Fantastic!

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Considering that horror movies coming out this year are ALL involving exorcism and possession stuff-- which are extremely saturated--, I thought that watching a nineties horror would be a nice idea. In fact, it would, if it wasn't around 11 p.m. in my serene neighborhood. "Strangeland" is in fact a very STRANGE movie, which can be noticed, from the get go, with the weird directing that sometimes focuses on the characters' feet. Also, I had no idea that in the nineties people had personal computers that supported instantaneous video and audio; I mean, in Brazil that was an utopia back then. The film as a whole is very dark, with scenes of mutilation, torture and every freak stuff that you can imagine. Many of those aspects look a lot like Jigsaw's plans-- even if "Saw" came out years later. The bad thing in this plot is the over-the-top character of Smallwood; if he was depressed and pessimist as he said he was, why didn't he ever commit suicide? Besides, how did Mike find the horror house, given that the only noticeable thing in the audio was a dog's barking? How on earth was he standing right in front of the house? And also, HOW ON EARTH a cop can get beaten up by a crazy guy who's been confined in a mental institution for about 4 years? It feels VERY hard to believe. The ending also is a relative let down, but I can't deny that "Strangeland" is an entertaining film for those who like the genre, like me.

Terrible, I'm sorry to say. I found out about this film via a mention somewhere on the net that Dee Snider was supposed to be playing a creepy killer. Then I learned that Linda Cardellini plays a part in it, so I had to try it.After a boring introduction with a song that sounded like an inferior rip-off from Tool's 'Sober', we see Cardellini in an awful role chatting with a friend, straight away hooking up with the killer. I suppose in 1998 that was a novelty - oh no, 'The Net' (1995) was already out. The girls disappear that same night and the next minute they're tied up in Dee's basement (or at least one of them, with her mouth sewn shut). What follows is cliché drivel with boring characters, boring music and boring developments. I didn't manage to see more than about fifteen to twenty minutes; at that point I was done with it and now I want to forget about this crap forever.No vote, because it wouldn't be fair when I've only seen a small part of it, but I couldn't pass up letting the cosmos know why I couldn't finish this. I didn't even get to see Dee Snider in action (except for a few seconds in extreme close up)...

Dee Snider's "Strangeland" had a long, strange trip. It really started with Twisted Sister songs, then Dee tried writing about a psycho clown, but "IT" had that idea, so Dee set about writing a horror film like "Seven". Hey, Dee! I liked this better than "Seven."Strangeland" is a really sick film. The protagonist, played by Dee himself, is a sicko named Carleton Hendricks aka Captain Howdy, a deviant with tattoos and piercings galore, he stalks young girls online and does really depraved stuff to them. Poor Geniveve Gage is the 1st victim. Note the actress! It ER"'s Linda Cardellini! What follows is really nasty, and scary, note the cauterization! But the film pulls a shocker early!Later on, see Dee in Mr. Rogers mode! Perhaps the most frightening shot in the movie! Kevin Gage plays Gage and yeah he sucks. Actually other than Robert Englund, delightfully playing a righteous redneck, the acting stinks. And the director's idea of suspense is cutting to black every three minutes! Still the heavy metal soundtrack, featuring, Marylin Manson, Pantera, Coal Chamber, Megadeth, Twisted Sister and Snot is truly awesome. Buy it."Strangeland" offers some great stuff and certainly doesn't stint on the horror, though its not anywhere near as bad as I was led to believe. For you DVD fans, Dee's commentary is every bit as disturbing as the movie! A really good horror flick with some very interesting twits and turns. I really have to agree with Robert Englund, the truly frightening thing about this flick isn't the death, its the suffering.. Cool!

1/2 out of ****This film has officially taken the beauty of a human body, and made it something ugly. It's really too bad. This film is very stupid and really quite unpleasant. Sure, it may not be no CHAOS(2005), but it is certainly very cheap and dumb. At least it actually has a real message though. Beware of strangers on the internet. This is a good lesson and a good message, so for that, the film at least has something to be proud of. But otherwise, i feel that the film is a waste of time and money.The plot revolves around Captain Howdy, a foolish goofy looking man who enjoys kidnapping young people, tying them up, and... piercing them?!?! now obviously, this guy is a sadist, but not in the traditional sense. You see, this is all he does. He doesn't kill them(at least on purpose as it seems), he doesn't appear to sexually violate them, he doesn't even really threaten them all that much. At least at first! There comes a point in the film where a particular thing happens to him for a particular reason by some particular people. I don't dare to reveal what, but somehow this causing him to not only pierce, but rape and kill. It doesn't really make much sense.Listen, if you are a fan of horror movies or Dee Snyder, you deserve better. I just happen to think that one of the most attractive people in the movie making business is Linda Cardellini, and she is in this film. But she is wasted and used and her body is shown being distorted and destroyed in this terrible film. I think that it is awful that she was used that way in a film like this. I find this film to be very boring and ponderous and not at all scary. don't watch it.Rated R for strong graphic torture/violence, language, nudity and sexuality.