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Setting

"The Mangler" is set in an American town, and the action largely takes place in an industrial laundromat. 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.

Plot summary

A police detective investigating a sudden rash of grisly deaths caused by an industrial laundry press machine discovers that, through a series of unfortunate coincidences, the machine 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. The film was followed by two sequels, The Mangler 2 and The Mangler Reborn.

References

^ King, Stephen (2003). "Acceptance Speech, Stephen King, Recipient of the National Book Foundation's Medal for DISTINGUISHED CONTRIBUTION TO AMERICAN LETTERS AWARD" (HTML). the National Book Foundation. http://www.nationalbook.org/nbaacceptspeech_sking.html. Retrieved 2008-04-16. 

External links

The Mangler at the Internet Movie Database

The Mangler 2 at the Internet Movie Database

The Mangler Reborn at the Internet Movie Database

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Night Shift by Stephen King

"Jerusalem's Lot"  "Graveyard Shift"  "Night Surf"  "I Am the Doorway"  "The Mangler"  "The Boogeyman"  "Gray Matter"  "Battleground"  "Trucks"  "Sometimes They Come Back"  "Strawberry Spring"  "The Ledge"  "The Lawnmower Man"  "Quitters, Inc."  "I Know What You Need"  "Children of the Corn"  "The Last Rung on the Ladder"  "The Man Who Loved Flowers"  "One for the Road"  "The Woman in the Room"

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Works of Stephen King

Novels

Carrie (1974)  'Salem's Lot (1975)  The Shining (1977)  The Stand (1978)  The Dead Zone (1979)  Firestarter (1980)  Cujo (1981)  Christine (1983)  Pet Sematary (1983)  Cycle of the Werewolf (1983)  The Talisman (1984; with Peter Straub)  It (1986)  The Eyes of the Dragon (1987)  Misery (1987)  The Tommyknockers (1987)  The Dark Half (1989)  Needful Things (1991)  Gerald's Game (1992)  Dolores Claiborne (1992)  Insomnia (1994)  Rose Madder (1995)  The Green Mile (1996)  Desperation (1996)  Bag of Bones (1998)  The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (1999)  Dreamcatcher (2001)  Black House (2001; with Peter Straub)  From a Buick 8 (2002)  The Colorado Kid (2005)  Cell (2006)  Lisey's Story (2006)  Duma Key (2008)  Under the Dome (2009)  Doctor Sleep (TBA)

The Dark Tower series

The Gunslinger (1982)  The Drawing of the Three (1987)  The Waste Lands (1991)  Wizard and Glass (1997)  Wolves of the Calla (2003)  Song of Susannah (2004)  The Dark Tower (2004)  The Wind Through the Keyhole (TBA)

Richard Bachman novels

Rage (1977)  The Long Walk (1979)  Roadwork (1981)  The Running Man (1982)  Thinner (1984)  The Bachman Books (1985)  The Regulators (1996)  Blaze (2007)

Short fiction collections

Night Shift (1978)  Different Seasons (1982)  Skeleton Crew (1985)  Four Past Midnight (1990)  Nightmares & Dreamscapes (1993)  Hearts in Atlantis (1999)  Everything's Eventual (2002)  Just After Sunset (2008)  Full Dark, No Stars (2010)

Non-fiction

Danse Macabre (1981)  Nightmares in the Sky (1988)  On Writing (2000)  Secret Windows (2000)  Faithful (2004; with Stewart O'Nan)

E-books

Riding the Bullet (2000)  The Plant (2000; unfinished)  Ur (2009)

Screenplays

Creepshow (1982)  Cat's Eye (1985)  Silver Bullet (1985)  Maximum Overdrive (1986; also director)  Pet Sematary (1989)  Sleepwalkers (1992)  Cell (TBA)

Teleplays

Sorry, Right Number (1988)  Golden Years (1991)  The Stand (1994)  The Shining (1997)  Chinga (1998; with Chris Carter)  Storm of the Century (1999)  Rose Red (2002)  Kingdom Hospital (2004)  Desperation (2006)

Collaborations with musicians

Ghosts (1997; with Michael Jackson)  Ghost Brothers of Darkland County (2010; with John Mellencamp)  Black Ribbons (2010; with Shooter Jennings)

Graphic novels

Creepshow (1982)  The Dark Tower (2007)  The Stand (2008)  The Talisman (2009)  American Vampire (2010)  N. (2010)

Unpublished novels

The Aftermath (1963)  Sword in the Darkness (1970)  The House on Value Street (1974)  The Cannibals (1983; 1989)

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