StrangeLand

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Summary: strangeland is REALLY strange
Review: i went to see strangeland after my cousins dad told me and afriend about it. so we went to see it...and it was scary! if ya reallythink about it there are people doing things like that to others which is wrong. if someone does that to another person they are just sick!!! but it was a kick movie and if you didnt see it you should. also for strangeland lover there is a strangeland II commin out but i'm not sure when just go to the dee snider page and get the info!!! well thanks for listening

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Summary: dee snider kicks a**
Review: watch dee snider f*ck sh*t up in this classic horror flic! they just don't make em like this anymore. if your into real horror film, you'll love this. it's one of the best. if your soft, stay away from this one.

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Summary: Killer uses piercings as his own rite of passage
Review: A cops daughter is kidnapped and help by psycho killer who feels the world has no rites of passage for todays youth. So he does his own in the way of piercings and torture.

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Summary: strangeland for a refrained hand
Review: impatiently awaiting the video release, strangeland is filled with the powers and people on the very fringe of todays society. it envelopes the fear of on line chat rooms and the dives under this terror-ific surface to a world of enlightenment. The main character, snyder, is a modrern primitive who selects the ignorant for a passage into the circle of enlightenment through physical rights of passage through torture. The methods of these acts are both accurate and historically correct for the most part and are executed on screen within well done taste. not for the light-stomached. a new genre of film a terror filled exploration of those of us who follow Howdy in the spiritual sense adding the faction of torture and violence. Buffalo Bill from silence of the lambs meets Charles Gatewood.

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Summary: Awesome
Review: Despite what some of the reviews say, this is actually a great horror movie. I mean, it's actually scary. Maybe the characters are a little "one dimensional", but, it doesn't really matter. It's a film, and all films are pieces of art. Dee Snider did an awesome job with this film. His character (the "villian") was a beautifully sadistic creature, whose language was very eloquent if you ask me. It's definitely worth a watch, even if you're not sure about this film; rent it. Dee Snider's Strangeland is probably one of the greatest horror films of all time. There's no teen garbage like what you'd find in films like Scream (which, none of the three were even scary the least bit), but instead, a beautifully written screenplay with great direction. The "villian" of the film uses the internet to lure his victims, which is very much in touch with reality seeing as it happens all the time, and then tortures them until they finally pass away usually due to cardiac arrest. If you like horror movies featuring torture, bondage, piercings, scarification, and so on, this is definitely the film to rent/buy/watch! Cheers to you, Dee Snider.

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Summary: or..... the good, the bad, the ugly
Review: Although this horror flick was predictable and the pretentious monologues by Capt Howdy/Carlton Hendricks were a bit hokey - I gotta say I liked it overall. Dee Synder did an excellent job as the villian. All of the acting was pretty good if you ignore the father's cop partner (who was funny, although unintentionally so). Some of the characters were amusing (Freddy Kuger as a redneck, fountain of knowledge tow truck driver and the bible thumping woman) but not so for the underlying menace of the movie. It wasn't an over-the-top gore fest but nasty all the same. The mutilation of the victims was horrorific and the story had some depth if you care to reach (true purpose of body modification, issue of insanity and medicated sanity, etc.) and despite some holes - a watchable film that could have been much better given more time (as in running longer than 90 mins.) and a tighter script.

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Summary: Taste the pain
Review: The horror genre has introduced us to many memorable icons; Freddy, Jason, Pinhead, Leatherface and countless more. Some of these ghouls are scarier than others and some are really not scary at all, but rather comedic and foolish. If you've never seen "Strangeland" you've probably never heard of "Captain Howdy" which would be a shame because they don't come any scarier than this dude. His methods of torture and reasonings for his attacks had me squirming in my seat the whole time. Somebody give this man a franchise!

"Stangeland" opens up with two young women sitting in front of a computer screen and chatting up guys in an internet room. They become intrigued by a guy with the user name "Captain Howdy" who claims to lead a wild life and know what fun is all about. When Howdy writes the line "Wanna come to a party?" the girls go to his place and soon find themselves trapped in his underground basement of torture. One of the girls is the daughter of a police detective who will do whatever it takes to get her back safely before Howdy gets to sink another one of his patented hooks into her...

I find critiquing Strangeland as a horror movie to be twofold. The positives are the unique style and imagery scenes of things like goth clubs, torture chambers, Captain Howdy's appearance, a man of countless tattoos and piercings, all of it to the boom of a great heavy metal soundtrack. If you're a fan of this culture like I am then you will really enjoy this movie. On the negative side this film can appear downright amateurish at times, especially with its plot and awkward dialogue scenes with none too impressive actors. In other words a film of style over substance all the way. And of course it hasn't exactly aged very well, being a movie where "The Web" and chatrooms are portrayed as being cutting-edge.

But the real reason to watch this film is for Captain Howdy. Imagine a violent and twice as muscular Marilyn Manson with an insane glare in his eyes and you will get a good idea. Howdy's life revolves around the ultimate pursuit of pain as pleasure inflicted both upon himself and onto others. He fears nobody and nothing, not even death, as pain inflicted upon him gives him a rush. This guy is way more deranged than the usual horror movie villain. Sure, it's got its bad moments however if you like horror movies and goth/freak culture I would recommend you give this one a try but caution: it just might make you reconsider that nose piercing you've wanted so much...


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Summary: WATCH AND/OR BUY THIS MOVIE!!!
Review: this movie is killer!!!!! dee snider is just the man for one thing and another the storyline is what a horror movie should be:original and scary. a guy named carlton hendrix(dee snider) is a killer(with alot of piercings and tattoos) who finds people in chatrooms and invites them to his house cause he says "hes throwing a party" and then basically tortures them.but when the detecives daughter gets caught up in this he goes on the hunt for her.and im just gona leave the rest for either u to find out or someone else to write this review and say it.

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Summary: Exceptionally Creepy Horror..
Review: You will wince more than once while watching "Strangeland"; the story of a serial torturer who likes to pierce his victims to death. I have to give the film's central idea an "A" for originality but the ending is very predictable.

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Summary: It's Twisted, Sister
Review: The movie started off really well, having Dee Snider as Captain Howdy, a psychopath who stalks teen girls online in chat rooms and invites them to his house for a "party". Of course there is no party, he just likes to torture them by sewing their mouths shut and piercing them with various objects.

Then, it drags. A cop figures out everything within the first 40 minutes and Captain Howdy is caught. Then it pulls a 'Psycho 2' and has Howdy return home "fully recovered" four years later. But is he really? No, of course not. He goes on a rampage immediately, seeking revenge on those who turned him in as well as those who just pissed him off.

Although the movie includes a somewhat interesting storyline, it lacks the creativity later on. An always welcome performance from Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger) as a distressed alchoholic citizen helps a little, as well as the frightening premise. But, when Howdy is revealed fully midway through and is acting like a typical wisecracking horror villain, the film turns sour.