Movie of the Week – Strangeland

Dee Sinder's 1998 thriller Strangeland is one of those polarizing, love-it-or-hate-it movies. I, for one, like it a lot, and seeing it on Hulu actually made me say "Oh shit!" out loud. While it didn't come anywhere near Fangoria's claim that the film's antagonist Captain Howdy was a "horror icon for the next millennium," the film was definitely way ahead of it's time. It capitalized on the "online hook up turned deadly" thing years before the scenario became commonplace in reality with the advent of social networking and Craigslist, amongst other things.

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Cover Art for Dee Snider's "Strangeland"

Movie of the Week (7/6/09): Session 9

Poster Art for Brad Anderson's ghost story/psychological thriller/underrated opus

Brad Anderson's genuinely scary film about strange happenings in an abandoned, asbestos-filled psychiatric ward is an obscure, shot on DV horror film starring David Caruso and Josh Lucas (amongst others) and is worth a watch. Jaded horror fans will be pleasantly surprised by the unforced scares and creepiness prevalent throughout, although gorehounds will be disappointed. My favorite aspects of the whole thing are the story itself and how the asylum is used as an actual character as opposed to just spooky backdrop. I highly recommend this.