooked. I'd really like to see a video on Joe Carnahan's Smokin' Aces.

[@taliaprice1909]

T.E.D I love that movie

[@gabe6550]

Me too! One of my favourites! Way too underrated!

[@ChipWhitingtonIII]

Ironically, the bane of filmmaking is studio execs.... fucking suits. How many good films were turned into crap at their behest we'll never know. Not that this movie was ruined, but still cut to shreds, and I think I would prefer the uncut version.

[@Happycorp5]

Hollywood needs to have a bit of a crash tbh, execs are needed to run things behind the making of the film sure, but getting to the point now where the majority of high-budget action/horror films ect are just so safe and uncompromising, they end up being trite and predictable with no raised stakes or shocking scenes. It needs to crumble and pave the way for more independent studio ventures. With good writing, decent actors who actually fit their roles (not just dragged in cos they're big names) and a decent set up you can make amazing films from the simplest things...

[@randomanimallover3196]

Euro Douche I'm still mourning what Event Horizon should have been...

[@alucard624]

The extended cut is floating around on the net (that's how I got it), and occasionally the SyFy channel shows it but with the theatrical ending still tacked on at the end versus the better one.

[@joescannoli7660]

alucard624 who are you replying to? I hope it’s to Louisa Chugg, because I want to see the extended cut of event horizon.

[@akamiguelsanchez9985]

That deleted scene with newberry is just brilliant acting

[@sukumei]

I love your videos, the format has been so consistent that even if you go back to the start, the videos are still relevant.

[@G33kCulture]

Your series has given me a totally new appreciation for character actors. Your attention to detail and love for these actors puts them on a pedestal they rightly deserve.

[@alucard624]

This is such an underrated film. I actually prefer the extended cut versus the theatrical version, especially due to the original ending which fits the tone of the movie much better than what ended up being in the theatrical version.

[@seannnn_]

Still love this movie. Dying to see that director’s cut. I do remember seeing this for the first time on tv and either the USA Network or SyFy played it with the deleted scene of Mr. Newberry telling the story of the drunk driving incident

[@Ega-z5o]

do a review for The Faculty

[@bigmoneysaul]

That movie is so cheesy but it's so good

[@dsandoval9396]

I always get these two mixed up. But it is a good movie even if it is a guilty pleasure.

[@marklewandowski8474]

Yessss the faculty!!!

[@jammyc3336]

Always got these two movies mixed up.lol

[@Levyathyn]

Isn't that just a good movie?

[@Squarian33]

Have test screenings ever really helped out a movie?

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Occasionally they do but most times they do not.

[@LB74]

The Exploring Blade video gets into how test screenings helped out.

[@HungryCreatureProductions]

I've found the same to be true (in that they sometimes help and often hurt); I actually have an episode of Cinema Cemetery which covers good and bad examples of test audience feedback as well as the differing viewpoints certain filmmakers have on the topic! Great video btw, had never heard of Disturbing Behavior and now I'm totally going to check it out!

[@isaacherrera2337]

Eric Galvan they do but they are hit or miss

[@Falcon5698]

i actually like the theatrical cut of 1408 more than the directors original ending which was altered from test screenings. I like that Cusack's character lives at the end and you get that revelation of the recording of his dead daughters voice. IMO it's much better than that lame jump scare ending. Kind of sucks you have to buy the dvd to get the theater version bcus the blu ray has the director's ending only.

[@EverythingInterestingg]

Such an underrated movie. The janitor was epic

[@4thtroika]

They don't want the Director's Cut released because that would show how badly they screwed up.

[@RavenPryde]

The closest thing I ever got to see in a director's cut was when the USA Network aired what they called the "director's cut" back in early '00. They showed a lot of the little scenes with Embry alongside the Caldicott daughter speech scene and Newberry's explanation of what happened 3 years prior. I was glad I taped it coz man... that extended version was so good. You could tell some care went into this version because the scenes that were deleted were of the same quality as the rest of the movie and not like how the deleted scenes on the dvd looked like.

[@MentalDeviant]

RavenPryde maybe usa network owns rights now, damn it lol

[@alucard624]

SyFy Channel shows the same version occasionally too. I ended up recording it as well as getting a fan edit online too.

[@gustavocards1552]

Kinda curious, did you manage to post that extended version somewhere online?

[@wulfgar6749]

Another film that had so much potential, but in the end was butchered by the studio ignorance is certainly bliss with them!

[@31webseries]

Love the irony of that last line. But seriously if someone with Nutter's cache, talent, credits, connections and pull can't fight the studios and win, I think I'll stick with the Indie world. (Oh and Nutter, The Red Wedding, still hurts man.)

[@thebrandoshow7878]

Great analysis dude. I really enjoyed it. I was like 10 when this came out and forgot it existed and now its gonna be a cult fave for me like the crow and ginger snaps

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thanks!

[@c.c.lilford2916]

Wow, 'Shout Factory' couldn't get the rights for a director's cut? Shout Factory? Who managed to release MST3K on DVD and give us the director's cut of 'Nightbreed'? One of the producers must have hidden a murder confession in the director's cut, it's the only explanation.

[@alucard624]

At least they made the effort to try and release it finally. What's weird is that the TV cut of the film has most of the deleted scenes added back in except without the original ending and the usual edits for language and such.

[@daniboy4153]

Scream Factory tried to get a director's cut of "Cherry Falls", but I think the director couldn't find it

[@bloatus7611]

I thought I was the only person who remembered this movie. This made me a fan of Nick Stahl. And I always thought it was funny that James Marsden looks older in this than he does now. "Appropriate sparks are flyin, somebody cue up the power ballad man"

[@nicholascirilo8221]

Great Exploring video you did on the film Disturbing Behavior I haven't seen this film yet but I will check it out.

[@KarlosMorale]

The studio's behaviour here just makes me so incredibly angry. What the hell do they have to gain by not allowing the Director's Cut to appear on a blu ray release all these years later?

[@dudestylish16]

So is there any chance to see the original cut of the movie?

[@GoodBadFlicks]

There are fan edits that take the deleted scenes from the DVD and put them back in the film but its still missing about 12 minutes from the original director's cut. For whatever reason, the studio refuses to let the DC get a full release.

[@dudestylish16]

GoodBadFlicks ohkk thanks will watch the fan cut.. Hopefully there is original script available to read the original story in completion.

[@ThatUmbrellaGuy]

Sounds like a no.

[@petehill7280]

Hollywood studios are run by morons. Who was running the studio when production began, the Pointy-Haired Boss from Dilbert?

[@dudestylish16]

Pete Hill hahaha seems like it.

[@mcnultyssobercompanion6372]

I really love that you shine a light onto interesting films which are otherwise (usually unfairly) neglected. I was in my teens when this came out in theaters and what I personally distinctly remember most is the trailer used Harvey Danger's great song, "Flagpole Sitta". Keep up the great work (random bit: one of your unscripted-videos mentions Centralia PA, which sparked a really interesting conversation between myself and a few friends who grew up near there- Shamokin PA- (sp...?) and have also visited many times) (we're all in Philly now)

[@Mariodash23]

I recently found your channel and you are fucking awesome. It's always fun to learn about movies that aren't well known but are great in their own way. KZbin needs more positive film channels like yours, GBF. Keep up the great work!

[@TheSkepticalPanda]

*facepalms so hard at test screening responses*

[@WalkbetwixtWorlds]

I saw this film in the theater, and it was one of my first owned dvds upon release. I love it, and I am obsessed with it's potential, and have bored many with long rants after sharing the couch with viewing parties, about what could of been. and once upon a time in community theatre, I performed Steve's extended/deleted full monologue about his brother from the film. To this day, anytime the movie enters my conscious I immediately become a frustrated fan of why I cannot watch this intended cut. I was very relieved to see you had put this video together, and others, showing the community what went factually wrong in production. Now I can save my breath, and link them to this in the future. ONE NOTE: I do NOT believe SHOUT Factory had any intention or made any effort to restore the original cut, because after announcing it, others and I immediately questioned what exactly we were going to receive on the disc, and now I cannot find my inquiry, but you can still see one answer they gave to the question of the director's cut in the comment section their Bluray page... "Hi Mark--if it wasn't finished, it probably wasn't available to us at all." Which infuriated me and obviously others, because of the dull release they did deliver. Anyway, it's their fault we still don't have it, haha. Keep up the good work.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thanks!

[@yavrielsechelle7431]

Studio fucks up another good movie again. I remember seeing this when it first came out, and it didn't make much sense, and was very fast paced. Now I know why. Thanks for another great retrospective. I've come to see so many movies that I watched in my youth in a different light, because you uncover why they may not have made sense, were too choppy and quick, etc. Keep up the good work.

[@gaialanzer81]

I was never a fan of the teen horror trend post-Scream, but out of all of those movies, this one I kinda liked. Seeing this, with the clips and descriptions of what was cut out of the Director's Cut, I KNOW that had this movie been released complete, I would've LOVED it! Another example of corporate suits THINKING they know best for everybody else... hehe, kinda like the villain in this movie!!!

[@user-wx3wc4bo7c]

another fantastic "exploring" video these are always a delight I like hearing about the additional information surrounding the film's and the in depth detail you include

[@Sketch105]

I love this channel because I have a few of these movies on DVD..the potential for them to be classics are there, and you can tell someone behind the camera knew what they were doing.

[@TrevorNWhite]

Never knew this guy had such directing cred! What a crime this got whittled down.

[@Madbandit77]

Trevor White David Nutter is kind of a lucky charm to TV shows. If he works on the pilot (1st episode) of a show, it becomes a hit.

[@arthurrimbaud7287]

I've always mistakenly recalled this movie being a hit, and a pretty big deal when it came out in 1998. I think that's largely because it had two big hit songs on it's soundtrack that got played day and night on MTV at the time. Surprised you didn't mention that.

[@Dirtnation2]

This is flick is on my top 10 of best cult movies of the 90's. This movie introduce me to "Flagpole Sitta".

[@bustarogers9990]

I didn't mind this movie actually quite enjoyed it , but Smallville , Arrow and Roswell are things of my nightmares.

[@mr000brightside]

You're channel redefined "guilty pleasure" for me, I thank you. You really know how to treat yourself, I do, too, now.

[@pghbeaster]

I just stumbled on your channel today, and have spent about 6 hours watching these exploring videos. Good stuff man, really enjoying.

[@notabadguy5565]

Love what you do. Keep it up.

[@Moses1086]

I knew the North Dakota scene would be the one at the end. that part has NEVER failed to bring a smile to my face.

[@bkjbearcat78]

I went to see this in the theatre when it came out. I haven't seen it since then but remember liking it. And thought there was going to be a sequel.

[@Ooklathemok3]

I've think I watched all your videos these past few weeks. highly entertaining.

[@bp12485]

Can you plz do "the people under the stairs" its one of my all time favorites

[@Kendrix92]

Finally! Dude I loved this movie. I'm so glad I stumbled upon this channel. Happy to be a subscriber

[@hauntedworldofcw]

LOVE this movie so much. So glad to see you cover this. Thank you for giving some attention to this movie.

[@HarryBalzak]

I saw this in the theater and never again, but I still remember it. Quite a memorable film for me.

[@aamarkhan7448]

Fascinating insight into the studio system. Glad Mr. Nutter eventually got his due.

[@187mrsmith]

This an faculty are supper underrated Horror/thriller - Sci-fi movies

[@Mattz9]

I just watched it on vhs for the first time and this video explains exactly what I was feeling. It’s like they stripped it down to a series of moments and the story got curbed.

[@supastar25]

Just watching it you could tell they really gutted this film...none of it made sense in a lot of places and everything was so rushed...there were big tonal shifts as well

[@irina1296]

This movie is great, unusual, intriguing and soooooooooooooooooo underrated.

[@Abrody1477]

I remember watching this movie and really liking it but I must have watched the TV version because I saw a bunch of those deleted scenes

[@billyrattlesticks6949]

Got to say, this Adpocalypse really has had some benefits for us casual viewers, it's made our fave uploaders (such as yourself) post more frequent videos for us to watch, so at least there's a silver lining lol Maybe one day I will get that "Amazing Bulk" review from you that I've been itching to see :)

[@OptikRvB]

Cue the power ballad mannnnnnn Great video, enjoyed it thoroughly

[@Malum09]

Producers: “ We like the movie, is great!” Director: “Nice!” Producers: “But we also want you to change practically everything and if you don’t do it we’ll have someone else do it”

[@PurpleSnake]

SO glad you decided to do this one! :D It was an interesting watch and it felt different from other movies in certain aspects. Certainly a very different kind of horror movie

[@bedtimestorys]

I had forgotten about this movie!! Now I must run out and watch it again!!

[@Sanimation24]

Living in Vancouver all my life, this is such a cool watch! Part of my favourite KZbin series too! Great job Cecil!

[@kevinnevada5342]

I know ive said this before but your channel is so ME. This is one of my all time favourite movies.... I can tell you probably love the Faculty.

[@TheWinstonSlip]

One of my favorites from 1998, thanks for reviewing it! Damn studio interference. Getting the DVD allows you to get the entire movie experience.

[@CujoOnAcid]

One of my favorite films, and the one that introduced me to Michelle Skalnik, who is my all-time biggest crush. It was heartbreaking when I read she passed away in 2004. Getting back to the film itself, I've messaged Arrow Video encouraging them to release this, preferably the director's cut if possible. The more people who message them, the more likely it'll be.

[@legendary.super.shannon9699]

This seems to be a recurring theme: _"Studio execs removed scenes because..."_ & the movie gets ruined. Makes me wonder how many shitty movies would've bee great had the dumb-ass, out of touch, studio-exec reptiles let the directors *DIRECT* their own fucking movies & just stay out of their way. It's kind of tragic to think about.

[@alucard624]

Weinstein was the worst about doing that. Just ask the makers behind The Crow City of Angels for what they went through dealing with him and how he butchered the living hell out of that film.

[@stefanaguinaldosoerensen2355]

this series has successfully made me loath studio execs

[@oreochips21]

I love this movie so much. It hurts to know that studios butchered the director's version. Mr. GoodBadFlicks, can you do an exploring for The Strangers. I would also love to see a Sidekicks one, especially Surf Ninjas. Can we also get 3 Ninjas ✌😎✌. Been seeing your videos for a very long time, and you never disappoint. Keep it up. Peace and much love man.

[@swat6296]

Would you consider making a video exploring Millenium series? It is a strangely interesting project, now seemingly forgotten, sadly.

[@effluviah7544]

I second this! It may not be appropriate for the channel though, as it is largely film discussion and not television, but I would be very interested to hear any thoughts on Millennium.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

I love Millennium. I had a great chat with Lance Henrikson about it a while back. He was very proud of it. I'd love to do something on it but Fox owns the rights and they would DMCA it instantly.

[@effluviah7544]

Ah, that makes sense, it figures the copyright issues would be restrictive. It's cool that you got to talk with him about the show, sounds like a great experience! :) Thanks for the quick reply.

[@doktor_ghul]

Just another reason to clasp that Millennium box set ever tighter to your breast, and never ever give it up. No one is getting mine.

[@williamblakehall2773]

Thanks for this! In spite of all the studio's twitchy second-guessing, I remember enjoying this when it came out and adopting it as a bit of a guilty pleasure. Somehow this backstory has me thinking Footloose on Steroids, another community clamping down on its kids while overreacting to a tragedy. I'm a Bruce Greenwood fan and I appreciate how he can sell the line "Science is God!" with conviction. I would like to have seen Dr. Caldecott as part of a larger scheme, a nice reversal on Greenwood having starred in the cult classic paranoia show "Nowhere Man." Also, a damn shame about Nick Stahl, who has had personal issues. He's gifted and I'd like to see more of him again.

[@kobebrewster2549]

Dang I would really love to see the directors cut version

[@gamingoutlaws9765]

Fingers crossed next year for their 25th anniversary they released a blu ray so how can u celebrate the 25th anniversary director cut? 🤞

[@Kh3micalX8]

if there's a Petition I can sign to get that director's cut released, I wanna sign it.

[@dtower1825]

www.change.org/p/shout-scream-factory-release-the-director-s-cut-of-disturbing-behavior-1998-on-blu-ray

[@JohnDoe-cz5yz]

Recently stumbled upon your channel. Binge Watching both your videos and movies it based upon like a mad mad. Thanks for your work! Keep it up!

[@hemichanga8939]

Please explore The Faculty and Maximum Overdrive!

[@cordeliachase601]

I love this movie, it’s so late 90’s. I can see now why I love Supernatural and this movie. Supernatural is amazing!

[@ahren3355]

Just watched your video, 2 years ago I bought this book written by John Whitman based on the screenplay of Disturbing Behavior. It holds all the scenes that you mentioned were cut, like Newberry explaining what happened with the four kids, Steve spying on one of Dr. Caldicott’s speeches at the school and the ending is Gavin dying, with Rachel, U.V. and Steve getting away, but there’s this girl named Shannon who was Steve’s sister’s friend... This girl is at a spelling bee and you can read that she’s got the flash in her eye. I heard there were different endings to the movie and I guess this was one of them. The book is pretty good, it sets the mood better than the movie and you can find it for fairly cheap, I believe. It’s only a 188 pages long and depicts Steve’s struggle with fitting in pretty well, you see he doesn’t really want to be friends with Gavin, but he feels he doesn’t relate to the Blue Ribbons, and he considers himself a “jock” like them. The whole thing feels so very different from the movie. In the movie you don’t really feel much for the characters, you feel like you’re not understanding what’s happening properly, but the book makes it clear and I appreciate that. Just thought I’d write this, in case you or anyone would like to buy it. I don’t know if it contains the unreleased scenes, maybe it does, I haven’t thought of comparing the two. I have a hunch it might, there are things from the book I can’t say I recall in the movie, like Steve finding files, him going to Caldicott for a consultation, Steve going on a field trip to the hospital where they go to the morgue and so much more. Since there’s so much of it, I feel John Whitman added all that to make it more coherent, but I don’t know.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Thanks for the tip! I'll check it out. I'm curious to see the differences.

[@ahren3355]

GoodBadFlicks No problem.

[@Ordinaryguy82]

I was a teen in the mid 's and I remember really enjoying this an how it fit in that era of Scream and Buddy the vampire slayer, teens dealing with horror and confcomfort.I distinctly remember the Harvey Danger song "Flagpole sitta" in relation to this song. "Im not sick but Im not well, but its okay, its all fine BC Im alright, Im in hell" oh 90's Angst. ❤

[@firstelvys]

You had me at Trancers 4: Jack of Hearts!! I need to see this movie now.

[@GoryBMovie]

I love this movie and now I really wish I could see the director's cut. Shout factory appeals to film nerds and collectors. Mainstream audiences rarely buy physical media anymore. I wish the studio would have allowed Shout to release the director's cut. I wasn't able to buy that bluray before it went out of print but now I realize that what I have on the dvd is pretty much the same. Thanks for another great video!

[@MrJasonshores364]

Saw this at the theater with my friends, had a blast, think it was really really fun.

[@IDKeffect82]

glad you did this movie. ty

[@TheySaidWeSaid]

Fantastic breakdown of one of my favorite movies from that time. Even the soundtrack had issues. The most popular song in the movie/trailers, Harvey Danger's Flagpole Sitta, was not even available on the soundtrack! Seriously wish I would have known you were doing this movie. I would have given a kidney to be apart of this review.

[@JamesCash6961]

I remember watching this on TV and they have added the deleted scenes onto the original movie with the exception of the original ending not shown. I wished that the director's cut was released and shown to this public. I love this movie.

[@noorake]

wow I loved this film as a teen, I remember having it on vhs. I always tried to dress like Rachel haha what a throwback.. This was so interesting I never even knew all those scenes were cut out or that the ending was changed, I guess I need to find the dvd now

[@gluserty]

I liked this film, and that song on the film's soundtrack by The Flys too, but "Cease Fire"? Wow, now I know why in "Miami Vice" Don Johnson wearing a war helmet at certain times felt so familiar, it was the cover of that dang film I totally forgot about for 30 years!

[@rbswords2353]

I equate the studio's ending as one of the worst all time alongside the ending to Deadly Friend.I would've had that movie end with Swanson's character dying again in the lead guy's arms.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Yeah but the studio wanted to end on a "big scare". The original version of Deadly Friend is so much different than what we got. Craven was crushed by what they did. It was supposed to be more of a modern "Bride of Frankenstein".

[@rbswords2353]

@@GoodBadFlicks Studio heads are such idiots.

[@gabe6550]

Very interesting video, as always! Man, I know this movie for a long time, since I read years (no decades! at this time I was a kid!) ago in a TV-newspaper about it. But to this day I've never seen it. Maybe because mind control is a topic that always frightened me and I feel not comfortable watching movies and series that contain it. Or, it was. I'm adult now. :D You reminded me to watch it. I didn't know that it was changed from the studio so much (one more reason to hate studio-executives) and now my expectations went a little down. But I'm still excited. I mean, this movie got Cyclops and John Connor in it, before they were known! ^^ And a director from "The X-Files" and "Game Of Thrones" (didn't knew that about David Nutter; in fact, before this video I knew nothing about him)! Fun fact: the german title of the movie is (translated): "We'll Get You Too!" Do you think, this fits it better or not? Anyways, keep up the great work! :)

[@alucard624]

The MGM station THIS was showing this film just the other day and it had the majority of the deleted scenes put back in it in HD quality. It unfortunately had the Theatrical cut ending and was edited for language but other than that it's the closest to the Directors Cut I've seen yet.

[@IanHGamer]

TREAT YO SELF!

[@X_CHILLer_X]

Wish I could see that version of it

[@X_CHILLer_X]

@Wade Wilson sorry for the late response I will definitely look for it online and if you ever finish what you said you started to do with an upscaling copy let me know I would be interested to purchase.

[@brandonpage7087]

I got 2 middle fingers for the goddamned Hollywood studio, that's been keeping us from seeing, the Director's Cut, all these years!!!

[@bonnierabbit1413]

Release the Snyder cut 🤪🐇

[@LynxStarAuto]

Funny. I rented this from BB back in like the early 00's (remember that?), and saw all the deleted scenes, and wondered why did they cut that out?

[@gregevans6044]

Somewhere, Orson Welles was rolling in his grave.

[@GoodBadFlicks]

Ahhhhh the French!

[@Corey_Lee_Slater]

Burgess Meredith. That's who Bill Sadler sounded like he was going for to me.