Have you seen this movie?

[LadyPain]

I watched The Mangler a couple of years ago. It was really late at night, probably a little after midnight when I saw it. I loved it. When I was watching it, I was sure it was an SK story, and I had to run and look it up during a commercial.

I thought it was pretty good.

What about you?

[Speedy2]

I watched The Mangler a couple of years ago. It was really late at night, probably a little after midnight when I saw it. I loved it. When I was watching it, I was sure it was an SK story, and I had to run and look it up during a commercial.

I thought it was pretty good.

What about you?

I thought the acting was a little off, but entertaining nonetheless.

[Srbo]

Always something new to learn on this MB.:smile2:
Never even heard of it.

[Girl87]

The Mangler was okay. But not my favorit SK movie.

[marew1]

I didn't like it. It was too gross.

[Balrog21]

it was alright...certainly not the best SK adaptation out there, but entertaining.
best,
Bal

[Natjen24]

It's entertaining. No more no less. :smile2: I could also say I've seen better and I've seen worse.

[Matthew.Degnan]

I haven't seen it yet. I should have done though seen as Tobe Hooper is one of my fave directors.

[youngfibre]

Havent watched it but if its any thing like the book it would be super gross!

[Butterfly06]

I have not seen the movie, but by the reply's I am sorry to say, I won' be rushing out to see it.

[Christi]

I seen the movie. The acting I feel could have been better, but I did enjoy it. It was indeed gross.

[sgmonje]

I thought it was a good movie and it was also kinda amusing. but then again I have a sick sense of humor. If you let yourself like it you will.

[mad_hatter]

I thought it was a good movie and it was also kinda amusing. but then again I have a sick sense of humor. If you let yourself like it you will.

oh yes, sick sense of humor here as well. I couldn't help but laugh at some of the lines. Mr. Gartley had some particularly good ones that got me going as well as John.

I thought it was decently enjoyable. Gorey, funny and well...you know, it has that kind of ending.
The ending is one of those, no matter what you do, everything will be the same. You can't change the evil in the world or destroy it. You just have to live with it...or something like that :laugh:

[Wilkes]

I didn't like this movie at all. Well, yes I did but not the ending, the ending destroyed the whole movie. :sad:

3/10

[Locnar1]

I have fond memories of this film, It got me hooked on the Horror and Slasher genre.
I still remember the VHS tape box, it had these cool cogs and gears, but it was embossed so they stuck up from the case and gave it a 3D effect :)
And I really liked Robert Englund's performance in this (even though the character's not in the short story), it was nice seeing him play someone besides Freddy Krueger.

and there's a sequel that is worth renting for the badness factor, in it the Mangler is a computer virus that falls in love with he college girl who "Birthed" it.:laugh: One scene has electrical cords coming to life and picking up shears to dispatche a character,:laugh: yet all of the deths happen off-screen. It's called "Mangler 2" ,how original.

[Giuly]

I bought the DVD of this movie as I knew it was a SK story.
I have wasted my money.

[ComeUntoSweetDeath]

i watched this recently... it was horrible... I like Robert Robert Englund but he should have not been in this movie or at least this character... also did they really think we'd be fooled into thinking that woman was 16 Years old!!! she looked 30!! even with bad dubbing it wasn't possible....

[Cthulhu]

I watched it a couple of months ago. Ordered it from Netflix. It was cheesy, but I enjoy watching SK films anyway, just to spot the differences in the stories. Besides, watching bad horror movies is never a waste of time.

I like the Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs/Lieutenant Stoddlemeyer from Monk actor-guy too. Plus, it has Freddy Krueger in it.

Embrace the mid 90's cheese.

[dejolane]

First 1 is better.

[Adrian]

Hmm, the book was great.
:laugh:

[bryantburnette]

The Tobe Hooper movie is ... well, let's just put it this way: one of my favorite King novels is From a Buick 8, and I dearly hope Tobe Hooper's adaptation of it never happens. He made some good movies early in his career, but by the time The Mangler rolled around, those days were over.

I will admit to enjoying Ted Levine in The Mangler, marble-mouthed though he may be. I also thought Robert Englund gave a couple of good performances in it ... although the characters he played were so poorly written and badly directed that all his labors were for nothing in the end.

As for the "sequels," well, they're about as bad as movies get.

"The Mangler 2" has Lance Henriksen, slumming it in a small role; he's always fun to watch, but it makes me sad that an actor as talented as him is so poorly considered by Hollywood that he has to take roles like this one. Other than Henriksen, there is little reason to ever watch "The Mangler 2," which is so unrelated to the original King story that it makes The Lawnmower Man look like a word-for-word translation.

Ditto "The Mangler Reborn," which is one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Literally no redeeming qualities at all.

[Trademarc]

This flick was so bad, a judge sentenced Tobe Hooper to 500 hours of community service.

[Mobe1969]

I didn't know it was made. I'm finding out about a few adaptations here I wasn't aware of. Very helpful

[Property of the Overlook]

I didnt think it was that bad of a movie. It could have been better but it was not the worst movie I have seen. The sequels on the other hand were pretty bad. I liked Reborn more than I did Mangler 2.

[Mr. Palmer]

After dropping the ball on GRAVEYARD SHIFT, I decided to give THE MANGLER a try. And I'm sorry that I did. The film (term used loosely) is downright awful.

[M2H]

Of course, I loved the King version, but the movie version, well..i didn't love it! Tobe Hooper's only good, well directed film was Poltergeist (although rumors have long proliferated that an unsatisfied Speilberg took over the wheel)..Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the original) was "alright"...Hooper, however, directed the original Salem's Lot which was decent though. But the Mangler, ouch!!

[Mr. Palmer]

TCM only "alright"? Heathen blasphemy! :wow:

[bryantburnette]

To the best of my understanding, based on books and articles I can't recall specifically enough to cite without doing some research, that rumor about Spielberg being the "real" director of Poltergeist is just that: a rumor. Hooper directed it.

However, it's as much a Spielberg film as it is a Hooper film; probably moreso, in fact, despite Hooper being behind the camera. After all, Spielberg wrote the story, did an uncredited final draft on the screenplay, was heavily involved in pre-production at every step, and supervised both the editing and the scoring sessions.

In other words, while Hooper may have directed it, he was by no means the only -- or even the primary -- creative force on the film. Personally, I count it as a Spielberg movie any time I'm tallying them up.

It's a good movie, too; still creeps me out after all these years.

[M2H]

TCM is like the Hostel and Saw films...all gore, no talent. Anyone can make a gross movie but it takes talent to scare an audience, make them afraid of the dark, etc. It's like a love story vs. a pornographic film..which one takes more talent?