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A single mother and former pop star, Kim (Lisa Sheridan) has moved herself and her 11-year-old son, Brody, to Duluth, Minnesota, the town Kim grew up in, and help her father Chuck (Bruce Bohne). At around the same time, a series of strange birth defects have started popping up in the local wildlife. Kim tries to dig into it, but gets nowhere.

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A single mother and former pop star, Kim (Lisa Sheridan) has moved herself and her 11-year-old son, Brody, to Duluth, Minnesota, the town Kim grew up in, and help her father Chuck (Bruce Bohne).(Creator/BruceBohne). At around the same time, a series of strange birth defects have started popping up in the local wildlife. Kim tries to dig into it, but gets nowhere.
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A single mother and former pop star, Kim (Lisa Sheridan) has moved herself and her 11-year-old son, Brody, to Duluth Minnesota, the town Kim grew up in, and help her father Chuck (Bruce Bohne). At around the same time, a series of strange birth defects have started popping up in the local wildlife. Kim tries to dig into it, but gets nowhere.

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A single mother and former pop star, Kim (Lisa Sheridan) has moved herself and her 11-year-old son, Brody, to Duluth Duluth, Minnesota, the town Kim grew up in, and help her father Chuck (Bruce Bohne). At around the same time, a series of strange birth defects have started popping up in the local wildlife. Kim tries to dig into it, but gets nowhere.
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A single mother and former pop star, Kim (Lisa Sheridan) has moved herself and her 11-year-old son, Brody, to the town Kim grew up in, and help her father Chuck (Bruce Bohne). At around the same time, a series of strange birth defects have started popping up in the local wildlife. Kim tries to dig into it, but gets nowhere.

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A single mother and former pop star, Kim (Lisa Sheridan) has moved herself and her 11-year-old son, Brody, to Duluth Minnesota, the town Kim grew up in, and help her father Chuck (Bruce Bohne). At around the same time, a series of strange birth defects have started popping up in the local wildlife. Kim tries to dig into it, but gets nowhere.



* FacialHorror: Joe and his daughter Michelle have some pretty lumpy faces. Though they were like that before coming to the town.

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* FacialHorror: Joe and his daughter Michelle have some pretty lumpy faces. Though they were like that before coming they moved to the town.Duluth.



* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Mayor Paulson. When Kim comes to him about the mutated frogs, and a possible connection to pesticides, he states that he won't look into it unless she brings him irrefutable evidence. When she does, he goes through with launching an investigation, though he does make the town think [=HE=] was looking into it right from the start.

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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Mayor Paulson. When Kim comes to him about the mutated frogs, and a possible connection to pesticides, he states that he won't look into it unless she brings him irrefutable evidence. He's also wary of linking it to the American Patriot pesticide factory, as it's one of the town's biggest employers. When she does, he goes through with launching an investigation, though he does make the town think [=HE=] was looking into it right from the start.
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* NightmareSequence: Kim has one about her son growing up into a deformed freak with half of his face becoming a frog. He goes into a room, puts a gun to his head, and says "Thanks, mom." before shooting himself. Kim wakes up at the sound of the shot being fired.
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* AdultFear: For Kim, the thought that her childhood hometown isn't as safe as she remembers, and how living there might impact her son.
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* AdultFear: For Kim, the thought that her childhood hometown isn't as safe as she remembers, and how living there might impact her son.


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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Mayor Paulson. When Kim comes to him about the mutated frogs, and a possible connection to pesticides, he states that he won't look into it unless she brings him irrefutable evidence. When she does, he goes through with launching an investigation, though he does make the town think [=HE=] was looking into it right from the start.
* SavageWolf: These [[spoiler:turn out to be behind the string of disappearances that have been occurring in the area recently]].

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* BodyHorror: It starts with the frogs that some kids find by the riverside. Soon the deformities start appearing in other species [[spoiler:such as Nikki's puppies, Jodie's daughter, and Kim's daughter]].

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* BodyHorror: It starts with the frogs that some kids find by the riverside. Soon the deformities start appearing in other species [[spoiler:such as Nikki's puppies, Jodie's daughter, the wolves, and Kim's daughter]].



** Plus, the newborn puppy which seems to have a malformed mouth.

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** Plus, the newborn puppy which seems to have a malformed mouth.cleft lip.
** Jodie's daughter Michelle has a cleft lip and no nose, just nostrils.

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A single mother and former pop star, Kim (Lisa Sheridan) has moved herself and her 11-year-old son, Brody to a small Minnesotan town to get a fresh new start, and help her father Chuck (Bruce Bohne). At around the same time, a series of strange birth defects have started popping up in the local wildlife. Kim tries to dig into it, but gets nowhere.

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A single mother and former pop star, Kim (Lisa Sheridan) has moved herself and her 11-year-old son, Brody Brody, to a small Minnesotan the town to get a fresh new start, Kim grew up in, and help her father Chuck (Bruce Bohne). At around the same time, a series of strange birth defects have started popping up in the local wildlife. Kim tries to dig into it, but gets nowhere.



* FacialHorror: At least one towns-person has half of his face deformed. Plus, the newborn puppy which seems to have a malformed mouth.

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* BodyHorror: It starts with the frogs that some kids find by the riverside. Soon the deformities start appearing in other species [[spoiler:such as Nikki's puppies, Jodie's daughter, and Kim's daughter]].
* CruelTwistEnding: [[spoiler: Kim's newborn daughter is revealed to have a deformity in the form of an eyeball on the back of her shoulder. And since Nikki and Jodie started convulsing and died after giving birth to their deformed children, it's quite likely Kim's days are numbered as well.]]
* EyeScream: [[spoiler: During the attack on his home,]] Joe sticks his thumb in one of his attackers' eyes until blood starts to come out of it.
* FacialHorror: At least one towns-person has half of Joe and his face deformed. daughter Michelle have some pretty lumpy faces. Though they were like that before coming to the town.
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Plus, the newborn puppy which seems to have a malformed mouth.



* NothingExcitingEverHappensHere: According to Greg, most of the town's younger residents have moved out, and the only reason to stay is if you're interested in working in pesticide.
* ScreamingBirth: One woman is seen in the trailer screaming while she gives birth.

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* NothingExcitingEverHappensHere: According to Greg, Chuck, most of the town's younger residents have moved out, and the only reason to stay is if you're interested in working in pesticide.
* ScreamingBirth: One woman is seen in the trailer screaming Jodie screams while she gives birth.birth [[spoiler:to her deformed daughter]].

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Strange Nature is a film by Jim Ojala.

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''Strange Nature''
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* ScreamingBirth: One woman is seen in the trailer screaming while she gives birth.
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* FlyOverCountry: The film is set in Minnesota.

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* FacialHorror: At least one towns-person has half of his face deformed.

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* FacialHorror: At least one towns-person has half of his face deformed. Plus, the newborn puppy which seems to have a malformed mouth.
* MessyMaggots: In one scene, some maggots are seen inside a dead frog.
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Strange Nature is a film by Jim Ojala.

A single mother and former pop star, Kim (Lisa Sheridan) has moved herself and her 11-year-old son, Brody to a small Minnesotan town to get a fresh new start, and help her father Chuck (Bruce Bohne). At around the same time, a series of strange birth defects have started popping up in the local wildlife. Kim tries to dig into it, but gets nowhere.

Soon, she decides she has to do something before the deformations spread from animals to humans.

The film was funded on Website/{{Kickstarter}} on October 10th, 2013, and released on September 22nd, 2018.

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!!Strange Nature contains examples of:
* FacialHorror: At least one towns-person has half of his face deformed.
* NothingExcitingEverHappensHere: According to Greg, most of the town's younger residents have moved out, and the only reason to stay is if you're interested in working in pesticide.
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