Strangeland written by Dee Snider of Twisted Sister fame is a fairly interesting horror flick. The premise is a predator played by Snider and nicknamed Captain Howdy who scours internet chat room for teens that he invites to a party so he can torture them in Sadomasochistic ways. A film with plenty of potential,
Strangeland however doesn't realize the potential it has. The ideas expressed in the film are cool, and interesting, but lack something that can make this film better. The film is good, don't get me wrong, but it could be better. Strangeland is somewhat of guilty pleasure because of the reception the film has received over the years. But Strangeland is a fairly decent horror film. The problem that most people seem to have is that it's low budget with a cast of seemingly unknown actors. Only Dee Snder, Amy Smart and Robert Englund are known in this film. I've never heard of the rest of the cast Strangeland has good elements of horror and thrills, but it never is scary. But the plot is pretty interesting and does have fairly good elements of potential good horror film. But the thing is, this is an average horror film where the filmmakers gave a half assed effort into crafting a horror film out of a script by Dee Snider. Good film, but it could've been much better with ideas that Snider expressed in his script.
March 24, 2011
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