Review – The Mangler 2

The nicest thing I have to say about this stinker is a brief expression of gratitude for the simplicity of the title. No “Mangler: the Mangling,” no “The Lost Mangler,” no “Mangle 2K2,” or other such crap. Just a simple repeat of the name of the original with the sequel number tacked on the end. That makes it a lot easier to work alphabetically and logically into the Big List of Movies that Suck. If there were unanswered questions from the first Mangler flick, this sequel does little to put them to rest. Instead it strikes out into new territory, focusing on a college (or is it a boarding school? It’s sort of hard to tell) run by a massive computer system. When a disgruntled goth girl loads the Mangler virus into the mainframe, largely off-camera gore aplenty results. Lance Henrikson puts in a desperate-for-work appearance in this otherwise completely missable fiasco. Wish I’d skipped it