Dee Snider Might Release ‘Strangeland’ Sequel as a Novel
In 1998, Dee Snider, frontman of Twisted Sister, starred in Strangeland, directed by John Pieplow and written by Snider himself. He plays a sadistic figure obsessed with body modification who preys on teenagers he meets online. The film is very much a product of its era, dated in many ways but still highly entertaining.
It’s no secret that he’s been developing a sequel since its release, and almost a decade ago, they had allegedly begun casting under the title Strangeland: Disciple, with the sequel beginning 11 years after the original, continuing the story of a schizophrenic sexual sadist who lures victims via the Internet.
Now, nine years after that rumor and after many false starts, Snider might give in and release the story in the form of a novelization.
“I have a sequel written since 1998,” he tells a fan on X. “It has been on and off for production for 30 years. Very frustrating. I may release the sequel as a novel.”
I have a sequel written since 1998. It has been on and off for production for 30 years. Very frustrating. I may release the sequel as a novel. https://t.co/mXeMzqlE76
— Dee Snider🇺🇸🎤 (@deesnider) April 26, 2026
Snider had once stated that Strangeland 2 would deliver an NC-17 rating, promising it would be “ultra-intense”. The movie was to be set in the “underworld of body modification fetishists, amid the secret sado-masochistic freak societies of perverted pleasures that lurk just underneath the veneer of respectable society.”
It was even rumored to be filming in 2010 down in Louisiana, with both Dee Snider and Robert Englund said to be returning as Captain Howdy and Jackson Roth, respectively.
The casting breakdown even revealed the synopsis, which we all hope to see in the form of a novelization:
“One year after Carleton Hendricks aka Captain Howdy’s (Dee Snider) sadistic rampage, much more than the physical scars the schizophrenic, sexual sadist gave his victims are left behind. Their lives, destroyed by emotional torment and the media frenzy surrounding the crimes, Detective Mike Gage, his daughter Geneveve and vigilante Jackson Roth (Robert Englund) each have their crosses to bear. But when the badly burned and mentally broken Carlton Hendricks is taken from a state run mental hospital and off his medication by billionaire, media mogul, Morgan LaForce, leader of the body modification/fetish haven called “The Torture Garden”, the door swings wide open for each of Captain Howdy’s victims to find closure… and retribution.”
If interested, Snider released a novelization of the first film, which is likely what inspired the idea of bringing the sequel to book form.
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