Despite being based on a Stephen King short story, "The Mangler" is no "Carrie". Despite being directed by Tobe Hooper, it's no "Poltergeist". Despite starring Robert Englund, it's no "Nightmare on Elm Street". The rather silly plot has a laundry-folding machine getting possessed and start eating people. Yeah, really. It's pretty entertaining for the time that it runs, but this movie cannot get treated as any sort of horror classic. Aside from Englund, the other star -- aside from the diabolical apparatus -- is Ted Levine (Buffalo Bill in "Silence of the Lambs").
I'd like to see Tobe Hooper, John Carpenter, Wes Craven all collaborate on a movie.
I'd like to see Tobe Hooper, John Carpenter, Wes Craven all collaborate on a movie.