StrangeLand (1998)
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6% of critics liked it
(17 reviews) -
63% of users liked it
(10,686 ratings)
Dee Snider, of the Twisted Sister heavy metal music group, made his debut as a screenwriter and producer with this horror film, directed by John Pieplow. A psycho on the Internet uses the handle, "Captain Howdy" (Snider), an obvious reference to the unseen Ouija board spirit in The… More Dee Snider, of the Twisted Sister heavy metal music group, made his debut as a screenwriter and producer with this horror film, directed by John Pieplow. A psycho on the Internet uses the handle, "Captain Howdy" (Snider), an obvious reference to the unseen Ouija board spirit in The Exorcist (1973). After the abduction of his daughter Genevieve (Linda Cardellini), detective Mike Gage (Kevin Gage) is on the case, joined by detective Christian (Brett Harrelson). Kidnapper Captain Howdy is eventually captured and sent off to the asylum. Released four years later, Howdy is hanged by a vigilante mob led by redneck Jackson Roth (Robert Englund). Reborn as Carleton Hendricks (Snider), Howdy turns against the vigilantes, kidnaps Genevieve a second time, and once again confronts Gage. Snider also contributes an original heavy-metal tune for the closing credits. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
- Directed By
- John Pieplow
- Genres
- Horror
- In Theaters
- Oct 2, 1998 Wide
- Studio
- Artisan Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Bob Heisler, Los Angeles Times
It's a disturbing, hopeless, irredeemable series of images that will scar you if you wander into it unprepared.
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Felix Vasquez Jr., Film Threat
This terrible horror film pretends to tell a moral about internet chat rooms, but really it's a cheap C grade slasher flick.
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Stefan Birgir Stefansson, sbs.is
a little too messy for me
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Luke Y. Thompson, New Times
Snider's Captain Howdy is an appropriately scary creation, but the movie mostly lets him down.
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Anthony Miele, Film Threat
After the agonizing torture that was endured I can safely make the statement that Strangeland is now and will be the worst film of 1998.
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Cast
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Dee Snider
as Capt. Howdy / Carleton Hendricks
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Kevin Gage
as Mike Gage
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Brett Harrelson
as Steve Christian
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Elizabeth Peņa
as Toni Gage
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Robert Englund
as Jackson Roth
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Linda Cardellini
as Genevieve Gage
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Amy Smart
as Angela
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Archie Smith
as Elderly Man
- Robert LaSardo
- Kevin Cage
- Brett Harrison
- Ivonne Coll
- Tucker Smallwood


