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Strange Behavior

Town population is down... about six feet

Science FictionHorrorMystery1h 39m

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80%

Tomatometer

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45%

Popcornmeter

5.5

TMDB

Storyline

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.

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Dead Kids ≣ 1981 ≣ Trailer

Patton Oswalt on DEAD KIDS

Patton Oswalt on DEAD KIDS

Details

DirectorMichael Laughlin

ReleasedOct 16, 1981

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideRUS

Studios

Bannon GlenEndeavour ProductionsFay, Richwite

HemdaleSouth Street FilmsGupta Film Services

Cast

Michael Murphy

Michael Murphy

John Brady

Louise Fletcher

Louise Fletcher

Barbara Moorehead

Dan Shor

Dan Shor

Pete Brady

Fiona Lewis

Fiona Lewis

Gwen Parkinson

Arthur Dignam

Arthur Dignam

Dr. Le Sange / Nagel

Dey Young

Dey Young

Caroline

Marc McClure

Marc McClure

Oliver Myerhoff

Scott Brady

Scott Brady

Shea

Charles Lane

Charles Lane

Donovan

Elizabeth Cheshire

Elizabeth Cheshire

Lucy Brown

Beryl Te Wiata

Beryl Te Wiata

Mrs. Haskell

Jim Boelsen

Waldo

Reviews

7 reviews · 6 critics

6 fresh · 0 rotten

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Kat Sachs

RTChicago ReaderNov 3, 2025

It’s an excellent film that combines midwestern charm with an Alan J. Pakula–esque conspiracy.

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Scott Tobias

RTThe DissolveMar 24, 2014

Though lackadaisical pacing steals a lot of the tension, especially in the shrug of a climax, Dead Kids is full of wondrous scene-by-scene oddities[...]

A

Ard Vijn

RTScreenAnarchyJan 17, 2020

At the very least "Strange Behavior" is a nice guilty pleasure, but sometimes it's considerably better than that.

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Sean Axmaker

RTTurner Classic Movies OnlineApr 3, 2014

The title Dead Kids makes it sound like a slasher picture or a zombie film [but] it's really a mix of mad scientist thriller and revenge movie dropped into a somewhat surreal recreation of small-town Midwest America.

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Information

Title

Strange Behavior

Released

Oct 16, 1981

Rated

R

Region of Origin

Australia, New Zealand

Original Audio

English

Runtime

1h 39m

Status

Released

Studios

Bannon Glen, Endeavour Productions

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