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 rented mangler reborn after watching the original mangler and thought it was way better.I thought it was gonna be stupid after the opening scene considering the bad acting,but the rest of the movie made up for it.However after viewing the movie I watched the opening scene again and it didn't bother me as much. I know not everyone will agree but I found this movie very enjoyable and fun to watch.I would like to see more movies like this.I am so glad that this 3rd sequel was nothing like the horrible mangler 2, and that the makers of part 2 had nothing to do with the 3rd one.That movie was a joke and should have never been made.Mangler reborn is the type of thriller I really like renting.I thought that the whole idea of being trapped in that house with no way to get out was scary.I know that parts of it were not believable,but it's a movie and one that I will watch again someday.This part contains a spoiler.The ending of this film was left open to another sequel.If there is a 4th one,then I hope the same people will be involved in the making of it as well as making it equally as enjoyable. The only part of this movie I didn't like was the beginning was too rushed and not explained in enough detail.If someone didn't see the original they would have no idea what or how the machine(or the mangler) came to be.The only reason I knew he was buying the parts of the old mangler and putting it back together is because of the description on the back of the DVD where it says what the movie is about.And in the opening credits there is something shown about it in an article.It flashes by the screen too fast and the rest is hard to read.This movie would be better if had no resemblance to the original mangler and was it's own movie because they are 2 completely different style of films.But none the less,it is worth watching and I was not disappointed by it.

While "The Mangler Reborn" is certainly not a masterpiece, it is better than what is reflected in most comments about the film. It is a rare example of a low budget horror film that is played totally straight, no humor and very little self-parody. With a budget of just $85,000 they had to be very inventive so don't expect elaborate production design or special effects. The title character looks like a cafeteria dishwasher being operated by "Edward Scissorhands". They try to pass the thing off as sinister by always showing it in shadows. When a victim is fed to the thing they change to very tight shots of knives and clippers, trying to make it seem like they are part of the machine rather than being held by crew members off-camera. Obviously the film would benefit from a more elaborate and diabolical device, or at least one with some credibility. But the Stephen King inspired premise is a good one and the first two thirds of the film set it all up very nicely. It is almost captivating for a while but finally runs out of gas and plods through the final 30 minutes.An appliance repairman (Weston Blakesley) has acquired the cursed parts from the original "Mangler" (named for the old-style washing machine with external rollers to squeeze the water out of clothes) and is obsessively working to reinvent the lethal thing. Eventually he becomes possessed by the machine and more zombie than human. He must feed it humans because he needs to drink their "squeezins" to keep his zombie body from decaying. Blakesley is quite credible as the slack jawed zombie who takes a rubber mallet on his repair calls and acquires his victims from among his customers. His life is complicated when a father and son burglar team (Reggie Bannister and Scott Speiser) attempt to rob his house and when his daughter comes for a visit. Aimee Brooks gets a whole bunch of standard scream queen moments and is extremely attractive. The main problem is that not enough happens to sustain an eighty-minute feature. Had a parallel story periodically cut in and built up a bit of suspense, "The Mangler Reborn" could have been a engaging little film. Then again, what do I know? I'm only a child.