10 Horror Film Franchises Worse Than Paranormal Activity
9. The Mangler
Its not every week that Tobe Hooper directs a Stephen King adaptation starring Robert Englund, but 1995s The Mangler was an unspeakable horror the likes of which the world had never before seen, whose very existence disproved the possibility of a tender and merciful God. Naturally, they made not one but 2 straight-to-tape seemquels, both of which waste the talents of a pair of dependable genre icons. The Mangler 2.0 was one of Lance Henriksens alimony movies, while in The Mangler Reborn, Reggie Bannister made a glorified cameo as a burglar. These are senseless, threadbare productions trading on Stephen Kings name, but they call themselves movies and think theyre real movies, so lets humour the filmmakers Worst Offender: The Mangler 2.0, for turning Lance Henriksen into a man-machine hybrid who sings Wannabe by The Spice Girls.
Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'
