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RATING |
| 4 |
DIRECTOR |
| Tobe Hooper |
CAST |
Robert Englund
Ted Levine
Daniel Matmor
Jeremy Crutchley
Vanessa Pike |
YEAR |
| 1995 |
RUNTIME |
| 106
minutes |
DATE
REVIEWED |
| 5 /
06 / 04 |
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| REVIEWER: FrighT MasteR |
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RATE THIS MOVIE:
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RATED BY:
2 FAN(S) |
CURRENT RATING:
2.5 SKULL(S)
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The Mangler
Man,
what the hell was Tobe Hooper thinking when he agreed to direct this?
The movie is based on a short story by, sadly, Stephen King. I don't know
how much of the original story was changed for this film, but I'd like
to think that the original story had more to it than the crap that was
dished out in this flick.
Yes,
the brief plot description above is the actual plot. To be more precise,
it's an old "steam pressing machine" that's actually possessed
by a demon. While watching the movie I noticed Robert Englund in a lot of heavy make-up
as the aging, greedy owner of the huge machine. Another star I noticed
was Ted Levine as the cop investigating the deaths. Some may remember
his voice as that of "Rusty Nails" in the movie Joyride.
So despite the stupid story, is there anything good about the movie? Yes,
the gory deaths were good enough to make the viewer squeamish; especially
if you check the unrated version, which adds 30 seconds of additional
gore in some of the deaths.
That's
pretty much all that's good about the flick. Aside from the silly story
it's filled with some pointless scenes, and drawn-out scenes and dialogue.
I felt a 4-rating was best fitting for this, since I did enjoy the gory
deaths and I've still seen a lot worse crap than this. Honestly I have
no idea why a sequel was made, but one was made in 2001 that went direct-to-video.
What a waste; I'm not even gonna bother with that one.
OVERALL
Aside
from Eaten Alive, one of
Tobe Hooper's worst. Good gore and deaths, but a silly story and a tremendous
amount of drawn-out dialogue and scenes.
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