Dee Snider Plans Strangeland 2
Under normal circumstances, I have no problem with musicians trying to cross over into movies by trying their hand at acting or directing. Sure, there’s a good chance that they won’t be able to pull it off, but there are a lot of talented people who can do both, and there’s no reason to deny them the opportunity just because they’ve established themselves in another field. That said, I’m already growing tired of the “metalheads making horror movies” trend. Call me crazy, but I have this idea that people who are into loud and obnoxious music tend to have the wrong idea about what makes a horror movie work.
I suppose Rob Zombie is the most successful example of a hard rocker turned horror director, but 5 years before Zombie directed his first film, Dee Snider of Twisted Sister fame wrote and starred in a little flick called Strangeland. Maybe you’ve heard of it and maybe you haven’t, but if you’ve seen it you can probably agree that it’s not a great film. Snider plays a serial killer who lures teens into his traps via internet chatrooms (as soon as the internet is involved, you know it’s a bad sign). Just like Zombie, he pays tribute to his favourite horror movies in the most obvious of ways; for example, the character’s chatroom handle is Captain Howdy, better known as the demon from The Exorcist. Cinematical reports that Snider thinks the time is right for a sequel (which is probably true, and I’m sure he’s applying for membership in The Splat Pack as we speak). The thing is, he had to go through an arduous legal battle to get the rights back to the Strangeland name… to which I would say, why bother? The original stunk, why not come up with a fresh idea instead? The sequel will apparently be called Strangeland 2: Disciple, and I’m guessing it will be direct to video quality, although I wouldn’t be surprised if it ends up in theatres.
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Comments (8)
say it isn’t so…..the 1st film was completely pathetic “almost at the abyss”…
ri-ight
Posted by daburf on February 5th, 2007Strangeland waz tha shiznit maien…donno what u trippin on!!!
Posted by jessica on April 9th, 2008oh come on Strangeland was one of the best horror movies out there because it was more real than the other crap. everything in that film could have happened and just because some people don’t like real life kind of horror movies don’t mean shit, there just scared because it hits to close to home.
Posted by jokervirus on April 15th, 2008I saw Strangeland in the theater when it firt came out not knowing a thing about it. I was so freaked out by it b/c the concept is such a reality. Things like that could absolutely happen to anyone.
Posted by Jenn on April 24th, 2008common man dee snider wrote this movie before hostel and saw came out, his teh mackdaddy of horror movies! and since captain howdy is mentally insane, dont you think he would use lines like that? and the native american culture with it, just makes it kind of mysterious. now if you seen the directors cut, you wouldnt be saying this. alot more sufferage and insane maniacs in that one.
Posted by Danni on February 12th, 2009Yes, my name is CaptHowdy.
No, it’s not from the movie (entirely).
I’ll be honest in that it wasn’t one of the best movies out there ( even though I was still biased towards it) but it’s still the best horror film I’ve ever seen. Also, if you wish to see what he is capable of, I strongly going to the Van Helsing’s Curse website. It features some amazing metal-orcestra music, horrific narations, and under one tab is a story that surpasses anything I have ever read. To download the music for free try limewire.com
Posted by CaptHowdy on April 3rd, 2009Actually i have to agree with most of these comenters the furst film was fugin sicc wit it the second will hopefully be sicc wit it
Second, van helsings curse fugin succs dawg.
BRUTALxDEATHxTHRASH
Posted by Muskie492 on April 3rd, 2009Dear Blogger,
Posted by rosepetalkiller on April 23rd, 2009You are kidding me, right? Strangeland was twisted. The movie brought things to light that you watched only on prime time TV and news casts and gave everyone who watched the movie a reality check. The content was real with a twist of horror. Here’s a standing O for Dee for bringing this subject matter out of the papers and into our heads. I can’t wait for the second one! Maybe it will be a midnight release. It’s about time a horror flick found a way drain the fantasy/ myth from the genre, find the “reality vien”, slash it twice, and let it bleed out all over the screen.
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