1995's The Mangler focuses on the titular washing machine, a mechanic behemoth that is brought to life by satanic magic before sucking people into its whirling gears and terrorizing a small town.

Based on one of the author’s 200-plus short stories, The Mangler follows a familiar pattern: an object or machine with some pre-existing eerie quality becomes possessed and contrives scenarios ...

When an accident involving a folding machine at an old laundry happens, detective John Hunton investigates. As his investigation progresses, he begins to suspect the machine is possessed by a ...