Directed by:
Tobe HooperCinematography:
Amnon SalomonComposer:
Barrington PheloungCast:
Robert Englund, Ted Levine, Danny Keogh, Todd Jensen, Norman Coombes, Ron Smerczak, Jeremy Crutchley, Daniel Matmor, Ted Le Plat, Larry TaylorPlots(1)
Master of Horror Tobe Hooper returns to the works of Stephen King with this baroque and blackly comic adaptation of The Mangler. When a worker at Gartley’s Blue Ribbon Laundry is pulled into the titular laundry press and folded like a sheet, police officer John Hunton (Ted Levine) is called to investigate. Was it an accident, or is something more sinister going on? As more deaths and injuries occur under the watchful eye of owner Bill Gartley (Robert Englund), Hunton, with his demonologist brother-in-law Mark Jackson (Daniel Matmor) come to believe the machine might be possessed, and the town itself to be hiding a much deeper secret. Like an EC horror comic come to life, The Mangler is bold, brash and politically aware as Hooper once again points his camera at the American Nightmare, this time turning it on the bloodthirsty machinery of capitalism itself! (Arrow Films)
(more)Cast
Robert Englund
USA
Best movies:
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Ted Levine
USA
Best movies:
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
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Shutter Island (2010)
Danny Keogh
Uganda
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Todd Jensen
Best movies:
Thick as Thieves (2009)
Warhead (1996)
Ninja (2009)
Norman Coombes
Best movies:
Gold (1974)
The Mangler (1995)
The House of Usher (1989)
Ron Smerczak
UK
Best movies:
Shaka Zulu (1986) (series)
Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)
Who Am I? (1998)
Jeremy Crutchley
Best movies:
Lord of War (2005)
Spud (2010)
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) (series)
Daniel Matmor
Best movies:
Jesus Henry Christ (2011)
The Mangler (1995)
The Poet (2007)
Ted Le Plat
USA
Best movies:
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Command 5 (1985) (TV movie)
The Mangler (1995)
Larry Taylor
UK
Best movies:
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The Last Valley (1971)
Masters of Venus (1962)