The Mangler is a demonically-possessed machine fueled by bloodlust that serves as the primary antagonist of the 1978 short story The Mangler by Stephen King, and also of the story's 1995 movie adaption of the same name and its second and final sequel The Mangler Reborn. The actual Mangler does not appear in The Mangler 2, which starred Lance Henrickson of Pumpkinhead fame. The Mangler here is replaced by a malicious and rogue computer virus with a similar bloodlust. The Mangler 2 is almost unanimously regarded by fans as the worst film in the series.