Strange Behavior (1981) on Netflix
R19811h 39mHorrorMysterySci-Fi
In Galesburg, Illinois, police chief John Brady investigates the killings of local teenagers. His son Pete signs up as a paid test subject in a psychology study run by Gwen Parkinson.
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- Netflix3.4/5
- IMDb5.6/102,889 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes80%
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Plot summary
John Brady has spent most of his life in Galesburg, Illinois, where he is chief of police. His wife Catherine died years ago, and he never believed the death was accidental; she had worked for Dr. Le Sange, who died not long after she did. John's son Pete is a high school senior who needs money for college applications, so he agrees to become a paid subject in the experiments Gwen Parkinson conducts in the psychology department at the local university. For her class Gwen screens a recorded lecture by her late mentor, Le Sange. John is meanwhile looking into the murders of local teenagers, and he has begun seeing Barbara Moorehead, who waits tables in town.
Cast
- Jim Boelsenas Waldo
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Strange Behavior (1981)
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- In the UK, the film was not prosecuted for obscenity, but was seized and confiscated under Section 3 of the Obscene Publications Act 1959 during the video nasty panic.
- Strange Behavior is considered a seminal work of New Zealand cinema, being the first horror film produced in the country, and it has since attracted a large cult following.
- The film was intended as the first instalment of the Strange Trilogy, a series canceled after its second entry, Strange Invaders, failed to attract a large enough audience.
- Tangerine Dream's electronic score for the film had no official release until 1 April 2022, when Buy Soundtrack issued it on CD and Terrorvision put out an LP for Record Store Day; before that, fans traded bootlegs and a fan release.
