Instead the hero’s daughter is kidnapped (again) and he has to go rescue her (again). Nightmare on Elm St now? Nope - after attacking one (not killing him), this subplot is forgotten.

“OK, now it’s a Clockwork Orange type deal!” Wrong again, they kill him and then he comes back to life (somehow) and goes after the parents. But the parents of those he abused/killed catch up to him. But no, he is just as quickly set free, and seemingly normal (this is the only part of the film I liked, partly due to the creepy sight of Snider made to look meek). He then goes to an institution, so I thought we’d get a hospital set movie a serial killer version of Cuckoo’s Nest. But no, he arrests him and Captain Howdy is put on trial. I thought we would then get a movie where the killer traps the hero and the hero has to find a way out and save his daughter and the other folks who are chained up around him. Seemingly made up as it went along, it is constantly switching gears that will often do little more than remind you of better horror movies.įor example, our hero, seeking his kidnapped daughter, finds the killer (Snider) about 40 minutes into the movie. And he inspired Adam Green to make Hatchet(cool story, look it up), so props to him for that. Not that I was ever the biggest Twisted Sister fan, but I enjoy what I’ve heard and enjoy Dee’s theatrics whenever I see him at a Fangoria show or whatever. It’s no worse than at least half of the nonsense I have watched, but most movies this bad aren’t the creation of a guy I like. And now that I have seen it, I wish I had kept my self-imposed moratorium going. The Scream Factory then picked up the title and published the full run in 2008.I’ve managed to go over a decade without watching Dee Snider’s Strangeland, a film I have never once heard anything positive about. As of 2021, any and all plans for a sequel have been scrapped.ĭee Snider released a comic book prequel, Dee Snider's Strangeland: Seven Sins through Fangoria Comics, but the company suddenly closed after only the first issue was printed. He believes this unusual marketing strategy will create buzz for the 'original' NC-17 version. Dee Snider plans to have it rated NC-17, and later release an R-rated version for wider exposure. Paw –'Street Justice' (recorded for the movie, wasn't used for the film nor the CD)Ī sequel, titled Strangeland: Disciple, is being produced by Emaji Entertainment and TSG Entertainment and distributed by Lionsgate, as of May 2015.Crisis – 'Methodology' (credited at the end of the movie).Backyard Babies – 'Highlights' (credited at the end of the movie).Other songs recorded/used on the film but not present on the official CD: Twisted Sister – 'Heroes Are Hard to Find'.Kid Rock – 'Fuck Off', featuring Eminem.Barbara Champion as Catherine 'Sunny' Macintosh.J Cooch Lucchese as Xibalba Bouncer/Band Member of Bile.Robert LaSardo as Matt Myers (Tow-Truck Driver).Tucker Smallwood as Captain Churchill Robbins/Fetish Man with Studded Hood.Brett Harrelson as Detective Steve Christianson.Dee Snider as Carlton Hendricks/Captain Howdy.However, Gage knows it is only a matter of time before Howdy strikes again, and he's ready to unleash his own form of retribution when the time comes. Deemed insane, he is sent to an asylum but is released soon after, seemingly better. When Howdy kidnaps and tortures the daughter of police Detective Mike Gage (Kevin Gage), he is caught. A pierced and tattooed sadist, Captain Howdy (Dee Snider), trolls the Internet for naive teens, luring them to his home to torture and defile them.

Strangeland 1998 full movie