Buried Alive 1990  R, 87 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Gerard Kikoine
Cast: Robert Vaughn, Donald Pleasence, Karen Witter, Ginger Lynn Allen, John Carradine, Nia Long, Arnold Vosloo, Isabel Kastrikis, William Butler, Janine Denison, Dee Dee Eybers, Isabel Kastrikis, Stefa Popic, Ashley Hayden, Roslynn Farrell
Edgar Allen Poe, what have they done to your stories? Parts of some of his stories, "updated," were used in this tale of a young woman who goes to Ravenscroft Institute to teach. The Institute is presumably for troubled girls, but as they start disappearing, our heroine seeks to find out what is going on in this creepy place with its creepy staff. The 1/2 star isn't deserved, but is in honor of John Carradine in his final film.
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The Mangler 1995  R, 105 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Tobe Hooper
Cast: Robert Englund, Ted Levine, Daniel Matmor, Jeremy Crutchley, Vanessa Pike, Demetre Phillips, Lisa Morris, Vera Blacker, Ashley Hayden, Danny Keogh
As so often happens with Stephen King stories, especially short stories, this movie demonstrates the difficulty of capturing the same mood as the written work. The "Mangler" is a huge machine that presses and folds sheets at the Blue Ribbon Laundry owned by mean, old Bill Gartley (Robert Englund). When the Mangler processes a woman and an investigation begins, it becomes apparent that Bill has a deal with the machine to feed it. Then there's the Mangler's "friend," the refrigerator. There seem to be demons at work here. Yes, there is a sequel.
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| 1. Buried Alive (1990)
2. The Mangler (1995)
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