This is a SPOILER review of Strangeland, Dee Snider’s first film attempt. Strangeland is about a detective pursuing a sadist specializing in body modification rituals who lures teenagers through the internet. Join us live in chat to share your thoughts about this interesting film.
Discussion
- Log Line: A detective pursues a sadist specializing in body modification rituals who lures teenagers through the internet.
- a large amount of dialogue of the film’s villain (concerning his personal philosophy) are paraphrases or direct quotations of Fakir Musafar, the father of the Modern Primitive movement.
- $1.1 million budget
- it grossed $713,239
- A sequel, titled Strangeland: Disciple, is being produced by Emaji Entertainment and TSG Entertainment and distributed by Lionsgate, as of May 2015.
- Old school internet and beepers. Lots more chat room shenanigans back then..
- Great camera work and imagery at hoed ya place
- I want to go to the xebalba club
- The suggestions are that you have to be insane to think they way he does about primitive culture and ritual
- Frontier justice should be carried out by the harmed not by fuckheads
Cast
- written by Dee Snider
- directed by John Pieplow
- Dee Snider as Carlton Hendricks/Captain Howdy
- Linda Cardellini as Genevieve Gage
- Kevin Gage as Detective Mike Gage
- Elizabeth Peña as Toni Gage
- Brett Harrelson as Detective Steve Christianson
- Robert Englund as Jackson Roth
- Amy Smart as Angela Stravelli
- Tucker Smallwood as Captain Churchill Robbins/Fetish Man with Studded Hood
- Ivonne Coll as Rose Stravelli
- Robert LaSardo as Matt Myers (Tow-Truck Driver)
- J Cooch Lucchese as Xibalba Bouncer/Band Member of Bile
- Barbara Champion as Catherine “Sunny” Macintosh
- Amal Rhoe as Tiana Moore
Links
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124102/
- 5.2/10 stars
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strangeland_(film)
- https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/strangeland
- 6% rotten with an 63% audience score