2. The Mangler
The Movie: Stephen King, American master of horror, has had some pretty big hits in his career. The Mangler was not at all one of them. Based on the short story of the same name, The Mangler is about as appealing as a dinner date with strung out and overweight 80s glam rocker. The story follows a laundry folding machine that gets possessed by a demon, because it gets some antacids and electricity on it. The possessed machine then spends most of the movie sitting around waiting for employees at the clumsiest laundry facility ever to stupid their way into it, so they can be eaten by the mechanical guts of the machine. In case you weren't really paying attention, I'm saying it's a movie about a possessed machine that is exactly as dangerous a non-possessed version of the machine.
Where it Gets Awful: Let's start with antacids. Really? Antacids? Spilling antacids on something can cause demonic possession? Why the hell isn't my stomach possessed then? I've taken antacids! Not only that, but despite his mastery of horror, Stephen King is asking us to be afraid of an inanimate object that can only harm you if you fall face first into it. Grant it, machinery can be dangerous. Oil rig safety is no joke. But, working on an oil rig isn't exactly a horror movie either.
The Game: Pure and simple. Don't get close to The Mangler. You're in a room. The Mangler is in the room too. It wants to eat you, but it's totally inanimate. Don't get close to it. Can you resist the lure of The Mangler?