"The Mangler" is a short story by Stephen King, first published in the December 1972 issue of Cavalier magazine, and later collected in King's 1978 collection Night Shift. "The Mangler" is set in an American town, and the action largely takes place in an industrial laundry. Stephen King has stated that, among the many jobs he took to support his family before he became famous, he worked in an industrial laundry. Police detective John Hunton investigates a fatal accident at the Blue Ribbon Laundry in which worker Adelle Frawley was killed.
Adaptations (2)
The Mangler has been adapted into 2 films, from 1995 to 2005. The most recent is The Mangler Reborn (2005).
The Mangler1995 · film · 106 min · dir. Tobe Hooper · IMDb ↗A laundry-folding machine has been possessed by a demon, causing it to develop homicidal tendencies.
The Mangler Reborn2005 · film · 84 min · dir. Matt Cunningham, Erik Gardner · IMDb ↗IMDb3.1A decade after the original mangler massacre, an obsessed repairman resurrects the cursed machine and unleashes another bloody, murderous reign of terror.
