FilmRSlasher Splatter & Gore Psychological

Strangeland1998

Name: Strangeland
Genre: Slasher, Splatter & Gore, Psychological, Survival
Released: 1998-10-02
Rating: 4.5

“Wanna come to a party?”

Directed by John Pieplow

4.5

Crypt Score

Blended from 3 sources

IMDb 5.1Rotten Tomatoes 7%TMDB 5.1

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Year

1998

Runtime

86 min

Box Office

Budget

$1,100,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$631,221

Domestic

$713,239

🏆 1 nomination

The premise

A pierced and tattooed sadist, Captain Howdy, trolls the Internet for naive teens, luring them to his home to torture and defile them. When Howdy kidnaps and tortures the daughter of police Detective Mike Gage, he is caught. Deemed insane, he is sent to an asylum but is released soon after, seemingly better. However, Gage knows it is only a matter of time before Howdy strikes again, and he's ready to unleash his own form of retribution when the time comes.

Horror Vault's take

In the early days of internet chat rooms, a tattooed and pierced sadist known as Captain Howdy prowls online spaces hunting for vulnerable teenagers to lure into his nightmare world of ritualistic torture. When a local detective's daughter falls into his trap, a desperate race to survive collides with a father's rage. Even after the legal system runs its course, the threat of Captain Howdy refuses to stay buried — and the line between justice and vengeance begins to blur. Strangeland is a late-90s shocker that taps into then-fresh anxieties about the dark side of digital connection.

Content: Graphic Torture Sequences, Extreme Body Modification Imagery, Sexual Threat And Violence Against Minors, Strong Language, Disturbing Themes Involving Online Predation