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Strangeland (1998)
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Dee Snider the actor?
He hadn't been relevant since his band Twisted Sister broke up during the mid 80's. So, to resurface in public, Dee
decided to produce Strangeland that claimed to follow the tradition of Seven and
The Silence of the Lambs when
Hellraiser was more like it.
Well, I don't know whether I want to laugh or slap my forehead. Strangeland is your standard torture-porn horror
film. At one point in his past, Dee may have seen A Man Called Horse and was
inspired by the scene of Richard Harris held high in the air with metal hooks. This time, he takes the concept really,
really far but fails to make me care for the victims.
The only part that consistently bothered me during the second half is the early release of Carlton "Captain Howdy"
Hendricks. So, he was found not guilty of serial killer behavior and spent roughly four years in confinement? Uh,
right...they usually serve at least two decades if that ever happens. But there are plenty of evidence against Hendricks
because he was caught red-handed at his home where the crimes were committed.
The cast is interesting because Dee managed to get Waingro, Freddy Krueger, Woody Harrelson's brother, and a
Steven Seagal baddie with tattoos on his neck. Although the script is banal, it's tough to listen to the rubbish Hendricks spouts
to explain his motives. It turns out they're either the original or paraphrased lines that were uttered by the founder
of "modern primitive" movement. Oddly, he talks about wanting to die, so why doesn't he get it over with already?
All in all, Dee Snider got two things right in Strangeland: the dangers of the internet and what washed-up Nicolas
Cage would look like in the future.