Strangeland

Genevieve Gage and her best friend Tiana Moore spend their idle hours chatting with strangers in chat rooms. They become intrigued by Captain Howdy, a mysterious online persona. Believing the online connection could be a doorway to adventure, they decide to attend a party at Captain Howdy's house.

Neither Genevieve nor Tiana returns home by the next morning, triggering panic in Helverton. Toni Gage reports the disappearance to her husband, Officer Mike Gage, who immediately mobilizes. The community braces for information about what happened to the teens.

Officer Mike Gage teams up with younger cop Steve Christian to comb Helverton for clues. They canvass neighborhoods, review surveillance, and talk to potential witnesses. The case grows more urgent as the clock ticks without leads.

Tiana Moore's car is pulled from a local lake with her body inside, clearly tortured. The discovery confirms that the girls' disappearances are connected to a brutal criminal. The case shifts toward a violent kidnapper operating in the shadows.

Mike's niece Angela Stravelli informs him about Genevieve's habit of meeting strangers through the Internet. This revelation points to Captain Howdy as a potential lead. Mike starts tracing Howdy's online activities and real-world whereabouts.

Mike attempts to lure Captain Howdy to invite him to a party as part of an undercover sting. The plan initially stalls, underscoring Howdy's elusiveness. The search intensifies as Mike closes in on the suspect's actual location.

Mike locates Captain Howdy's hideout and discovers a torture chamber. Genevieve is found bound and naked, with her mouth stitched shut, alongside five other victims. Captain Howdy is shot, and the kidnapper is arrested, revealing his real name: Carlton Hendricks.

A year after the arrest, Carlton Hendricks is declared not guilty by reason of insanity and confined to the Meistrich Psychiatric Institute. Three years later, he is released back into his old neighborhood. The town's fear and anger over the case linger long after.

Despite his confinement, Hendricks's return provokes fear in Helverton. An activist group led by Jackson Roth and Catherine 'Sunny' Macintosh campaigns against his freedom. The town debates how to balance justice with community safety.

One night, Roth's daughter Kelly disappears and the group kidnaps Hendricks. Hendricks drops his medicine bottle and is run over by a car; he is beaten and hanged from a tree. It begins to rain, the rope breaks, and he survives, awakening the murderous Captain Howdy again with a thirst for revenge.

Hendricks executes his revenge by killing Roth's wife Madeline in front of Roth and abducting him, as well as Catherine. He tortures Roth and Catherine after contacting Mike at the police station. The brutality deepens the town's fear and resolves to stop him.

The next day, Toni calls Mike to report Genevieve's continued disappearance. When Mike arrives home with Steve, Hendricks's face appears on Toni's computer screen. Genevieve is shown being tortured with her mouth sewn shut, while Mike and Toni watch helplessly.

Officers find Genevieve, Roth, Catherine, and other victims alive but brutally tortured. The grisly scene confirms that Hendricks's spree has not ended with the broadcast. The town begins to reckon with the scale of the trauma left behind.

Mike tracks Hendricks to the club Xibalba and engages in a brutal confrontation. Hendricks taunts him as Mike drives the fight forward, stabbing him with a meat hook and lifting him. Mike pours flammable liquid on Hendricks and sets him on fire, presumed killing him and ending the nightmare.