Preachers may hate him, but we always knew Dee Snider was a Holey Dude

In 1998, Twisted Sister singer Dee Snider injected "Captain Howdy," a character from their 1984 three-part song "Horror-Teria," into a horror movie called "Strangeland," which received mixed reviews, but has since turned into a bit of a cult item. Snider starred in and wrote the movie, which is about a pierced, sadistic, Internet chat room predator who lures teenagers into his house and tortures them with unusual body piercings.

At the time, Internet-based horror stories weren't so ubiquitous, so the plot was pretty compelling, even if the execution was far from perfect. “I came up with the idea of Internet crime before anybody had ever committed Internet crime,” Snider gloats. “And if I am the father of torture films, I’ve got to come back like a sledgehammer to reclaim my crown!”

To that effect, Snider has decided to resurrect Captain Howdy in "Strangeland: Disciple," which goes into production later this year. And while the movie may, indeed, revolutionalize the genre, it'll take a lot of creativity and originality. Today, with the coming and going of flix like "Pulse," "the Card Player," "Untraceable," "fear dot com," ".com For Murder" and "Stay Alive," Internet stalker movies are as common porn Web sites. Read more...