Dee snider s strangeland see more filming locations. For those history buffs out there, strangeland 2 was greenlit back in 1997 before the first one. Since ive been in the business, ive been writing about a sequel to dee sniders strangeland. Oct 14, 2018 strangeland is a 1998 american horror film written by dee snider and directed by john pieplow. Scoring an astonishing 7% on rottentomatoes, dee sniders strangeland is still somehow a cult film amongst certain nooks and crannies of the horror community, and not just diehard fans of. In strangeland detective mike gage and his daughter, genevieve, are diverted away from reality when the latter internet chats with a stranger one night. Dee snider was born on march 15, 1955 in massapequa, long island, new york, usa as daniel dee. This is on my top ten worst films, its awful, not even fun on a campy level. Snider tweeted a screencap of an instagram picture from emaji entertainment ceo christopher petzel that was captioned with the following statement. Jan 02, 20 rocker dee snider and his wife share the secret to their 34year marriage where are they now own duration.
What dee snider has done, is create a pretty cool film villainmonster. Im doing a report on body peircing for health, and this scene from dee snider s strangeland just popped into my head at the thought, so i made this xd. The place is helverton, colorado, a town of about 350000 people. Dee snider, with his blond cinderella frizz and demonclown makeup, was. Strangeland 1998 a pierced and tattooed sadist, captain howdy dee snider, trolls the internet for naive teens, luring them to his home to torture and defile them.
Dee snider opens up about strangeland sequel the horror. Then when the film came out and wasnt screened for the critics, i had a feeling itd be junk, but after sitting through garbage like holy man and urban legend, i figured i could take strangeland, too bad i was wrong. Strangeland which is written by heavy metal musician dee snider of twisted sister fame. Dee snider will return as captain howdy in a strangeland. Although snider s ideas are a bit rough, there are. This horror flick has become a horror classic, literally creating the torture film subgenre. In the 1998 classic snider masterfully wove the dark and taboo world of adult pleasures with the morbid and grotesque mind of a sexual sadist and fetish aficionado who took his love of the lifestyle a bit too far. See more goofs when gage is iming with capthowdy from his car, his fingers are shown typing g a g e in one shot and k o i in another. But overlooking things like that, i still enjoyed this film. Strangeland stream german, strangeland kostenlos, strangeland hd, strangeland film stream deutsch, strangeland stream english, strangeland deutsch hd, strangeland online anschauen, strangeland anschauen, strangeland ansehen, strangeland. Although john pieplow directed strangeland, the draw on the dvd is writer, producer, and star dee snider.
Daniel dee snider born march 15, 1955 is an american singersongwriter, screenwriter, radio personality, and actor. Hello gruelings, today we have jacob kyle young as our guest. Dee snider will return as captain howdy in strangeland reboot. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival. Dee snider s strangeland is a funeralpaced genre item that fails to deliver suspense, shocks or the campy fun that snider brought to his mid80s hair metal outfit, twisted sister. Music dee snider back with twisted new film and tour his glammetal band twisted sister reformed to record a song for strangeland soundtrack. Join us live in chat to share your thoughts about this interesting film. Genevieve and her friend innocently agree to go to a party at a strangers house with whom theyve met on the. Emaji entertainment reboots the howling and dee sniders. Its been 18 years since twisted sister frontman dee snider wrote and starred in strangeland, and hes talked regularly about a followup ever since. Twisted sister frontman, writer, coproducer, and star of strangeland, host and personality of the house of hair, creator and narrator of van helsings curse, who recently released his new cd, dee does broadway, and book, shut up and give me the mic. After the agonizing torture that was endured i can safely make the statement that strangeland is now and will be the worst film. Strangeland is a 1998 american horror thriller film written by dee snider and directed by john pieplow. The imagery, the music and the performances of the whole cast make this one that shouldnt be missed.
Hes opened up once again about the project, and while it all still seems up in the air, snider certainly has not given up on it. Dee sniders strangeland original motion picture soundtrack. Strangeland has the added bonus of the fact that it comes from the heart and is made for all the right reasons instead of being taylored to as large an audience as possible. It focuses on the body modification underground cultures rituals. The film centers around a police detective trying to save his city, as well as his daughter, from an online predator who enjoys bringing enlightenment through ritual pain. Plus, i really dont like the art done on dees body. We have just learned that the longdiscussed sequel to twisted sister frontman dee sniders strangeland is currently in the works. Dee sniders strangeland is the kind of movie your parents warned you about. Never setting limits, dee wrote, produced and starred in dee sniders strangeland. Oct 27, 20 but overlooking things like that, i still enjoyed this film. Sequel to dee sniders strangeland in development wicked horror. Strangeland is about a detective pursuing a sadist specializing in body modification rituals who lures teenagers through the internet.
Therefore, i didnt see this film, on the bases of hating the band twisted sister, and so many other incarnations of hair metal. This movie is about a psychopath named carlton hendricks dee snider of twisted sister, who goes under the chatroom name captain howdy. The film is presented in a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1. With kevin gage, elizabeth pena, dee snider, brett harrelson. Dee sniders portrayal of carlton hendricks, aka captain howdy, in the original film created a character that has become a cult horror legend. Rocker dee snider and his wife share the secret to their 34year marriage where are they now own duration. And word is that sniders son wrote a prequel comicbook to this film, but ive been unable, thus far, to track it down. A sort of braindead, humorless cross between internet for dummies and sick. What else other than from the mind of rocker dee snider. Emaji also announced today that emaji entertainment has acquired the rights to reboot dee sniders strangeland, the 1998 horror film written by and starring snider, the frontman of heavy metal.
Disciple is the long awaited, much anticipated sequel to the cult horror film dee sniders strangeland starring dee. Strangeland came out in 1998, i was 15 years old, and hated anything hair metal. This week in horror movie history strangeland 1998. Strangeland is about a detective pursuing a sadist specializing in body modification rituals who lures teenagers through. Mar 21, 2012 im doing a report on body peircing for health, and this scene from dee snider s strangeland just popped into my head at the thought, so i made this xd.
By combining already established bands with new groups and mixing unreleased tracks with overlooked album cuts, the soundtrack for strangeland is easily one of the best heavy metal soundtracks ever released. It was also the first comic series to be based on the shooting gallery film. Dee sniders strangeland 1998 official trailer youtube. Heavy metal superstar dee snider wrote and stars in this dark suspense thriller about captain howdy, a sadomasochistic predator who surfs the internet looking for online victims. Body modifications, tattoos, internet, sadomasochism. Dee snider back with twisted new film and tour mtv. Seven sins is a 20072008 comic book limited series prequel based on the 1998 dee snider film strangeland. Dee snider to get his captain howdy on again in strangeland.
Since extwisted sister frontman dee snider wrote and starred in the 1998 horror movie strangeland, it doesnt take a genius to figure out that the soundtrack is comprised of 100% heavy metal. Strangeland was centered around a sadistic individual who went by the name of captain howdy, who would lure teens to his house in order to kidnap and defile them. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central. Dee snider wrote, starred and produced this film and also worked on the soundtrack. I speak for the dead, disappeared, kirby buckets, mysteries of the outdoors, murder among friends, and hollywood. Starring dee snider, kevin gage, elizabeth pena, brett harrelson, robert englund, linda. The dynamic acting duo of kevin gage and dee snider is so insultingly bad that i found myself yearning for the subtle performances of such thespians as keanu reeves and pauly shore. How did you get director john pieplow involved snider. Just as the internet was starting to take over the world, twisted sister frontman dee snider smartly capitalized by writing and starring in the horror film strangeland, released in 1998. By most stretches, dee snider s stab at horror cinema with strangeland is as much a dated relic as the nu metal chosen for its soundtrack.
It plods along through the same ol detective trailing a serial killer s rampage formula weve all seen ad nauseam. It was filmed in the colorado springs and denver vicinity, including the club scenes which were filmed at denvers church nightclub, and was the first tsg pictures and artisan dvd release. After the agonizing torture that was endured i can safely make the statement that strangeland is now and will be the worst film of 1998. Therefore, i didnt see this film, on the bases of hating the band twisted sister, and. May 05, 2015 dee sniders portrayal of carlton hendricks aka captain howdy in the original film created a character that has become a cult horror legend. Rocker dee snider brings his twisted vision to the screen as producer, writer and star of this provocative cult classic. It plods along through the same ol detective trailing a serial killers rampage formula weve all seen ad nauseam. Written and starring twisted sisters dee snider and directed by john pieplow, strangerlands script is based loosely on the twisted sister song horrorteria from 1984s stay hungry album.
Dee sniders strangeland is a funeralpaced genre item that fails to deliver suspense, shocks or the campy fun that snider brought to his mid80s hair metal outfit, twisted sister. Dee sniders strangeland is really underrated, when i talk about this film, a lot of people look at me not knowing what im talking about. This week in horror movie history strangeland was released in 315 movie theaters around north american on october 2nd 1998. The 1998 release of strangeland was directed by john pieplow and written by dee snider, the frontman of twisted sister. Starring dee snider, kevin gage, elizabeth pena, brett harrelson. Terms of activation by activating, you agree that you want to enable cloud technology to access your xfinity stream subscription on additional supported devices like computers and tablets, as well as the tv connected to your settop dvr via comcasts network. Dee sniders strangeland logs on to your fears indiewire.
With one foot firmly planted in the horror community and the other long taking up roots in the fetish community, dee sniders strangeland has always been a favorite film of mine. A detective pursues a sadist specializing in body modification rituals. Jul 09, 2008 dee sniders strangeland is not that bad, but only after putting it into proper context and a few drinks. This still holds up all these years and looks amazing. His recent starring role on broadway in the hit musical rock of ages generated national interest and multiple tv appearances.
Goofs when gage is iming with capthowdy from his car, his fingers are shown typing g a g e in one shot and k o i in another. This is an underrated film that has a unique concept. Oct 20, 2016 dee sniders strangeland is really underrated, when i talk about this film, a lot of people look at me not knowing what im talking about. I dont truly appreciate the tattoopierce thing much considering im both and dont feel that it makes me evil.
A closedcaptioned english soundtrack is rendered in dolby digital surround. Dee sniders strangeland is not that bad, but only after putting it into proper context and a few drinks. Dee snider cast in credits order complete, awaiting verification. The film centers around a police detective trying to save. House of hair radio show house of hair with dee snider. I remember this movie years ago and im a big fan of dee snider. Snider came to prominence in the early 1980s as lead singer and songwriter of the heavy metal band twisted sister. Strangeland is a 1998 american horror film written by dee snider and directed by john pieplow. The film focuses hugely on the themes of body modification and the subcultures that surround it.