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Strangeland (1998) -- The place is Helverton, Colorado, a town of about 350,000 people. 15-year-old Genevieve Gage and her best friend Tiana Moore are typical teenagers who spend a lot of time surfing the internet and sending messages to strangers in chat rooms...
Strangeland (1998) -- Open-ended Trailer from Artisan
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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:

John Pieplow

Writer:

Dee Snider (writer)

Contact:

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Release Date:

2 October 1998 (USA) more

Genre:

Horror | Thriller more

Tagline:

So much flesh, so little time. more

Plot:

The place is Helverton, Colorado, a town of about 350,000 people. 15-year-old Genevieve Gage and her... more | add synopsis

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User Comments:

"So much flesh, so little time." more (187 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Kevin Gage ... Mike Gage
Elizabeth Peña ... Toni Gage
Brett Harrelson ... Steve Christian

Robert Englund ... Jackson Roth

Linda Cardellini ... Genevieve Gage

Tucker Smallwood ... Captain Churchill Robbins

Ivonne Coll ... Rose Stravelli

Amy Smart ... Angela Stravelli
Dee Snider ... Captain Howdy / Carleton Hendricks
Amal Rhoe ... Tiana Moore

Robert LaSardo ... Matt Myers
Andrew Cooper ... Victim Bob (as Andy Cooper)
Archie Smith ... Elderly Man
Lois Hicks ... Mental Institution Nurse
Carey Westbrook ... Sam the Orderly (as Carey Louis Westbrook)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Dee Snider's StrangeLand (USA) (promotional title)
Rune (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:

Rated R for strong graphic torture/violence, language, nudity and sexuality.

Runtime:

85 min | Argentina:92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:16 | USA:R (certificate #36303) | Argentina:16 | Australia:R | Denmark:15 | UK:18 | Germany:18 (JK/SPIO)


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

After Capt Howdy is captured and you see the newspaper clippings of the case, Dee Snider wrote all the clippings as spoken in the commentary track. His reason is "for all you DVD nuts out there who'd pause and read them for continuity". more

Goofs:

Continuity: 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. These letter combinations do not appear in the IM he sends. more

Quotes:

Captain Howdy: [while fighting with Mike Gage] First you dream, then you die more

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Killing Us Softly 3 (1999) more

Soundtrack:

Awake more


FAQ

What are the differences between the R-rated version and the Unrated version?
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16 out of 21 people found the following comment useful.
"So much flesh, so little time.", 25 October 2001
Author: Backlash007 from Kentucky

As a simple but interesting story, Strangeland is in the middle of good and bad. It borrows too much from other flicks, like Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs. Some lines ("What a rush?") are kind of terrible. And the Twisted Sister references that no one picks up on are laughable: the "we're not gonna take it" sign that the angry mob is holding and Dee's character "Capt. Howdy". Yes, it's in the Exorcist, but it is also a Sister song. On a good note, Dee Snider is a creepy looking character. The first time you really get a good look at him he's intense. And there are a few gross sadist scenes, one involving piercing an unwilling man in the most dreaded of all places. That part made me wince. And that's fairly hard to do. Also, I loved the fact that Robert Englund plays a character that is the exact opposite of his role in A Nightmare on Elm Street. Instead of playing the killer, he is the leader of the mob going to find the killer. Krueger fans will know what I'm talking about. It's a brilliant and appropriate piece of casting that genre fans should appreciate. Overall, the good outweighs the bad, and I would recommend watching it (at least once). You have to give Dee some credit, there are a lot worse movies out there.

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