![]() ![]() There, Gage finds Genevieve naked and bound, with her mouth stitched shut, as well as five other teenagers who are in similar predicaments. Despite the plan going awry, he later figures out Captain Howdy's location and finds his torture chamber. Meeting the Captain Howdy online, Mike attempts to get Captain Howdy to invite him to a party. But it is not until Mike's niece Angela Stravelli informs him of Genevieve's penchant for meeting strangers through the Internet that Mike gets his first lead. Mike discovers that Captain Howdy is into "body art," including significant tattooing, piercing, branding, and scarification. ![]() The case takes an unexpected turn when Tiana's car is pulled out of a lake with Tiana's tortured body inside and no sign of Genevieve. With the assistance of a younger cop named Steve Christian, Gage begins searching for Genevieve and Tiana. When neither Genevieve nor Tiana returns home by the next morning, Genevieve's mother, Toni, alerts her husband, local cop Mike Gage. After chatting with 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, which is a trap. Accordingly, a large amount of dialogue of the film's villain (concerning his personal philosophy) are paraphrases or direct quotations of Fakir Musafar, the father of the Modern Primitive movement.įifteen-year-old Genevieve Gage and her best friend Tiana Moore are typical high school students in Helverton, Colorado who spend their idle time chatting with strangers in chat rooms. The film has a strong emphasis on the Modern Primitive subculture and its ethos of spiritual transcendence through painful rites, showing several such different practices therein. 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. We will continue to keep a very close eye on this one as it develops, so stay tuned.Strangeland is a 1998 American horror film written by Dee Snider and directed by John Pieplow. ![]() Looks like the Captain will be graduating from chat rooms to social media sites for his return. The project has the working title StrangeLand: Disciple and is the second film production announced by the company based on a well established horror property.Īdditional details will be released as the film moves through production and towards release Music will be important to me again for this film,” adds Snider. We really tried to create the ultimate heavy soundtrack. “Music was intrinsic to me in the first one. The 1998 soundtrack included an incredible array of bands – System of a Down, Sevendust, Soulfly, Slipknot, Kid Rock, Coal Chamber, Twisted Sister, Megadeth, Marilyn Manson, and Pantera – handpicked by Snider. Emaji Entertainment will accompany the singer-songwriter, screenwriter, radio personality, and actor back into the dark underground world of ritualistic body modification where victims are lured via an ever pervasive world of social media. Emaji announced today that Emaji Entertainment has acquired the rights to reboot Dee Snider’s StrangeLand, the 1998 horror film written by and starring Snider, the frontman of heavy metal giant Twisted Sister.ĭee Snider’s portrayal of Carlton Hendricks, aka Captain Howdy, in the original film created a character that has become a cult horror legend. ![]()
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