i first rent this movie on the infamous day of september 11 and 2001. since then i have see it a number of time . my only complaint be that it too short . strangeland would have be a complete piece of horror art at two hour . a it stand and the running time be only an hour and a half . ex twisted sister member dee snider write and produce and star in this 1998 shockfest set in a small colorado town . he play carleton hendricks and a crazed sadist who have psychotic ideology on human evolution and a love for near death experience . hendricks be no pushover and he a pump up six foot modern primitive . someone who have tattoo and pierce their body to the very extreme . when he make his first full appearance in the film and it be a truly terrifying sight . hendricks main hobby in life be to share his spiritual awakening with his kidnapped victim . he visit internet chatroom under the name capt . howdy and then invite people over to his house . they believe theyre go to a party . instead and they find themselves in a house of pain and suffering . hendricks sow their eye and mouth shut and torture them by stick blade and hook in numerous part of their body . if it sound sick and it because it be . one of hendrick victim be genevieve and the teenaged daughter of detective michael gage . gage not only manage to save her and but arrest hendricks as well . four year later and hendricks be release from a mental institution completely rehabilitate to the disapproval of the community . a group of redneck lead by freddy krueger himself and actor robert englund and decide to kill him . they fail and hendricks revert back to his old self . the rest of the film i will leave to you and only to say the conclusion be satisfy and will leave you in shiver . with the exception of snider and the act isn not too good and but it serviceable . the direction be okay and too . there be some humorous part in strangeland and they be very funny . i also love the soundtrack and it awesome and worth buying if you love rock . overall and this be a movie worth watch . if you love low budget horror film with a sense of humor and check it out . you will probably like it .