Strange Behavior with Michael Murphy: DVD Cover

    Strange Behavior
    a.k.a. Human Experiments, Small Town Massacre, Dead Kids Director: Michael Laughlin Cast: Michael Murphy, Louise Fletcher, Dan Shor, Fiona Lewis

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    • DVD Release Date: 10/28/2008
    • Original Release: 1981
    • Rating: Rated R
    • Sales Rank: 43,157

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    Features

    Audio commentary with co-writer Bill Condon and actors Dan Shor and Dey Young; U.S. & Australian theatrical trailers; Deleted scenes; Isolated music score by Tangerine Dream; Photo gallery; Filmographies

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    Scene Index

    Disc #1 -- Strange Behavior
    1. Opening Credits [1:24]
    2. Murder by Candlelight [3:29]
    3. Off to School [7:03]
    4. Easy Money [5:04]
    5. Barbara [1:55]
    6. The Party [5:20]
    7. Lethal Parking [4:17]
    8. The Next Day [2:27]
    9. The Laboratory [3:03]
    10. The Smart Pill [5:18]
    11. Caroline [4:24]
    12. Death of Mrs. Haskell [11:13]
    13. Tied Up [3:11]
    14. John Confronts Gwen [4:59]
    15. Programmed to Kill [:29]
    16. Barbara and John [2:01]
    17. Dig up the Truth [4:56]
    18. Return to College [3:44]
    19. Pete's Mom [2:03]
    20. Trapped [3:13]
    21. Dr. Le Sangel [5:45]
    22. "Kill Your Father!" [4:37]
    23. The Wedding [3:26]
    24. End Credits [2:11]

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    Editorial Reviews

    Dead Kids, aka Strange Behavior, is a creepy exercise from director Michael Laughlin--who conceived this as part one of an abortive "Strange Trilogy" which also included 1983's Strange Invaders. Although lensed in New Zealand, the film is set in a sleepy American town, in which a series of gory murders committed by local teenagers are linked to a twisted brainwashing scheme by a deranged behavioral psychologist (note irony please). Despite some humorous details (e.g. one killer dons a Tor Johnson mask) and a nostalgia for '50s pulp horrors (not to mention a fondness for splattery death scenes), the disparate plot elements don't come together as well as they should, failing to live up to the premise's potential for guilty chuckles or gasps of horror. Fiona Lewis is sexually menacing as the mad doc's assistant, but Louise Fletcher's wasted role may make viewers pine for Nurse Ratched. Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide

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