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Strange Behavior – aka Dead Kids

Hemdale (1981)

Horror | Mystery | Science Fiction | Thriller

Australia | English | Color | 01:45

#1205

5.6

2,407

Xvid

MP4

| 1 disc

When the teenagers in a small Illinois town start getting murdered, the police chief makes a connection to the mysterious scientific experiments being done at the local university and must stop them before his own son is dragged into the deadly scheme.

Cast View all

	Michael Murphy	John Brady
	Louise Fletcher	Barbara Moorehead
	Dan Shor	Pete Brady
	Fiona Lewis	Gwen Parkinson
	Arthur Dignam	Dr. Le Sange
	Dey Young	Caroline
	Marc McClure	Oliver Myerhoff
	Scott Brady	Shea
	Charles Lane	Donovan
	Elizabeth Cheshire	Lucy Brown
	Beryl Te Wiata	Mrs. Haskell
	Jim Boelsen	Waldo
	Billy Al Bengston	Felix Rowe
	Nicole Anderson	Flying Nun
	Bill Condon	Bryan Morgan
	B. Courtenay Leigh	Paula
	William Hayward	Robinson
	Jack Haines	Randy Morgan
	Cindy Arnold	Girl at Party
	Howard Crothall	Boy Selling Flowers
	Richard Moore	1st Construction Worker
	Andrew Glover	2nd Construction Worker
	John Clark	Alvin
	Susan Van Ravenswaay	Mrs. Myerhoff
	Joe Harner	Dean

Crew View all

Director	Michael Laughlin
Writer	Bill Condon, Michael Laughlin
Producer	John Barnett, Bill Condon, John Daly, William Fayman, Antony I. Ginnane, David Hemmings
Musician	Tangerine Dream
Photography	Louis Horvath

Personal

Owner	Jackmeats Flix
Location	Flix To be Burnt
Purchased	Feb 15, 2020 at rarbg
Quantity	1
Seen	Oct 20, 2020
Added Date	Feb 15, 2020 00:09:33
Modified Date	Feb 15, 2020 00:09:33

Notes

My quick rating - 5,3/10. The 80s. When a Casio keyboard can be used to compose the entire musical score of any horror movie, and so so to create some actual atmosphere. This one is really more of a thriller but it really isn't too bad. If you are my age, the party scene will make you cringe lol. In this small town USA town (filmed wonderfully in New Zealand somehow) there are some local experiments being run on the kiddos from school. In a Twilight Zone kind of way, not some quick edited montage of what the kids are going through and how to rid their brains on the problem. The scale of these experiments is dragged until the end and throughout it does well making you wonder. But part of the downfall is that there just isn't enough going on to really keep your attention. As I stated, TZ and their episodes were 30 minutes. This would have been well suited to that, or close to it. If you take the time though, and appreciate it for what it was, you'll be mildly surprised. Glad it popped up and I'll be adding to the collection.

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