Director/co-scripter Tobe Hooper adapts Stephen King's 1972 short story about a small town's industrial laundry and the lethal machine inside it that seems to have a thirst for human blood. What dark secret is sinister businessman Bill Gartley (Robert Englund) keeping and can a local cop (Ted Levine) and his demonologist brother-in-law (Daniel Matmor) stop the carnage before ""the Mangler"" claims any more victims? With Vanessa Pike, Jeremy Crutchley. 106 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English (SDH); audio commentary; featurettes; image gallery; TV spot; theatrical trailer.