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Strangeland Dee Snider. The film focuses on the body modification
underground culture’s rituals.
Plot
The place is Helverton, Colorado, a town of about 350,000
people. Fifteen-year-old Genevieve Gage (Linda Cardelli-
ni) and her best friend Tiana Moore (Amat Rhoe) are typ-
ical high school students who spend their idle time surf-
ing the Internet and sending messages to strangers via
chat rooms.
Upon "meeting" another apparent student who goes
by the screen name of "Captain Howdy," Genevieve and
Tiana decide to attend a party at Captain Howdy’s house.
As it turns out, Captain Howdy has lured them into a
darkness from which there may be no escape.
What Captain Howdy doesn’t know is that
Genevieve’s father is local cop Mike Gage (Kevin Gage),
whose wife is named Toni (Elizabeth Peña). When neither
Genevieve nor Tiana has returned home by the next
morning, Toni alerts Mike.
With the assistance of a younger cop named Steve
Theatrical release poster
Christian (Brett Harretson), Gage begins searching for
Directed by John Pieplow Genevieve and Tiana. The case takes an unexpected turn
when Tiana’s car is pulled out of a lake. Tiana’s tortured
Produced by Larry Meistrich
David L. Bushell body is found in the car’s trunk with her mouth stitched
Dee Snider shut, and there is no sign of Genevieve.
Mike discovers that Captain Howdy is into "body art"
Written by Dee Snider
that includes great quantities of tattooing, piercing,
Starring Dee Snider branding, and scarification. But it is not until Mike’s
Kevin Gage niece Angela Stravelli (Amy Smart) informs him of
Elizabeth Peña Genevieve’s penchant for meeting strangers through the
Brett Harrelson
Robert Englund Internet that Mike gets his first lead.
Linda Cardellini Meeting the mysterious Captain Howdy online, Mike
gets Captain Howdy to invite him to a party, but Mike’s
Music by Anton Sanko
planned bust goes awry. Later, however, he figures out
Cinematography Goran Pavicevic Captain Howdy’s location, and finds Captain Howdy’s tor-
ture chamber.
Editing by Jeff Kushner
Joe Woo Jr. Gage not only finds Genevieve naked and bound, with
her mouth stitched shut, but also five other teenagers
Distributed by Raucous Releasing who are in similar predicaments. After a brief struggle
Release date(s) October 2, 1998 in which Captain Howdy gets shot, Mike arrests Captain
Howdy, whose real name is Carlton Hendricks (Dee
Running time 85 min Snider).
Country United States Mike thinks he has closed the case. But a year later,
Hendricks is declared not guilty by reason of insanity
Language English and he is put in the Meistrich Psychiatric Institute. Three
years later, Hendricks is released.
Strangeland is an American horror film released in 1998. Doctors at the Meistrich Institute state that Hen-
The movie was directed by John Pieplow and written by dricks, who has been diagnosed as a schizophrenic with
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a severe chemical imbalance, is okay as long as he is on
his medication. Hendricks moves back to his old neigh-
Cast
borhood. While he’s under the influence of his medicine, • Dee Snider .... Carleton Hendricks / Captain Howdy
Hendricks is timid and apologetic about what he did. But, • Kevin Gage .... Mike Gage
the memories of what Hendricks did are still fresh in the • Linda Cardellini .... Genevieve Gage
minds of Helverton’s residents. And Genevieve still has • Robert Englund .... Jackson Roth
intense nightmares. There are people who are not happy • Elizabeth Pena .... Toni Gage
about Hendricks release -- especially an activist group led • Brett Harrelson .... Steve Christian
by Jackson Roth (Robert Englund) and Catherine "Sunny" • Amy Smart .... Angela Stravelli
Macintosh (Barbara Champion). • Tucker Smallwood .... Captain Churchill Robbins
Catherine heads a group called "Christians against • Ivonne Coll .... Rose Stravelli
Moral Decay." Roth and Catherine are among those who • Robert LaSardo .... Matt Myers
are angry that Hendricks did not get the death penalty • Amal Rhoe .... Tiana Moore
for killing Tiana and torturing Genevieve and the other • Andy Andrew Cooper .... Victim Bob
five teenagers. • Jillian McWhirter .... Carol Anne Chalmers-Perez
One night while Roth’s teenage daughter Kelly (Xan- • Carey Louis Westbrook .... Sam the Orderly
the Cook) is out, a fearful Roth jumps to the wrong con- • Pat Mahoney .... Wade Forrester
clusion that Hendricks could have taken Kelly. Roth calls • Barbara Champion .... Sunny MacIntosh
Catherine and a bunch of others. Roth and his group kid- • Leslie Wing .... Madeline Roth
nap Hendricks, and on the way from Hendricks’s proper- • Xanthe Cook .... Kelly Roth
ty, Hendricks accidentally drops his medicine bottle, and • Laurence A. Curry .... Patrolman Young
the medicine bottle is run over by a car’s rear tire. Roth • Mark Bailey .... E.M.T. Dan Hauser
and the group beat Hendricks and hang him from a tree. • Michael Herst .... Patrolmen Harris
As Roth, Catherine, and the others leave, it starts
raining. The rope, which turns out to be weak, snaps, sav-
ing Hendricks life. Without his medication, however, he
Soundtrack
reverts to being Captain Howdy, this time with revenge 1. Dee Snider - Inconclusion
on his mind...revenge on Roth, Catherine, and Mike. 2. Sevendust - Breathe
Later, while Roth is watching TV at his house, his 3. Megadeth - A Secret Place
wife Madeline (Leslie Wing) enters the room. Roth no- 4. Pantera - Where You Come From
tices blood on her. Madeline falls out of the way, and 5. Anthrax - P & V
Roth sees Hendricks, who has killed Madeline. Hendricks 6. Snot - Absent
knocks Roth unconscious and kidnaps him. Hendricks 7. dayinthelife - Street Justice
contacts Mike at the police station. By this time, Hen- 8. Coal Chamber - Not Living
dricks has also kidnapped Catherine. After Hendricks 9. Bile - In League
hangs up with Mike, Hendricks brutally tortures Roth 10. Marilyn Manson - Sweet Tooth
and Catherine. 11. Soulfly - Eye For An Eye
The next day, Toni calls Mike and tells him that 12. (həd)P.E. - Serpent Boy (Radio Edit)
Genevieve is missing, and when Mike gets home with 13. Kid Rock - Fuck Off featuring Eminem
Steve, Hendricks’s face is on Toni’s computer screen. 14. The Clay People - Awake
Hendricks has Genevieve and her mouth is stitched shut 15. System Of A Down - Marmalade
again. Hendricks tortures Genevieve while Mike and Toni 16. Nashville Pussy - I’m The Man
watch the screen. A devastated Toni leaves the room. 17. Crisis - Captain Howdy
After Hendricks disconnects, Mike angrily destroys 18. Twisted Sister - Heroes Are Hard To Find
the computer’s keyboard. Genevieve, Roth, and Cather-
ine are soon found alive, but brutally tortured. Mike and
Steve would like nothing more than to see Hendricks
Sequel
dead. Snider has long been on a quest to produce a sequel to the
That night, Mike tracks Hendricks to a church. After film, but circumstances have prevented him from bring-
a long struggle, Hendricks stands ready to kill Mike with ing it to fruition. In a 2007 interview with Bullz-Eye.com,
a hook. Mike sinks the hook into Hendricks’s back, slams he revealed the unlikelihood of it ever seeing the light of
Hendricks into a wall, and then uses the hook to lift Hen- day.
dricks off the floor. Mike pours a flammable liquid on "I’ve run into so many obstacles. I’m at that point
Hendricks, and presumably kills Hendricks by setting now where I’m going, ’Can I even take a hint? Am I capable
him on fire. of taking a hint?’ It was green-lit back in…1998? Well,
right after the first one came out, anyway. But we started
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working on the script, we started looking for directors, the company suddenly closed after only the first issue
and then the company that did it – The Shooting Gallery was printed. The Scream Factory then picked up the title
– they were indicted by the federal government for an and published the full run in 2008.
Enron-like situation. Their CFO was arrested. All proper-
ties were seized, and I spent seven years in the courts,
just getting my creative properties, because the govern-
Night of 1000 Scars
ment just takes everything, and they dissolve everything. Dee Snider threw a large party, open to the public, at
And during that time, everybody and their mother was Webster Hall in New York City to promote and celebrate
going, ’Oh, man, if you ever get that back, we’d love to do the theatrical release of Strangeland the night before it
it, we’d love to do it, we’d love to do it!’ And, then, it was debuted, with the party ending in time for VIPs to leave
like all the girls who want to date you when you’re going and see a midnight screening of the movie. The party was
out with someone else.[1] ’Hey, I’m available!’ ’Uh, not a called Night of 1000 Scars and still stands out in the body
good time. Yeah, we’re not doing that anymore. Torture modification community due to the sheer scope of the
films are out.’ And, then, after that, I had a deal for an ex- event.
tended DVD release of the first ’Strangeland’ with Lion- Webster Hall is a club with four floors and perfor-
sgate, and then the frigging director who fucked it up mances took place on three of these floors simultaneous-
the first time (John Pieplow) wielded his Director’s Guild ly. This included people having their eyes and mouths
right to first re-edit.[2] We wanted to do an extended DVD sewn shut and a performance by Allen Falkner’s suspen-
and call it the Dee-rector’s cut, but I won’t let the guy sion group, TSD, in which three people suspended from
near it, and it scared off Lionsgate, because they don’t hooks going through the skin across the tops of their
wanna get fucking involved with the Director’s Guild. So backs. They were suspending from rotating beams allow-
I’m right at this point right now where I’m, like, y’know ing them to rotate in a large circle, remaining air-born
what? (Sighs) Maybe I should just let it go. I’ll put a sign most of the time and soaring out over the audience.
on my website that says, ’Y’got ten million dollars? Give The Lizardman was also in attendance and performed
me a call. I’ve got the script ready to go, Robert Englund’s his fire act. The bands Bile and Crisis, who are on the
attached, I’m attached. If somebody’s serious and wants soundtrack, also performed. Most attendees were decked
to make it, call me. But don’t call me ‘til you’re ready to out in their finest fetish wear. The party was organized
hand the check over.’"[3] by Keith Alexander.
In May 2009, Dee Snider revealed on his radio
show,"The House Of Hair," that the sequel to Strangeland,
entitled Strangeland: Disciple, is set to begin shooting in
References
the fall of 2009 and is slated for a 2010 release.[4] [1] 3 New Movies Hope To Bring Hundred Of Jobs To
Northeast Ohio
"Disciple will see Snider reprising the role of [2] Strangeland II: Disciple to Start Filming Soon?
Internet psycho Captain Howdy and promises [3] Strangeland II: Disciple Casting and Synopsis
even more of the hard and nasty forced body [4] ’Strangeland II: Disciple’ to Begin Lensing in the
mods and torture rituals that made the origi- Next 90 Days?
nal film squirm-worthy. The film will suppos- [5] http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/25700
edly have an NC-17 rating guaranteed,
promising to top the antics of Captain
Howdy’s first rampage"
External links
—Mr. Dark (www.dreadcentral.com) • Strangeland at the Internet Movie Database
• on the Body Mod Wiki site
The sequel was still set to shoot possibly in the fall of
2011 in Cleveland, Ohio. It has since been cancelled.
In response to a fan’s question on Twitter as to "what-
ever happened to Strangeland 2??", Snider stated, "Dead
in the water. #soeffingfrustrated."[5]
Prequel
Main article: Dee Snider’s Strangeland: Seven Sins
Snider released a prequel, Dee Snider’s Strangeland: Seven
Sins in comic book form through Fangoria Comics, but
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