Strangeland (film)

Strangeland is a 1998 American horror film written by Dee Snider and directed by John Pieplow. The film focuses on the body modification underground cultures rituals. The film was filmed in the Colorado Springs vicinity. It was also the first film by TSG Pictures and Artisan to be released on DVD.

Mike discovers that Captain Howdy Dee Snider is into body art, including significant tattooing, piercing, branding, and scarification. But it is not until Mikes niece Angela Stravelli informs him of Genevieves penchant for meeting strangers through the Internet that Mike gets his first lead. Meeting the Captain Howdy online, Mike attempts to get Captain Howdy to invite him to a party. Despite the plan going awry, he later figures out Captain Howdys location and finds his torture chamber. There, Gage finds Genevieve naked and bound, with her mouth stitched shut, as well as five other teenagers who are in similar predicaments. After a brief struggle in which Captain Howdy gets shot, Mike arrests him and discovers his real name is Carlton Hendricks.Mike thinks he has closed the case. But a year later, Hendricks is declared not guilty by reason of insanity and he is put in the Meistrich Psychiatric Institute, only to be released three years later. Doctors at the Meistrich Institute state that Hendricks, who has been diagnosed as a schizophrenic with a severe chemical imbalance, is okay as long as he is on his medication. So, Hendricks moves back to his old neighborhood. While taking his medicine, Hendricks is timid and apologetic about what he did, but the memories of what Hendricks did are still fresh in the minds of Helvertons residents. Many people are not happy about Hendricks release, especially an activist group led by Jackson Roth Robert Englund and Catherine Sunny Macintosh. ........

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