The Mangler Reborn (2005)

the audience applauded

That was an excellent one.

What a freaking movie. So many twists and turns. Absolutely intense from start to finish.

The acting in this movie is really good.

I watched this film a few years back, while I was very bored; I was told it was very bad (I had the tape wedged under my TV up to that point, now its in the tape collection!). This film is about a demon/devilish laundry machine which was found in pieces at a junk shop and reconstructed by a repair man, as his new home washing/ironing machine (possibly because he needed a cheap one and wanted a nostalgic appliance). Little did he know it was possessed (or the parts where; they where from the original machine in the mangler 1995). As he builds they machine it comes to life and the repair man is forced to fuse with it and is made to do its bidding. He now has to find victims, mainly customers to feed to the machine, so he can drink the by-products; this makes him live as the fusing had turned him into a zombie and he would now decay without feeding on it. The music really went with the film and made the atmosphere feel like the machine was going to jump out at any given moment (but it does not, as it hides in the shadows all the time). It was a fairly low budget film and I believe it went straight to tape, its about as scary as an over rated hair drier

First let me say that, yes, this movie is quite awful and will go down as one of the worst movies I've seen. Thankfully though, this is one of those awful horror movies that's funnier than many comedies I've seen. The first big laugh came during the opening credits, where the camera pans across newspaper clippings that give some back story, saying things like "Machine considered 'cursed'". However, most of the clippings are just things the director printed from Word and cut out (ie, they're clearly not from the newspaper). The second big laugh came when the main girl is dumped by her boyfriend and goes to cry while taking a shower. During the shower, the camera moves directly from her face to her chest and stays there for a good 10 seconds. There is not any attempt to make her nudity seem subtle. There's a series of laughs from the bad guy's tool to subdue his victims, that being a small rubber mallet. See, I grew up around tools like these, and I can tell you that what he used is not threatening in the least. However, every time he hits someone with it (approximately 51 times) the camera focuses on the mallet and plays foreboding music (the best part is at the end when he's waiting at another victim's door). No character does anything to avoid the mallet of doom (or Frank, as we named it), specifically the bad guy's daughter, who says "Daddy?" and stands, waiting to be hit in the head. Much more can be said about this "film," but you really should see for yourself. Ed Wood Reborn

I have been a long time fan of horror movies. I've seen em' all. I feel compelled to state that I created a user name just to tell you how bad this movie is! The acting skills were poor. The cameraman was something you would expect from a High School Student. The music, I pity the music director, I doubt he will find work soon. What little music there was was thrown haphazardly into the first half of the movie. Music is supposed to enhance the feeling of the story, but it only took away.The basic story is that this laundry repair man goes homicidal and starts feeding people to "the mangler," a machine that once washed clothes but was decommissioned due to the number of deaths. The main character is abducted from her home in the lamest fashion, and is taken against her will to the "possessed" maniac's abode. She then meets up with two people who meet their maker.The storyline. There is absolutely no character at all, save for when the two guys in the truck talk, and it has nearly no correlation to the movie. If you see the opening cut scene, expect the same thing, with much less talking.This movie ran for the longest eighty-four minutes of my life. And the ending was a huge let down. I have only seen mangler 2 from the mangler trilogy (and obviously 3), and I can say that there was more story, blood, character development, and excitement in the second movie.If I was forced to compare this movie to anything I'd say SAW II, only with no conclusion, no rising action, no real story, and no character. The blood was painted and it was extremely noticeable. In my opinion I pray that they never make another mangler movie again. Only two of the user comments so far seemed remotely any good.I strongly recommend that you never touch this movie unless you are a fan of extremely bad D- movies.

First Mangler movie is not all bad, typical b horror flick nothing special but not that bad. Second movie was bad but one could tolerate it cause you kind of know what to espect from this sort of films. The Mangler Reborn makes no sense, the plot is rubbish and reminds me of a cheap Saw ripoff. Horror films are scary and suppose to be this one is not the least bit scary in anyway, there are few gruesome scenes that are more of bad taste than anything else. I get the feeling that the whole crew of this movie just went through the motions of making it and put minimum effort into it, there is truly nothing good about this film at all. Evil Dead,Bad Taste and the likes of them are great films that i really enjoy, made with a small budget but Sam Raimi and Peter Jackson made them with there heart and soul. Stay clear of this movie and i have learn my lesson and will stay clear if they make another one.