Strange Behavior AKA Dead Kids (1981)

Released November 13th in the US.

Filmed entirely in Australia.

The story: In the small town of Galesburg, Illinois, nothing bad ever happens...

John Brady , who is chief of police in town has lived in town most all his life.

He lives there with his son , high school senior and good student Pete.

They lost John's wife and Pete's mother not too long ago to what John believes are some suspicious circumstances but he still hasnt figured it out just yet.

He just knows it has something to do with her boss , Dr. Le Sange as well as his strange passing right after.

When John makes it to work one regular morning , he learns that the son of the town's mayor has been missing since last night.

But he doesnt think much of it.

Meanwhile , Pete's friend Oliver has talked him into taking an experiemental course , which is connected to the college program that Dr. Le Sange once taught and is still teaching from beyond...

The experimental course is a two day session , at 100 dollars a day so it's an easy way for quick cash.
Little do any of the people who participate in the two day course know , they are being programed into becoming mindless killers.

Stars Louise Fletcher , Michael Murphy , Dan Shor , Beryl Te Wiata , Marc McClure , Charles Lane , Jim Boelsen , Elizabeth Chesire , Dey Young , Arthur Dignam , Scott Brady , Billy Al Benston , Nicole Massie , Bill Condon , B Courtenay Leigh , William Hayward , Jack Haines

Directed by ( & story partly written) Michael Laughlin

Rated R
MYSTERY/THRILLER/SCIFI/HORROR

Bloody Hell (2020)

Released January 14, 2021 in the US.

Filmed in Australia.

The story: Rex is a regular guy from Omaha who relies on his conscience when he's stressed...

One day, while in line to talk to a pretty teller at the local credit union, the place gets held up.

Nervous and, of course, absolutely stressed, Rex decides to take matters into his own hands.

In the aftermath, to some, Rex looks like a complete hero, but that doesn't mean no one was harmed.

Fast forward, 8 years later. 
Rex has just been released from prison and has his sights set on traveling to Finland...

While at the airport he is recognized by many, although among those people a strange couple is talking in Finnish and staring at him oddly.

Another Finnish man approaches Rex, telling him that the strange couple was saying they are going to - "get him".

With nothing more to think about over it, Rex catches a taxi cab. But soon, he is gassed.

When he awakens, Rex finds himself tied up, hanging, from a ceiling in a basement that he does not recognize.

Also, his foot, from the shin down is missing...

Rex and his conscience soon come up with a plan to get the heck out of there as fast as humanly possible.

But it will not be that easy.

Stars Jessi Robertson, Ben OToole, Ashlee Lollback, Sophia Emberson Bain, Ryan Tarran,  Brad McMurray, Daniel Weaver,  Joshua Brennan, Charles Allen, Louis Toshio Okada, Juan Fernando Monge, Sean Lynch, Caroline Craig, Matthew Sunderland, Jack Finsterer, David Hill, Meg Fraser, Travis Jeffrey, David Hill

Directed by Alister Grierson

English/English w/ Finnish subtitles

Rated R
MYSTERY/THRILLER/DARK COMEDY/HORROR

"BOI TO HEL"

We Need To Do Something (2021)

Released September 3rd in the US.

Filmed entirely in Michigan.

The story: Mother Diane, father Robert, teenage daughter Melissa, and young son Bobby have just locked themselves in their home's bathroom.

An aggressive storm is approaching and the bathroom is their only room for guaranteed shelter.

The family has no idea what to expect from the storm, but Diane and Robert are staying positive that it won't be that bad.

Melissa and Bobby, on the other hand, are scared as hell.

During the first night, the family finds themselves completely locked into the bathroom, due to no fault of their own.

Now the train of thought is, after a while, surely one of the neighbors will come for them.

But as days go by and the storm passes, being inside the bathroom still feels like the safest place to be.

As things get worse and worse, and more terrifying by the hour, Melissa begins believing that the reason her family and herself are stuck in the position they are in is due to some evil-spirited hocus pocus she and her friend Amy conjured up before everything hit the fan.

Stars Vinessa Shaw, Pat Healy, Sierra McCormick, John James Cronin, Lisette Olivera, (voice) Ozzy Osbourne, Logan Kearney, (voice) Dan John Miller

Directed by Sean King OGrady

Not Rated

THRILLER/MYSTERY/HORROR

Villians (2019)

Released September 20th in the US.

Filmed in New York.

The story: Mickey and Jules are hellbent on getting to Florida.

With no job and no real means of making money in their town, they have a sure-fire plan to live the good life: selling shells on the beach and living free from the day-to-day routine that is everyone else's reality. 

After holding up a convenience store and getting away with it, the lovers are on the road to their dreams.

Then, they unexpectedly run out of gas in what seems like the middle of nowhere.

While trying to think of what to do next, they realize the long quiet road they are stuck on bares a home.

Clever as heck, they decide to break in and look for car keys.

Instead, they find a young girl chained up in the basement.

This makes Jules crazy and she dedicates herself to taking the girl with them when they leave, which sets them back way too far.

When the owners of the house return home, they turn out to be much more driven in their sadistic plans than Mickey and Jules are in theirs to rob them.

As time speeds by the situation really becomes a duel of the fittest.

Stars Bill Skarsgard , Maika Monroe , Nikolas Kontomanolis , Noah Robbins , Blake Baumgartner , Jeffrey Donovan , Kyra Sedgwick , Danny Johnson

Directed by (& story written) Dan Berk & Robert Olsen

Rated R
DRAMA/COMEDY/THRILLER/MYSTERY

The Dark Place (2018)

Released April 12th in the US.

Filmed entirely in Georgia.

The story : Donald is a quiet guy who keeps to himself.

He works as a trash truck driver , he lives with and cares for his mother and he has an 11 year old daughter who he sees once a week.

While hanging out with his daughter , she shows him her Facebook feed.

On there , Donald notices a post from a boy whose family is on his work route.

The boy's post is asking if anyone has seen his little brother.

Donald begins questioning his daughter about the post , wanting to know if the boys brother has been found.

His daughter gets freaked out and doesnt want to ask the boy any questions , so advises her dad to stay away from the subject all together.

But Donald cannot and the more he thinks about it and asks people who may know what happened to him , the more he feels he needs to know.

Stars Andrew Scott , Bronagh Waugh , Sandra Ellis Lafferty , Denise Gough , Christa Beth Campbell , Bella Fraker , Kate Forbes , Christian Finlayson , Jason Davis , JD Evermore , Becky Wahlstrom , Griff Furst , Michael Rose , Andrew Masset , Simone Kiffany Jenkins , Eric Mendenhall , Jared Bankens

Directed by Simon Fellows

Not Rated

MYSTERY/THRILLER

"Put your eyes back in your head Jim or I'll tell Nancy what your peckers been thinking."

The Fanatic (2019)

Released August 30th in the US.

Filmed in California and Alabama.

Based on truths.

The story: Moose is a nice enough guy but he isn't really right in the head.

He gets really excited about things that he enjoys, which is nice and all, but Moose does take things to another level...

Moose loves movies, he has all of his life, and some, along with the actors, really inspire him something fierce.

His best friend is Leah. Leah is paparazzi, so she always knows where the stars are.

Leah tells Moose that Hunter Dunbar, who happens to be Moose's most favorite actor, will be attending a party.

They decide to sneak in so Leah can get photos and Moose can meet Hunter, but Moose gets kicked out.

That's okay though because the next day, Hunter will be signing his new book at Moose's favorite comic book shop.

Moose makes his way there and just as it's Moose's turn to meet Hunter, Hunter steps away.

Moose cannot control his excitement and decides to try and talk to Hunter while he is handling some personal business, but that doesn't go well and he really doesn't get to properly meet him.

Leah tells Moose about an app that locates stars' homes. She makes Moose promise to not bother any stars, that goes for Hunter as well.

But when Moose finds Hunter's house and Hunter sees him, that doesn't work out well either.

That does not stop Moose though, he really just wants to be friends with Hunter because he just loves him.

Stars John Travolta, Josh Richman, Ana Golja,  Jacob Grodnik, James Paxton, Luis Da Silva Jr, Jeff Chase, Devon Sawa, Rene Aranda, Marta Gonzales Rodin, Leslie Sides, Elle Matarazzo, Danny Minnick, Theresa Ireland, Danny Mendez, Martin Pena, Lisa Lynn Dempsey

Directed by (& story partly written) Fred Durst

Rated R

DRAMA/MYSTERY/THRILLER/HORROR

Affliction (1997)

Released February 19, 1999 in the US.

Filmed entirely in Canada.

The story: Wade Whitehouse is a policeman in a small town in New Hampshire.

He has some deep-rooted issues, due to the way his father behaved when Wade was a child.

Wade does best these days staying away from his father but his newest problem is not being able to see his young daughter as often as he'd like.

When Jack, Wade's coworker and friend, takes Evan Twombly, a very important man around town, out hunting, and things go horribly wrong, it seems like Jack is at fault.

The more Wade thinks about it, the more he believes Jack is a murderer and he doesn't want him to get away with the crime.

But no one wants to believe Jack is guilty.

As time goes on, Mr. Twombly's death eats away at Wade, changing his personality right before the eyes of everyone who knows and loves him.

In the end, everything Wade knows changes, transforming his life completely.

Stars Nick Nolte, Brigid Tierney, Jim True-Frost, Holmes Osborne, Mary Beth Hurt, Wayne Robson, Sissy Spacek, Sean McCann, James Coburn, Tim Post, Marian Seldes, Janine Theriault, Christopher Heyerdahl, Paul Stewart, Sheena Larkin, Penny Mancuso, Charles Edwin Powell

Directed by (& story partly written) Paul Schrader

Rated R
DRAMA/MYSTERY/THRILLER