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%%* HauntedTechnology
%%* HomicideMachines
* ItWontTurnOff: When the mangler catches the arm of Stanner, the laundry foreman, Diment, the maintenance man, turns it off. It doesn't stop. Diment removes the fuses; everything turns off except the mangler. Diment is eventually [[LifeOrLimbDecision forced to hack Stanner's arm off]] with a fire axe.
%%* HomicideMachines
* ItWontTurnOff: When the mangler catches the arm of Stanner, the laundry foreman, Diment, the maintenance man, turns it off. It doesn't stop. Diment removes the fuses; everything turns off except the mangler. Diment is eventually [[LifeOrLimbDecision forced to hack Stanner's arm off]] with a fire axe.
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* HomicideMachines: A demonically possessed ''steam press''.
* ItWontTurnOff: When the mangler catches the arm of Stanner, the laundry foreman, Diment, the maintenance man, turns it off. It doesn't stop. Diment removes the fuses; everything turns off except the mangler. Diment is eventually [[LifeOrLimbDecision forced to hack Stanner's arm off]] with a fire
* LifeOrLimbDecision: Stanner, the laundry foreman, has his hand caught by the eponymous machine and is slowly pulled in. Diment, the maintenance man, discovers that the machine cannot be turned off, so he lops Stanner's arm off with a fire axe.
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* NotEnoughToBury: One of the workers gets caught in the folder apparatus of the haunted laundry machine. The result is not described in the narration, but in the words of a traumatized witness, "they took her away in a basket".
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* WashyWatchy: In one scene, two characters talk about the mangler while watching a washing machine spin their clothes around.
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* VirginPower: A dark subversion. One of the ingredients for summoning a demon is virgin's blood, which got into the mangler when Sherry Ouelette, a young worker who was a virgin cut, her hand on one of its clamps.
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* VirginPower: A dark subversion. One of the ingredients for summoning a demon is virgin's blood, which got into the mangler when Sherry Ouelette, a young worker who was a virgin cut, cut her hand on one of its clamps.
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* AttackOfTheKillerWhatever: This time a rampaging laundromat pressing machine.
** And a state inspector tells Hunton an eerie story about a discarded refrigerator with its door still attached which apparently "ate" some birds, a dog, and a young boy.
** And a state inspector tells Hunton an eerie story about a discarded refrigerator with its door still attached which apparently "ate" some birds, a dog, and a young boy.
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* AttackOfTheKillerWhatever: AttackOfTheKillerWhatever:
** This time a rampaging laundromat pressing machine.
**And a A state inspector tells Hunton an eerie story about a discarded refrigerator with its door still attached which apparently "ate" some birds, a dog, and a young boy.
** This time a rampaging laundromat pressing machine.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: The series of events that causes the mangler to get possessed in the first place. A bat getting caught inside it? Plausible. A young virginal girl getting her finger cut on it? Quite realistic. A container of Jell-O ([[GeniusBonus because gelatin is made from horses' hooves]]) falling in? Possible, but extremely unlikely in that locale. Heart medication which just so happens to contain belladonna falling in? Um... The unlikeliness of the events is lampshaded, with Jackson bringing up the InfiniteMonkeyTheorem.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Anyone who gets caught in the mangler.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Anyone who gets caught in the mangler.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: The series of events that causes the mangler to get possessed in the first place. A bat getting caught inside it? Plausible. A young virginal girl getting her finger cut on it? Quite realistic. A container of Jell-O ([[GeniusBonus because (because gelatin is made from horses' hooves]]) hooves) falling in? Possible, but extremely unlikely in that locale. Heart medication which just so happens to contain belladonna falling in? Um... The unlikeliness of the events is lampshaded, with Jackson bringing up the InfiniteMonkeyTheorem.
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* DramaticIrony: One of the mangler's first victims is the lady whose heart medication containing belladonna fell into it. The narrative makes a point of mentioning that she could have told/warned Jackson and Hunton of this...if she were still alive.
* EyeOfNewt: Possible ingredients for a demon summoning include [[VirginSacrifice virgin's blood]], a bat, horse's hooves, graveyard dirt, and belladonna/the hand of glory.
* FromBadToWorse: And ''how''. [[spoiler:The horribly botched exorcism results in the mangler uprooting itself from the very foundations, escaping from the factory, and going on a rampage.]]
* EyeOfNewt: Possible ingredients for a demon summoning include [[VirginSacrifice virgin's blood]], a bat, horse's hooves, graveyard dirt, and belladonna/the hand of glory.
* FromBadToWorse: And ''how''. [[spoiler:The horribly botched exorcism results in the mangler uprooting itself from the very foundations, escaping from the factory, and going on a rampage.]]
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* DramaticIrony: One of the mangler's first victims is the lady whose heart medication containing belladonna fell into it. The narrative makes a point of mentioning that she could have told/warned Jackson and Hunton of this... if she were still alive.
* EyeOfNewt: Possible ingredients for a demon summoning include [[VirginSacrifice virgin's blood]], a bat, horse's hooves, graveyard dirt, and belladonna/the hand ofglory.
glory[[note]]While the story uses "hand of glory" to refer to belladonna or nightshade, it is actually another name for mandrake, a different plant[[/note]].
* FinaglesLaw: When Jackson and Hunton are planning the exorcism, Jackson explains that demons who have been summoned with the hand of glory are much harder to kill. [[spoiler: Since the hand of glory doesn't grow anywhere in the surrounding region, they both assume that this particular demon was summoned without it. Consequently, [[TemptingFate they expect an easy exorcism]], and arm themselves accordingly. They don't even bother taking any extra precautions, just in case they're wrong. Boy, does that turn out to be a big mistake...]]
* FromBadToWorse:And ''how''. [[spoiler:The horribly botched exorcism results in the mangler uprooting itself from the very foundations, escaping from the factory, and going on a rampage.]]
* EyeOfNewt: Possible ingredients for a demon summoning include [[VirginSacrifice virgin's blood]], a bat, horse's hooves, graveyard dirt, and belladonna/the hand of
* FinaglesLaw: When Jackson and Hunton are planning the exorcism, Jackson explains that demons who have been summoned with the hand of glory are much harder to kill. [[spoiler: Since the hand of glory doesn't grow anywhere in the surrounding region, they both assume that this particular demon was summoned without it. Consequently, [[TemptingFate they expect an easy exorcism]], and arm themselves accordingly. They don't even bother taking any extra precautions, just in case they're wrong. Boy, does that turn out to be a big mistake...]]
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* HauntedTechnology
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* ItWontTurnOff: When the mangler catches the arm of Stanner, the laundry foreman, Diment, the maintenance man turns it off. It doesn't stop. Diment removes the fuses; everything turns off except the mangler. Diment is eventually [[LifeOrLimbDecision forced to hack Stanner's arm off]] with a fire axe.
* HomicideMachines
* ItWontTurnOff: When the mangler catches the arm of Stanner, the laundry foreman, Diment, the maintenance man turns it off. It doesn't stop. Diment removes the fuses; everything turns off except the mangler. Diment is eventually [[LifeOrLimbDecision forced to hack Stanner's arm off]] with a fire axe.
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* ItWontTurnOff: When the mangler catches the arm of Stanner, the laundry foreman, Diment, the maintenance
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* TooDumbToLive: When Jackson and Hunton are planning the exorcism, Jackson explains that demons who have been summoned with the hand of glory are [[MadeOfIron much harder to kill]]. [[spoiler: Since the hand of glory doesn't grow anywhere in the surrounding region, they both assume that this particular demon was summoned without it. Consequently, [[WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong they expect an easy exorcism]], and [[TemptingFate arm themselves accordingly]]. ''They don't even bother [[CrazyPrepared taking any extra precautions]], [[GenreBlindness just in case they're wrong]]''. [[FinaglesLaw Boy, does that turn out to be a big mistake]]...]]
* VirginPower: A dark subversion. One of the ingredints for summoning a demon is virgin's blood, which got into the mangler when Sherry Ouelette, a young worker who was a virgin cut her hand on one of its clamps.
* VirginPower: A dark subversion. One of the ingredints for summoning a demon is virgin's blood, which got into the mangler when Sherry Ouelette, a young worker who was a virgin cut her hand on one of its clamps.
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** And a state inspector tells Hunton an eerie story about a discarded refrigerator with its door still attached which apparently "ate" a dog, a young boy, and six birds.
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** And a state inspector tells Hunton an eerie story about a discarded refrigerator with its door still attached which apparently "ate" some birds, a dog, and a young boy, and six birds.boy.
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** And a state inspector tells Hunton an eerie story about a discarded refrigerator with its door still attached which apparently "ate" a dog, a young boy, and six birds.
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* PostModernMagikPostModernMagik: The premise is that a demon possessed a washing machine because all the ingredients necessary for its summoning ritual accidentally got run through it in the wash.
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* DemonicPossessionDemonicPossession: Unique in that the possessed item is inadvertently a washing machine.
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* TheGhost: Mr. Gartley, the owner of the factory. He's referred to as a cheapskate who skimps on safety measures, but beyond that we don't learn much about him. In the film he's [[AdaptationalVillainy upgraded to the primary antagonist]] besides the Mangler itself.
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* NoOSHACompliance: Almost the point of the story; the laundry press is an extremely old and dangerous piece of equipment to begin with, with only rudimentary safeguards to prevent injury, which Hunton comments on multiple times. He doesn't find it hard to believe that the initial accidents are due solely to the company cutting corners, even if a few details don't add up. Adding a supernatural curse into the mix, well, that's just asking for trouble.
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* NoOSHACompliance: Almost the point of the story; the The laundry press is an extremely old and dangerous piece of equipment to begin with, with only rudimentary safeguards to prevent injury, which Hunton comments on multiple times. He doesn't find it hard to believe that the initial accidents are due solely to the company cutting corners, even if a few details don't add up. Adding a supernatural curse into the mix, well, that's just asking for trouble.
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* NoOSHACompliance: Almost the point of the story; the laundry press is an extremely old and dangerous piece of equipment to begin with, with only rudimentary safeguards to prevent injury, which Hunton comments on multiple times. Adding a supernatural curse into the mix, well, that's just asking for trouble.
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* NoOSHACompliance: Almost the point of the story; the laundry press is an extremely old and dangerous piece of equipment to begin with, with only rudimentary safeguards to prevent injury, which Hunton comments on multiple times. He doesn't find it hard to believe that the initial accidents are due solely to the company cutting corners, even if a few details don't add up. Adding a supernatural curse into the mix, well, that's just asking for trouble.
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* NoOSHACompliance: Almost the point of the story; the laundry press is an extremely old and dangerous piece of equipment to begin with, with only rudimentary safeguards to prevent injury, which Hunton comments on multiple times. Adding a supernatural curse into the mix, well, that's just asking for trouble.
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'''''The Mangler''''' is a short story by Creator/StephenKing. It was first published in ''Cavalier'' magazine in 1972, and it was collected in the ''Literature/NightShift'' collection in 1978. It tells a story of a demon-possessed industrial laundry pressing machine which is killing people.
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