Bad Behavior

I truly wish I could give this rating less than a full star. I saw the previews and thought it would be a great film. Boy was I wrong. It was actually rather boring, annoying, and poorly written. The actors were horrible. The entire plot of the story was horrible. I am so upset that I watched this movie. It was an hour and a half of my life that I can never get back. I was hoping that at some point, it would get better. The movie made absolutely no sense. Throughout the entire movie, I kept asking myself the obvious questions that any viewer would ask. Just horrible. I would recommend that the writers should have considered making the movie to make sense to the viewer, including the plot, characters, and even the characters behaviors. Do yourself a favor, do not watch this. Thumbs down.

A typical day for young babysitter Zoe quickly goes wrong after she puts the kids to bed. Within a few hours she is not only fighting for her life, but the lives of others as well. This movies spins quite the tale of family issues, sibling rivalry, drug dependence, delusions, denial and their own past. This all leads to quite the culmination as we learn that one child has psychotically violent tendencies, that have been getting worse, and can happen at any time. It is up to Zoe to save the others when the inevitable does happen. This film makes one think about how they would handle themselves in a similar situation. How would you react?

Zoe (Hallee Hirsh) arrives for a babysitting job. The parents (Linda Hamilton and Ted McGinley) go out for the evening, leaving Zoe with their trio of kids. Not-so surprisingly, Zoe's boyfriend shows up as well.

Odd occurrences, including a disappearance and a rampaging madman commence.

BAD BEHAVIOR starts out in typical killer-on-the-loose fashion, then screeches to a halt when Zoe and the kids hunker down in the bathroom. This amounts to their spending a big chunk of the movie sitting there, jumping whenever there's a bang or pounding on the door.

On the positive side, there are a few humorous moments, as well as some tension. There's also a decent twist at the end, although It's sort of a slog to get there!

Fans of Ms. Hamilton take note: She's only in this movie at the beginning and the end, a total of about 5-10 minutes...

Holy crap, I have never been more thankful that my babysitting days are in the past. This film makes me never, ever want to do that again. I have no idea what I would do if this had happened to me. What happens when a young, innocent women is brought into a family of psychotic individuals with serious denial issues? You get Bad Behavior, a fun horror movie from beginning to end. The actors really step up in this one, especially Jeremy Dozier (Jack) and Hallee Hirsch (Zoe). These two youngsters make this movie what it is, the dug into these roles and went for it and it shows. I was expecting a fun little horror movie, but this movie exceeded all of my expectations.

Clearly terrified, a young woman screams...

One day earlier, pretty blonde Hallee Hirsh (as Zoe) arrives to babysit three children...

Make that two children, because we learn college-bound Jeremy Dozier (as Jack) is too old for a babysitter and will likely stay in his room all night...

It should be once child, because second son Austin Rogers (as Tyler) appears too old for a babysitter. Apparently, he's having trouble getting his high school credits together...

You could say no babysitter is needed, because both older sons stay home all night. They should be able to watch cute six-year-old vegetarian Elsie Fisher (as Grace) eat her bologna sandwich and go to bed. She's concerned about the death of little pepperonis, but killing bologna is okay...

You'll never guess how this ends...

Looking vaguely familiar, that's former "Happy Days" and "Married with Children" TV replacement Ted McGinley joining former "Terminator" movie series regular Linda Hamilton to briefly appear as parents...

That this is a thriller called "Bad Behavior" provides clues about what might happen. Things get going when Ms. Hirsh invites boyfriend Andrew James Allen (as Kansas) over for a little sexual activity on the couch. In horror, we know that usually brings the villain out of hiding. The writer/director team Nicholas Brandt and Lisa Hamil do manage to keep this story afloat for about an hour, which is quite an accomplishment. Much of the action is confined to limited sets. This could explain the family keeping an "Etch-A-Sketch" in their unusually spacious bathroom. That's not where I played with mine. While nothing groundbreaking ever happens, and the ending may disappoint, "Bad Behavior" looks like it was fun to make.

**** Bad Behavior (10/22/2013) Brandt-Hamil ~ Hallee Hirsh, Austin Rogers, Elsie Fisher, Jeremy Dozier