- The Mangler
Infobox short story |
name = The Mangler
author =Stephen King
country =United States
language = English
genre = Horror,
Fantasyshort story
published_in = Cavalier (1st edition),
Night Shift
publisher = DuGent Publishing (first release)
media_type = Magazine (first release)
pub_date = 1972 (first release)
preceded_by =
followed_by =The Mangler is a short story by
Stephen King , published in 1978 in the compilation Night Shift.It was first published in "Cavalier" in December 1972.
etting
The Mangler is set in an American town, and the action largely takes place in an industrial laundry. Stephen King has stated that, among the many jobs he took to support his family before he became famous, he worked in an industrial laundromat.cite web | last = King | first = Stephen | authorlink = | title = Acceptance Speech, Stephen King, Recipient of the National Book Foundation's Medal for DISTINGUISHED CONTRIBUTION TO AMERICAN LETTERS AWARD | work = | publisher = the National Book Foundation | date = 2003 | url = http://www.nationalbook.org/nbaacceptspeech_sking.html | format = HTML | doi = | accessdate = 2008-04-16]
Plot summary
A police detective investigating a sudden rash of grisly deaths caused by an industrial laundry press machine, which through a series of unfortunate coincidences has become possessed by a
demon . The story ends after the detective and his friend underestimate the demon's power; and in seeking to exorcise the machine, they instead goad it into ripping free of its moorings and prowling the streets in search of fresh prey.Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
This story was adapted for the screenplay of a 1995 film (directed by
Tobe Hooper ) of the same title, though the brevity of the source material required significant additions not present in the original tale.References
External links
*imdb title|id=0113762|title=The Mangler
*imdb title|id=0260162|title=The Mangler 2
*imdb title|id=0449066|title=The Mangler Reborn
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