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Strangeland (1998) -- The place is Helverton, Colorado, a town of about 350,000 people. 15-year-old Genevieve Gage and her best friend Tiana Moore are typical teenagers who spend a lot of time surfing the internet and sending messages to strangers in chat rooms...
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Overview

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Director:
Writer:
Dee Snider (writer)
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Release Date:
2 October 1998 (USA) more
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So much flesh, so little time. more
Plot:
The place is Helverton, Colorado, a town of about 350,000 people. 15-year-old Genevieve Gage and her... more | add synopsis
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There's worse ones out there more (186 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Kevin Gage ... Mike Gage
Elizabeth Peña ... Toni Gage
Brett Harrelson ... Steve Christian

Robert Englund ... Jackson Roth

Linda Cardellini ... Genevieve Gage

Tucker Smallwood ... Captain Churchill Robbins

Ivonne Coll ... Rose Stravelli

Amy Smart ... Angela Stravelli
Dee Snider ... Captain Howdy / Carleton Hendricks
Amal Rhoe ... Tiana Moore

Robert LaSardo ... Matt Myers
Andrew Cooper ... Victim Bob (as Andy Cooper)
Archie Smith ... Elderly Man
Lois Hicks ... Mental Institution Nurse
Carey Westbrook ... Sam the Orderly (as Carey Louis Westbrook)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Dee Snider's StrangeLand (USA) (promotional title)
Rune (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong graphic torture/violence, language, nudity and sexuality.
Runtime:
85 min | Argentina:92 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
After Capt Howdy is captured and you see the newspaper clippings of the case, Dee Snider wrote all the clippings as spoken in the commentary track. His reason is "for all you DVD nuts out there who'd pause and read them for continuity". more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Capt. Howdy is placing the third rod into a standing female victim, the shot from behind him shows him inserting the second rod again with only the first rod inserted. more
Quotes:
Captain Howdy: [after surviving a lynching] What a rush more
Movie Connections:
References The Exorcist (1973) more
Soundtrack:
Awake more

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What are the differences between the R-rated version and the Unrated version?
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10 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
There's worse ones out there, 6 April 2006
Author: slayrrr666 (slayrrr666@yahoo.com) from Los Angeles, Ca

"Strangeland" isn't that bad if it features fears of yours.

**SPOILERS**

Genevieve Gage, (Linda Cardellini) is just the latest in a series of disappearances plaguing a small town. Her father Mike (Kevin Gage) just happens to be the detective on the case, and his partner Steve Christian, (Brett Harrelson) convinces him to check out a club that specializes in piercing and scarification, which is also the secret hideout for Captain Howdy, (Dee Snider) also known as Carleton Hendricks, who is the suspected cause of the disappearances. With the help of his cousin Angela Stravelli, (Amy Smart) Captain Howdy is caught and brought to justice. After a couple years in an insane asylum, he gets released back into the community, and a local militia group led by Jackson Roth, (Robert Englund) kidnap him and leave him for dead. When new evidence confirms that he may not be dead, Detective Gage tries harder than before to stop him.

The Good News: As it gets more and more commonplace for people to chat online and in instant messaging, the fact that this one was the first out of the gate to show the potential evils and dangers of the situation is a nice and original approach. Even though it deviates from it towards the end, the original set-up is pretty great. The ending is also pretty great and pretty exciting, with a great bit of action in there as well. Most of the focus on this film is the discomfort one gets when exposed to extreme forms of scaring and skin piercing, and it is a subject most get uncomfortable viewing. This is mostly played out in the psychical form of Captain Howdy, who does look pretty creepy. His look, though, drives the film, so I won't spoil it, but it is a really disturbing and shocking look that will definitely get you a little crept out the first time his full appearance is shown.

The Bad News: This film basically relies on the belief that extreme piercing, full-body tattoos and scaring are scary images for the average person. If none of them are scary or frightening, then most of the film's power will be lost. Besides that, there really isn't a whole else in the film. It's not a traditional horror film in the slasher sense, so for some it can be quite boring, as there's no real jumps, suspense or anything similar.

The Final Verdict: If any of the acts or ideas featured in this one are fears of yours, this could be a pretty scary film. If not, this can be a pretty dull experience. Otherwise, it's pretty middle of he road and pretty forgettable. Use your own judgment to determine if you will like this one or not.

Rated R: Graphic Violence, Nudity, some Language, a brief sex scene, scenes of torture and extreme images of body modification

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