The Mangler Reborn (2005)

I watch a lot of bad movies...really. (I average watching 15 to 20 movies a week, most of which are independents, or B-movies.) Sometimes bad movies make me mad. (Why am I being treated like I'm an idiot? What talented person didn't get to make his movie because the studio spent it on this piece of junk?) Sometimes I'm sad. (What a horrible treatment of a book/story/author I like! What a botched opportunity!) TMR just makes me shake my head. I understand what the writers were trying for, but somewhere between the word processor and the screen, everything broke down. The movie is made competently, in the sense that the film is properly exposed and all the props seem to work, but everything else is pretty much hosed up.As an aside, I can pick locks fairly well (not as good as a decent locksmith, but better than your college room-mate) and I usually have two or three sets of picks, or a portable combination tool, with me in my car all the time. I can tell you with 80% certainty just by looking at a lock whether or not I'm probably going to be able to get it. After a minute or two of working on it, I can usually tell you whether I'll EVER be able to pick it successfully. And I sure as heck never pick a lock open that I can't pick closed, or allow myself to be locked into an area from which I can't escape.BTW, all the characters are jackasses and they all die.

The bloodthirsty laundry machine is purchased at auction by repairman Hadley,who quickly becomes possessed and kills his wife.Some time later,Hadley is now abducting young women for the Mangler to kill.One such victim is Jaime,who is taken back to Hadley's house,where the Mangler devours its victims.But while Hadley was away father and son thieves Rick played by Reggie Bannister of "Phantasm" fame and Mike are doing some breaking and entering and it just so happens that their latest target is Hadley's horror house."The Mangler Reborn" is pretty bad.The gore doesn't come until the last 20 minutes,the action moves at the snail's pace and the acting is stiff.Still the third act of "The Mangler Reborn" offers plenty of blood and gore and is worth waiting for.5 out of 10.

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.

I don't know...it didn't have a plot worth mentioning and it paced itself in such a way that you might expect from a film troubled with having to tell a ninety minute story without a story. However, it does make up for this with some finely crafted images.My favorite scene is when the protagonist kidnaps a woman from her front yard. It works, because it seems so real. There is a blandness to most of the set, intentional or accidental, that helps to bring several scenes like this one home to the viewer. Most of the film will grab your attention this way despite a ridiculous and sometimes embarrassing screenplay. So, while there is much better out there, horror fans might want to give this one a chance.