The Mangler

Movie
German title	The Mangler
Original title	The Mangler
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1995
length	106 minutes
Age rating	FSK 18
Rod
Director	Tobe Hooper
script	Tobe Hooper ; Stephen Brooks ; Peter Welbeck
production	Anant Singh
music	Barrington Pheloung
camera	Amnon Salomon
cut	David Heitner
occupation
	Ted Levine : John Hunton; Daniel Matmor : Mark Jackson; Vanessa Pike : Sherry Ouelette; Robert Englund : William 'Bill' Gartley; Demetre Phillips : George Stanner;

The Mangler is a 1995 horror film based on the short story The Laundry Man by Stephen King , which was published in the Night Shift short story collection .

action

In the “Blue Ribbon” laundry, fatal accidents with insufficient laundry occur again and again. Detective Superintendent John Hunton begins the investigation, focusing primarily on the bossy and abstruse laundry owner Bill Gartley. There is a kind of inner bond between Gartley and the machine. The lack of laundry has a life of its own and demands the blood of a virgin 16-year-old once a year. John Hunton and his friend Jackson try to switch off the machine on their own with the help of occult practices and a fight develops between man and machine.

Awards

Robert Englund won the Best Actor Award for his role at the Fantafestival in 1995.

Reviews

The film was rated very badly by almost all critics:

Lexicon of international films : "Ridiculous film adaptation of a Stephen King short story with an outrageous dramaturgy and a tendency towards involuntarily comical stereotypes."
Cinema : “The only thing that makes“ The Mangler ”interesting is the impressive set design of the laundry. But of course a creepy set up is not enough to keep the audience happy for an hour and a half. The rest is collar dirt, and thus "The Mangler" is just another coffin nail for the permanently ailing horror film. "

Source: Dirk Jasper Film Lexicon

Trivia

The laundry iron was designed by Tobe Hooper's son William.
On the cover of the German FSK 16 DVD edition, the original title is incorrectly stated as "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" .

Sequels

In 2001 a film called The Mangler 2 was directed directly for the DVD and video market, with Lance Henriksen taking the lead role.
The Mangler Reborn was produced in 2005 , and this film was also released directly on video and DVD.

Web links

The Mangler in the Internet Movie Database (English)
The Mangler at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Comparison of the cut versions FSK 18 / R-Rated - Unrated , FSK 16 - BBFC 18 (Unrated) by The Mangler at Schnittberichte.com

Individual evidence

↑ The Mangler. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
^ The Mangler ( Memento from September 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) in the Dirk Jasper FilmLexikon

[1] The Mangler. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .

[2] The Mangler ( Memento from September 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) in the Dirk Jasper FilmLexikon


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