A Masterpiece!

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

So many bad reviews for a movie that was made for less than $100,000, come on people you guys act like your actual movie critics. I bet most of you don't even know good horror when you see it. Yes, the film has some flaws but many of the performances are good, the soundtrack is retro old school and come on Reggie Banister is in this! A decent horror flick when you think of how small the budget was! I liked it! I have seen much worse! The movie is shot in mostly one location because of the budget, some of the actors weren't as good as you would like but come on this is horror! I also love the opening sequence with the newspaper articles, cool concept. I also thought Hadley was very creepy especially when he says "I am the machine"..cool soundtrack, some creepy moments, not too shabby!

Imagine reading a book where Chapter One features a character named Rick trying to perform a task. Let's say he's trying to fix a computer. And in chapter one, Rick ultimately fails to get the job done. Now, imagine in Chapter Two a character named Mike tries to fix that exact same computer. Mike, too, fails. Then in Chapter Three the author introduces us to Jaimie who tackles the project, trying to correct what Mike screwed up, and solve the original problem ...Now I ask, dear reader, what's the point? Ultimately, Mangler Reborn tells the story of three (technically four) characters one by one trying and failing to accomplish the exact same thing – escape from the house. This is a movie about futility, failure, and monotonous repetition. It spends most of its running time showing Rick trying and failing to pick practically every lock he comes across, exploring the seemingly abandoned house, hiding from the killer, trying to escape, and then dying. Then the film moves on to Mike who repeats the cycle, then the film continues on to Jaimie and her fellow prisoner.Oh yeah, the ending of the film implies that the cycle continues indefinitely.Mangler Reborn is a reality TV show for a possessed psychopath. The victims are not people, but rather chores for Hadley Watson to clean up. Loose screws that inconvenience him and wander around his domain for 15-30 minutes at a time before he finally breaks out the screw driver (or more literally: rubber mallet) and fixes the problem.Over the last century of horror films, we've watched the villains go from tortured miserable yet strangely sympathetic souls to faceless killing machines who refuse to die. And then you reach the sad and depressing realization that not even the victims in this horror film, people destined to die terrible and bloody deaths, receive any sympathetic touches from the filmmakers.I rooted for Rick purely for actor Reggie Bannister and his role in the Phantasm series. Mike? I didn't really care about him, especially after wasting my time trying and failing at the same things Rick failed at. Jamie? I hoped Jamie would survive solely because I was tired of watching failure after failure after failure to escape. I wanted Jamie to succeed just to break the monotony of the preceding 60 minutes. Nowhere did I root for a character because I liked the character or felt the character was competent, and nowhere did I get the sensation that any of these guys had enough screen time and development to carry the label "main character." Just fodder.Thus, Mangler Reborn is a cold, mechanical, formulated, and emotionless journey. Perhaps that's satisfactory for the titular character, a cold, mechanical, emotionless machine; however, the horror genre is rooted in (dare I say "dependant upon") human emotional reaction and psychological manipulation. This film, unfortunately, treats its characters, its victims, like line items on the killer's grocery list and nothing more.Then again, it's just as well. Even if Reborn did manage to muster the emotional investment to truly invoke horror, without a main character it lacks a focal point to channel it through.As much as I want to be forgiving for the film's technical merits, because some of my favorite horror films were small independent and very limited productions, because I hate big-production studio PG13-ized remakes as much as the next horror fan and want to see the little guys succeed (Lord knows we need another John Carpenter) … I can't forgive Mangler Reborn. Like its (many) characters, the film tries but ultimately fails.

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.

I can't believe anyone who thought this movie was the worst movie they ever saw have seen either of the other 2 Mangler films,both of which I'd certainly put on that list.This is the first Mangler movie that manages to actually be a horror film, though the feeling remains with me that no one has really made the best film you could make from the short story.This is small in scale but effective horror film. Aimee Brooks, who is so popular from MONSTER MAN, is very good here in what should be a thankless role of the victim. It's another side of her we see here in a more serious role and she also handles the action required with good skill and looks great when she briefly gets to go into "kick ass" mode.The other actors also keep things convincing. The direction is pretty by the numbers but this at least holds together. The retro music score also helps. The design of the title "mangler" machine is also good.This is a decent film worth a look.