aries01 I watched this film a few years back, while I was very bored; I was told it was very bad (I had the tape wedged under my TV up to that point, now its in the tape collection!). This film is about a demon/devilish laundry machine which was found in pieces at a junk shop and reconstructed by a repair man, as his new home washing/ironing machine (possibly because he needed a cheap one and wanted a nostalgic appliance). Little did he know it was possessed (or the parts where; they where from the original machine in the mangler 1995). As he builds they machine it comes to life and the repair man is forced to fuse with it and is made to do its bidding. He now has to find victims, mainly customers to feed to the machine, so he can drink the by-products; this makes him live as the fusing had turned him into a zombie and he would now decay without feeding on it. The music really went with the film and made the atmosphere feel like the machine was going to jump out at any given moment (but it does not, as it hides in the shadows all the time). It was a fairly low budget film and I believe it went straight to tape, its about as scary as an over rated hair drier

rstef1 Mangler Reborn took me by surprise after the poor original film and absolutely abysmal sequel. This film has little to do with the first and, happily, nothing to do with the second, which was an in-name-only sequel anyway. Basically, some repairman is piecing together parts of the original mangler machine in the spare room of his house when he is possessed by its spirit and forced to go out and get women to feed to the machine.Now, the film is not perfect, and, as you can tell by the other comments here, it is definitely not to every taste, but I enjoyed it. The low-budget actually works for the picture, giving it a gritty, realistic feel that is missing from many bigger budget flicks. Certain shots and scenes put me in mind of similar low-budget fare from the late 70s and early 80s, like: He Knows You're Alone, Don't Go In the House, Maniac and even, the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I'm not saying it's as good as any of those, simply that it put me in mind of them. Also, there is no humor here, thank God. I am over the need for humor to leaven the horror in these pictures. It was cute for a short while, but by Scream 3 and I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, and the thousand other clones of this genre, I was over it. I don't want to hear one more villain or hero feel the need to utter a snarky pun or clever bon mot as they dispatch their victims. Enough already. I'm also pleased this is a true R rated film, like those previously mentioned. I'm done with PG-13 tripe featuring late teen and early twenties alumnae from the WB or CW networks. Stick to TV kids. The violence here is brutal and effectively photographed. Not for those who are squeamish.On the negative side, the film does drag in spots. I was grateful that I had the fast forward on my DVR a couple times, and the scenes can be a bit repetitive toward the end. The acting is hit and miss. I kind of liked the lead character. He didn't require a lot of facial expressions, but he was suitably creepy and frightening nonetheless. The female lead also did well, though some of the supporting cast were less than accomplished.While the end felt like a bit of a cheat, clearly opening the way for a sequel, it didn't spoil the rest of the film for me. For those who wonder why they don't make slasher movies like they used to, in the wake of Halloween and Friday the 13th, here you go.

reeves2002 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.

Kjartan Einarsson First Mangler movie is not all bad, typical b horror flick nothing special but not that bad. Second movie was bad but one could tolerate it cause you kind of know what to espect from this sort of films. The Mangler Reborn makes no sense, the plot is rubbish and reminds me of a cheap Saw ripoff. Horror films are scary and suppose to be this one is not the least bit scary in anyway, there are few gruesome scenes that are more of bad taste than anything else. I get the feeling that the whole crew of this movie just went through the motions of making it and put minimum effort into it, there is truly nothing good about this film at all. Evil Dead,Bad Taste and the likes of them are great films that i really enjoy, made with a small budget but Sam Raimi and Peter Jackson made them with there heart and soul. Stay clear of this movie and i have learn my lesson and will stay clear if they make another one.