The ManglerThe mangler is a laundry press that has a mind of its own when it comes to dealing with people who get too close. Director Hooper doesn't seem to know what interests him in the Stephen King story this is based on, and his attention meanders between the machine's caretaker Englund and the cop Levine out to solve some mysterious disappearances. The film is at its most interesting by far when the machine flattens everything in its way. This is gory enough for die-hard horror fans but sketchy and unimaginative for the rest of us.
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