i watch this movie on video the other night and find myself doze off throughout this uninspired snoozefest . first of all and one of my big pet peeve be when movie like this be characterize a horror movie . it be a thriller . get it right . it have no monster or anything supernatural . it be simply a movie about a twisted serial killer ( actually there be a very small body count so it be more of a serial torturer movie and it do a good job of torture me . ) the basic premise of a man lure teenager to his house of horror through online chat room could have make for a great movie but we only see him lure one pair of teen girl through the internet at the very beginning of the film . one of these girl turn out to be a local detective daughter and he get emotionally involve in the case . the film quickly change from a potentially intelligent sado masochistic thriller to a boring old cat and mouse game between the incredibly dull detective and the psychopathic captain howdy or carleton hendricks play adequately by writer or producer or twisted sister frontman and dee snider . the occasional attempt at meaningful poetic one liners about the positive effect of pain and the like from snider be laughable . if he be attempt to get people to subscribe to these opinion through this film and he fail miserably and ( unintentionally ) make light of them . the directing by john pieplow ( whose only previous direct effort be jurassic woman and which i will let the title speak for itself ) be uninspired and there be something wrong with the edit which result in the film be disjoint with a few scene completely unrelated to the plot and unless the screenplay be at fault ( which be quite possible . ) this film a completely unsuccessful attempt at a thriller try to pass of a a horror movie that only achievement be make me squirm at the sight of a few graphic bodily piercings . if you see it at your video store do not waste your money but if you need something to laugh at one night and strangeland be on cable and you might as well watch . negative .