Captain Howdy doesn't discriminate either like you may be thinking. My mom even fondly remembers this movie as a Twisted Sister fan –I was truly not expecting that. In the world of horror, stitched mouths and impaling body piercings are associated with Strangeland. Detective Gage has to spring back into action and confront this deeply personal demon. From there, the Colorado town that has been so quiet for four years turns back into a hellish playground of fear. However, the branch they hang him from proves to be too weak, and Captain Howdy is brought back from the edge of death. The Nightmare on Elm Street influence comes full circle here with Freddy Krueger himself reenacting his own origin story on the opposite side. The movie continues to be faithful to the song when a mob led by angry local Jack Roth (Robert Englund) kidnaps, beats, then hangs the seemingly cured Carlton Hendricks. Still, that's the point of the song and movie, to make you feel outraged. All of his victims lived except for Tiana, so maybe that's why the leniency, but it still feels like giving someone like Dahmer a road back into society instead of keeping them locked up. His one year in prison and three years in a mental treatment facility are told through newspaper clippings. He's found guilty by reason of insanity and given a road to rehabilitation. In true faithfulness to the original song, Captain Howdy is caught and arrested by the 30-minute mark. Luring in and torturing Genevieve was his first fatal mistake because she's the daughter of detective Mike Gage (Kevin Gage) who has been investigating the disappearances since day one. There's no suspicion as he lives as an unsuspecting member of a small Colorado town suburb –in a house that bears a resemblance to the Myers house I add. Carlton Hendricks, got to love that comic book-like letter play, has been doing this for a while we presume. She and her friend Tiana (Amal Rhoe) are the latest abductees of Captain Howdy (Dee Snider). "What kind of name is Captain Howdy?" Clearly, Genevieve Gage (Linda Cardellini) has never seen The Exorcist. In the age of dial-up internet, Strangeland is a mix of When a Stranger Calls and Hellraiser. Whether they live or die is none of his concern. In Strangeland, the character of Captain Howdy is given a modern revamp as a piercing and pain-obsessed predator who lures teens through an online chatroom so he can spread the good word of modern primitive culture. The second part of the song details his death at the hands of an angry mob of parents. This ballad tells the story of a deranged child-killer, Captain Howdy, and him being set free on a technicality similar to Freddy Kreuger. On the same side as their signature track "We're Not Gonna Take It" is a song entitled " Horror-Teria". Strangeland has its roots in Twisted Sister's iconic 1984 album Stay Hungry. Strangeland takes a more dramatic approach with modern primitive culture (or the culture of intense and painful piercings) as the main theme. It's always fascinating to watch the type of ways they see and portray serial killers and what message they hope the audience will take with them after the movie is over. Man, this year we are hitting out of the park with personal projects written, directed, or produced by some of the most unsuspecting figures –Joe Spinell with Maniac and now Dee Snider's Strangeland. Who knew that Twisted Sister could be so scary? I certainly did not.
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