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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

User Rating:
4.4/10   3,155 votes
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Director:
John Pieplow
Writer:
Dee Snider (writer)
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Release Date:
2 October 1998 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror | Thriller more
Tagline:
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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"So much flesh, so little time." more (187 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
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Iceland:16 | USA:R (certificate #36303) | Argentina:16 | Australia:R | Denmark:15 | UK:18 | Germany:18 (JK/SPIO)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Dee Snider makes at least two references to co-star Robert Englund's most famous character Freddy Krueger. First is as Carleton Hendricks recovers from his fall from the tree. As he sits up he says "What a rush" in a very passable "Freddy" voice, one of the many one-liners uttered by Freddy Krueger during the series. The second reference is when he's fighting Detective Gage in the church. He says "First you dream, then you die," a reference to the plot of the Freddy Krueger/A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) series. more
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: The band BiLE isn't in-sync with the music playing. more
Quotes:
Mike Gage: Ready to come in? more
Movie Connections:
References A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) more
Soundtrack:
In League more

FAQ

What are the differences between the R-rated version and the Unrated version?
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16 out of 21 people found the following comment useful.
"So much flesh, so little time.", 25 October 2001
Author: Backlash007 from Kentucky

As a simple but interesting story, Strangeland is in the middle of good and bad. It borrows too much from other flicks, like Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs. Some lines ("What a rush?") are kind of terrible. And the Twisted Sister references that no one picks up on are laughable: the "we're not gonna take it" sign that the angry mob is holding and Dee's character "Capt. Howdy". Yes, it's in the Exorcist, but it is also a Sister song. On a good note, Dee Snider is a creepy looking character. The first time you really get a good look at him he's intense. And there are a few gross sadist scenes, one involving piercing an unwilling man in the most dreaded of all places. That part made me wince. And that's fairly hard to do. Also, I loved the fact that Robert Englund plays a character that is the exact opposite of his role in A Nightmare on Elm Street. Instead of playing the killer, he is the leader of the mob going to find the killer. Krueger fans will know what I'm talking about. It's a brilliant and appropriate piece of casting that genre fans should appreciate. Overall, the good outweighs the bad, and I would recommend watching it (at least once). You have to give Dee some credit, there are a lot worse movies out there.

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