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A detective pursues a sadist specializing in body modification rituals who lures teenagers through the internet.A detective pursues a sadist specializing in body modification rituals who lures teenagers through the internet.A detective pursues a sadist specializing in body modification rituals who lures teenagers through the internet.
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- 1 nomination
Andrew Cooper
- Victim Bob
- (as Andy Cooper)
Carey Westbrook
- Sam the Orderly
- (as Carey Louis Westbrook)
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Did you know
- TriviaOn the DVD commentary, Dee Snider mentioned that filming the scenes with Carleton Hendricks rehabilitated, and wearing a cardigan, were the hardest parts of the movie to shoot. Snider hated wearing the cardigan.
- GoofsThe first female victim in the car's trunk is bloated and wet from having been submerged for at least several days yet the blanket that she was wrapped in during that time is completely dry and shows no signs of having been under water at all.
- Quotes
Captain Howdy: We must all go through a rite of passage, and it must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark.
- Crazy creditsThe Band that preformed in the movie is called BILE, They were not added to the credits list, and it caused a huge issue. The Photography for this movie and the soundtrack was taken by EyeGlobe Photography. (just some inside info)
- Alternate versionsThe DVD version is unrated while the VHS version is the edited R-rated version.
- ConnectionsFeatured in IFC Grindhouse: Strangeland (2007)
- SoundtracksInconclusion
Written by Dee Snider (as D. Snider), Anton Sanko (as A. Sanko), and T. Avakia
Performed by Dee Snider
Courtesy of Denotation Music (SESAC)
Admin. by WBM Music Corp. and Shooting Gallery Publishing (ASCAP)
Admin. by Sony Music Publishing
Featured review
"So much flesh, so little time."
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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- Oct 25, 2001
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Box office
- Budget
- $1,100,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $713,239
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $373,288
- Oct 4, 1998
- Gross worldwide
- $713,239
- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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