The Mangler 2 is a 2001 direct-to-video

Direct-to-video

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 sequel to the 1995 film The Mangler

The Mangler (film)

The Mangler is a 1995 American and South African horror film directed by Tobe Hooper, based upon the Stephen King short story of the same name which appeared in his inaugural short story collection, Night Shift .-Plot:...

. It features Lance Henriksen

Lance Henriksen

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 and Chelse Swain

Chelse Swain

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 It abandons the original's premise of an industrial laundry machine possessed by a murderous demon, replacing it with a murderous, sentient computer virus

Computer virus

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taking over a school. No explanation is given as to how the two films are actually related.

Plot

The school administration has introduced a new high-tech computer-controlled security system in order to ensure the safety of the school's students. Jo Newton, a student at the school, attempts to compromise the system and in doing so downloads the Mangler 2.0 computer virus, causing the virus to take over the security system and start killing students and faculty at the school.

Critical reception

The Mangler 2 currently has a 2.3 rating on IMDB , lower than some of the movies in the IMDB bottom 100 list , but it does not have the requisite 1,500 ratings to appear on the list.