[Inspector Abberline]

Dead Kids .(1981)
A strange tale of murdered teenagers, scientific experimentations and a rather fun fancy dress party, Where we get a particularly amusing dance sequence...Not only that but at one point the killer wears a Tor Johnson mask (something I have always wanted)...It may well be an oxymoron to say this is a pretty fun slasher movie,that has the right amounts of humour and just enough horror to keep the viewer guessing what's gonna happen next...Not since the disco segment in Prom Night has a slasher movie boogied...Dead Kids or Strange Behaviour depending on which version you watch,(obviously) is a quirky blend of 80s slasher movie,with some gruesome splatter ,and an almost 1950s science fiction subplot about a dead scientist who teaches from beyond the grave via pre recorded films ala *Dr. Brian O'Blivion in Cronenberg's Videodrome...
Michael Laughlin who would direct the equally quirky alien invasion flick Strange Invaders,gives us one of the oddest entries in the slasher genre...It stays pretty much in the bounds of slasher movie rules,teens,sex,drink,parties and a anonymous killer stalking a sleepy town but manages to be completely unique in its style,this maybe because Auckland New Zealand stands in as Midwest America,which helps with the oft kilter feel and approach...

The Playbirds (1978)
Christ only in England could a susposedly sexy comedy thriller about a murderer killing soft porn models,feel like your trapped in a launderette on a rainy Wednesday afternoon in a deserted seaside town about to be demolished...