Review of Strange Behavior (1981) by Richard D — 28 Oct 2016

An Australian horror film that seems to go to great lengths to convince you it's American. All the lead actors are American, and it seems to take place in the Southern US, even though the town looks pretty Australian.

One dead giveaway is "Shivers" by the Boys Next Door on the soundtrack ... not exactly a song you expect to hear in the US in the early 80's. The plot concerns experiments on local teens being carried out by a psychology professor at the local college.

It's never really stated exactly why, but it's turning the local kids into murderers. The film benefits from a pretty high powered cast ... Michael Murphy and Louise Fletcher are top-billed ..

. and some genuinely odd and creepy imagery (the killer wears a Tor Johnson mask in one memorable sequence), but it also feels oddly unfinished. Linking scenes seem to be missing and the plot feels pretty vague at times.