And yes, Creepshow is supremely watchable and is one of the best horror anthologies ever made. At face value, the five segments of Creepshow could be considered fun and entertaining moments to a highly-entertaining film. Homaging EC Comics, Stephen King crafts five tales of terror and mixes them with a macabre sense of humor. With Stephen King adapting prior stories with new ideas plus Romero and Savini at the top of their games, Creepshow was able to stand apart from other horror films of the early 1980s. Though not receiving the same type of hype that The Mangler tried to produce, the result was much more of a fulfilling experience. Romero alongside Tom Savini doing the makeup effects for the horror anthology Creepshow. Thirteen years prior, Stephen King teamed up with two other maestros of horror: director George A. I mean, what do you expect when the villain is a possessed laundry press machine? One would hope when accumulating as much talent as The Mangler had, that more substance would present itself. The Mangler came and went without much notice, only notable for some impressive gore and its paltry box office take.

The trailer for The Mangler touted that the film was from three masters of horror: director Tobe Hooper, star Robert Englund, and Stephen King, who wrote the short story.

Who remembers the 1995 film The Mangler? I’m assuming that most of you didn’t raise your hand or put this unfortunate misfire out of your memory.

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