![]() ![]() No Snider's true intention, or at least the one that seemed apparent when watching the film, was to introduce Americans to some sort of BDSM underground culture a culture that seeks revelation through inflicting pain on themselves (or others) while rejecting the conventions of modern society a culture that also only seems to exist in Hollywood movies. He is obviously neither a pirate nor a cowboy. Unfortunately that wasn't his intention but even a blind man hits the baseball once in a while.Ĭaptain Howdy certainly lies about himself on the Internet. In this regard, Dee Snider is a true genius, showing the American viewing audience what AOL's hourly rate was all about. With a few minor setbacks, the movie concept of the Internet has progressed toward a more realistic portrayal of what the Internet actually was at that time: a place where people go to look at naked pictures and generally act perverted on dial up. Ten years prior to that concept, people thought that any computer was full of tiny people who lived tiny virtual lives while you played video games. Only a scant few years before this, people thought that the Internet was a magic place where people could mentally merge with computers. This is when the Internet was expanding and people were starting to think that going online was "cool". Keep in mind that this movie was released in 1998, and that means that it was written and shot around 1996 or 1997. Wait, wasn't that the plot to Hellraiser? Once there he tortures the teens in an attempt to show them enlightenment through pain. Captain Howdy (who's real name is Carleton Hendricks apparently), lurks about the Internet hoping to lure teens to his creepy old house. Strangeland is about a man who goes by the name of "Captain Howdy", who is played by none other than Dee Snider himself. For today, we're reviewing Dee Snider's Strangeland and I must put fourth the following: Is Dee Snider a genius, or a moron?Īt first this might seem like a simple question to answer, but lets examine the movie before we jump to any conclusions. ![]() No, today's review is strange because we are posing a question a question about the author and main actor of this movie. There was no subject in this movie that hadn't already been touched upon more explicitly by an episode of TV's CSI. ![]() I must admit that today's review is a strange one indeed. Taking sadistic delight in Gage's desperation, Captain Howdy sends the detective a series of taunting e-mails, challenging him to a deadly online game of cat and mouse, and drawing him into his "Modern Primitive"world – a strange land of fetish bars, S&M, Body Modification and Goth-Rock.Welcome back Sporefans. When Tiana's corpse – Tortured, pierced and scarred – is discovered in the river, Gage realizes that time is running out for Genevieve. Detective Mike Gage has a personal stake in the case: Genevieve is his daughter. Girls like Genevieve and Tiana, who mysteriously vanish after an online conversation with the cunning cyber-predator. His computer handle is Captain Howdy, and he surfs the local chat rooms for young female prey. The glow of the screen illuminates his heavily pierced, tattoo-stained face as his fingers dance nimbly across the keyboard…searching, hunting. ![]()
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