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Strangeland (1998)

Strangeland poster
Directed by
John Pieplow
Genre
horror film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 23m
Rated
R
Rating
5.1 of 10 from 146 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A detective races to protect his teenage daughter and his city from a serial killer who uses online chat rooms to target victims and subjects them to horrific body-modification rituals. The story follows the detective's urgent investigation as the predator closes in on his next target.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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