Strangeland (film)

Strangeland
A woman with her mouth stitched shut
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJohn Pieplow
Written byDee Snider
Produced byLarry Meistrich
David L. Bushell
Dee Snider
Starring
CinematographyGoran Pavicevic
Edited byJeff Kushner
Joe Woo, Jr.
Music byAnton Sanko
Production
companies
Distributed byRaucous Releasing
Artisan Entertainment
Behaviour Communications
Release date
  • October 2, 1998 (1998-10-02)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.1 million[citation needed]
Box office$713,239[1]

Strangeland is a 1998 American horror film written by Dee Snider and directed by John Pieplow. The film centers around a police detective trying to save his city, as well as his daughter, from an online predator who enjoys bringing "enlightenment" through ritual pain.

The film has a strong emphasis on the Modern Primitive subculture and its ethos of spiritual transcendence through painful rites, showing several such different practices therein. Accordingly, a large amount of dialogue of the film's villain (concerning his personal philosophy) are paraphrases or direct quotations of Fakir Musafar, the father of the Modern Primitive movement.

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