Review – The Mangler Reborn

Hey, you know what would make the whole Mangler franchise way better? The bald guy from Phantasm and one of the most annoying soundtracks ever in the entire history of sound movies. Actually, “annoying” sells the experience well short. The “music” in this stinker is so much like a synthesized version of nails on a chalkboard that at first I thought something was wrong with my TV’s speakers. I finally had to mute the damn thing just to make it through to the end. The story is some crap about a deranged maintenance worker who’s re-assembled a monster machine in his basement, where he feeds it kidnapped teenage girls. Along come a couple of inept robbers who learn the villain’s nasty little secret just in time to do nothing about it. From there blood flows like Wal-Mart was having a massive sale on Karo syrup and red food coloring. Wish I’d skipped it