Strangeland was written by, and stars, Dee Snider, of Twisted Sister fame, and it is directed by some guy named Pieplow. I think that should give you a pretty good indication up front of the quality of this movie.
It starts off as a standard, throw-away, gross-out, horror flick with an internet stalker tempting kids into his torture lair. Then the plot turns into a confusing guilt/morality theme when Snider, the all-too-loquatious and ridiculously pierced villan, is caught by the detective whose daughter was tortured by Snider. The bad guy gets out four years later after an insanity defense and the detective stands idly by while an angry mob tries to hang Snider.
Unfortunately, he's saved by rain and a weak tree limb, and immediately goes on a revenge spree, both on the mob that grabbed him and the detective, by once again kidnapping his daughter. He's easy enough to find again though, and the detective tortures and kills him this time instead of bringing him to justice. Maybe Snider's self-loathing persona on-screen mimicks what he really felt about his script. When he's hung on a hook and burned to death at the end, I'm sure many viewers are wishing that all copies of the film were burned along with him.
I'm giving it a 2, because at least it is somewhat novel, and because it is difficult to get a 1 or a 10 in my rating system.
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