Movie Review

Dee Snider's Strangeland (1998)

EW's GRADE
F

Details Rated: R; Length: 85 Minutes; Genres: Horror, Thriller; With: Dee Snider

As the lead singer of Twisted Sister, Dee Snider, with his blond Cinderella frizz and demon-clown makeup, was far scarier than anything in this logy, inept horror movie, which he wrote, coproduced, and stars in. Snider plays Captain Howdy, a hulking S&M freak who uses a teen chat room to lure victims to his candlelit dungeon, where he sutures their mouths shut and tortures them with advanced body piercings. If the movie were half as lurid as it sounds, it might have qualified as a middling entry in the Hellraiser series. The only thing sadistic about Dee Snider's Strangeland, though, is that it's dull enough to cause pain. F

Originally posted Oct 16, 1998 Published in issue #454 Oct 16, 1998 Order article reprints
You Might Also Like

Add your comment

The rules: Keep it clean, and stay on the subject or we might delete your comment. If you see inappropriate language, e-mail us. An asterisk * indicates a required field.

500 characters remaining
Advertisement