A series of gruesome city killings leads investigators toward a threat with a very unstable relationship to its own genre. The wooden exchanges and drifting explanations keep the pace loose, although the combination of crime reporting and monstrous intrusion has its peculiar charms.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
Acting
7/10
Plot
8/10
Effects
4/10
Dialogue
6/10
Rewatchability
5/10
“The murder investigation is still deciding what sort of film it is.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 60
Synopsis and movie facts
At night the Mangler stalks the streets of Los Angeles, killing and mutilating random victims. On the trail are a TV reporter, the father of one of the victims, and a police detective, but despite their efforts only the mysterious psychic DeRenzy knows what the killer is and how to stop it.
