Soundtrack to 1981 horror film, “Strange Behavior” on vinyl for the first time ever!

 

Although it’s had a strong cult reputation since its initial release, Strange Behavior was the odd man out at the time: in 1981, horror movies were primarily of the stupid slasher variety. This film deserves better – it’s more of an homage to the all-American 1950s B movie. Future Oscar winner Bill Condon (Gods and Monsters) and director Michael Laughlin cooked up this kooky tale of a mad scientist programming small-town teens to kill. Laughlin’s long-take style gets under your skin, the Tangerine Dream score is unnerving, and the fact that the whole thing was shot in New Zealand adds a touch of the peculiar to the “Midwestern” landscape. At times the weird science seems to have infected everyone in town (a giddy choreographed dance at a teen party comes from nowhere), which just adds to the sense of general – you know – strange behavior. Condon and Laughlin followed with 1983’s Strange Invaders.

 

A1 - Opening Credit - 1:26

A2 - Murder In The Kitchen - 1:14

A3 - Driving The Car (Excerpt From Wedding Theme) - 1:03

A4 - Tension In The Classroom - 3:04

A5 - Music Box (Excerpt From Wedding Theme) - 0:50

A6 - Horror In The Mud - 0:44

A7 - Laboratory Theme (Part 1) - 1:28

A8 - Laboratory Theme (Part 2) - 0:56

A9 - Romance Theme - 1:20

A10 - Horror In The Bathroom - 3:19

A11 - Experiments In Tension (Part 1) - 1:45

A12 - Experiments In Tension (Part 2) - 2:09

A13 - Experiments In Tension (Part 3) - 0:56

B1 - Tension In The Graveyard (Part 1) - 0:44

B2 - Tension In The Graveyard (Part 2) - 1:21

B3 - Tension In The Graveyard (Part 3) - 1:22

B4 - Dad's Story (Part 1) - 4:56

B5 - Dad's Story (Part 2) - 1:18

B6 - Pete Goes In For The Kill (Part 1) - 0:26

B7 - Pete Goes In For The Kill (Part 2) - 0:48

B8 - Pete Goes In For The Kill (Part 3) - 0:38

B9 - Tension In The Laboratory - 1:17

B10 - More Tension In The Laboratory (Part 1) - 2:10

B11 - More Tension In The Laboratory (Part 2) - 0:41

B12 - Kill The Professor - 0:46

B13 - Cleaning Up - 1:04

B14 - Wedding Theme - 2:28