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Strange Behavior
Synopsis
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
Full Credits
  • Director:
    Michael Laughlin,
  • Writer:
    Michael Laughlin, Bill Condon,
  • Producer:
    John Barnett, Antony I. Ginnane, John Daly,
  • Cinematographer:
    Louis Horvath,
  • Editor:
    Petra von Oelffen,
  • Executive Producer:
    John Daly, William Fayman, David Hemmings, John Daly,
  • Cast:
    Arthur Dignam, Fiona Lewis, Dan Shor, Michael Murphy, Louise Fletcher,
  • Associate Producer:
    Bill Condon,
  • Assistant Editor:
    Shereen Maloney,
  • First Assistant Director:
    Murray Newey,
  • Second Assistant Director:
    Mark Jaffee,
  • Third Assistant Director:
    Cathy Anderson,
  • Sound:
    Paul Clark,
  • Camera Operator:
    Ronald Vidor,
  • Boom Operator:
    Darryl Davis,
  • Location Manager:
    Chloe Amateau,
  • Special Effects Makeup Artist:
    Craig Reardon,
  • Catering:
    Chris Pearson,
  • Production Secretary:
    Lynette Gordon,
  • Still Photographer:
    William Hayward, Dave Hill,
  • Electrician:
    Murray Gray, Robert Houston, Ian Philp, Roland Carati,
  • Property Buyer:
    Lynda Dye,
  • Construction Manager:
    Richard Moore,
  • Production Design:
    Susanna Moore,
  • Production Assistant:
    Midge Meidrops, Margaret Hilliard,
  • Underwater Director of Photography:
    Ronald Vidor,
  • Production Runner:
    Peter Howard,
  • Production Manager:
    David C. Anderson,
  • Focus Puller:
    David Brostoff,
  • Key Grip:
    Trou Bayliss,
  • Clapper Loader:
    Ben Seresin,
  • Choreographer:
    Catherine Cardiff,
  • Color Grading:
    Arthur Cambridge,
  • Production Accountant:
    Dean Hill,
  • Gaffer:
    Ian Dewhurst,
  • Makeup Artist:
    Anne Popischil,
  • Set Decoration:
    Susanna Moore,
  • Steadicam Operator:
    Ronald Vidor,
  • Standby Property Master:
    Jonty Barraud,
  • Original Music Composer:
    Christopher Franke, Johannes Schmölling, Edgar Froese,
  • Costume Design:
    Bruce Finlayson,
  • Continuity:
    Jackie Sullivan,
  • Grip:
    Mike Caldwell, Michael Claridge,
  • Producer's Assistant:
    Sylvia Van Wyk,
  • Art Direction:
    Russell Collins,
  • Stand In:
    Nicole Massie,
  • Presenter:
    Antony I. Ginnane,
  • Driver:
    Martin Edmond, John Fordham,
  • Sound Mixer:
    Peter Fenton,
  • Hairstylist:
    Anne Popischil,
  • Post Production Supervisor:
    Tony Paterson,
  • Special Effects Supervisor:
    Kevin Chisnall,
  • Negative Cutter:
    Margaret Cardin,

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