Skip to content

Movies like The Mangler Reborn (2005)

The best movies like The Mangler Reborn (2005) are The Mangler (1995), The Regenerated Man (1994) and Spontaneous Combustion (1989). If The Mangler Reborn hooked you with its horror and science fiction, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

Quick picks

  1. The Mangler (1995)

    A laundry-folding machine has been possessed by a demon, causing it to develop homicidal tendencies.

    Why it matches: Same series: The Mangler · both horror

  2. The Regenerated Man (1994)

    An Experiment involving human tissue regeneration goes horribly wrong when Dr. Clark is forced to drink his own potion by two deranged thugs. But instead of killing him, it transforms him into THE REGENERATED MAN. And they better not shoot him - that'll only make him mad!

    Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror

  3. Spontaneous Combustion (1989)

    A young man learns that his parents had been used in an atomic-weapons experiment shortly before his birth, and that the results have had some unexpected effects on him.

    Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction

  4. They Nest (2000)

    After freezing up under pressure in the emergency room, Dr. Cahill decides to spend a few months unwinding on a little Maine island where he immediately gets off on the wrong foot with the locals. Meanwhile, a body has washed up on shore infested with a strange type of carnivorous cockroach. But when Dr. Cahill tries to warn the townsfolk of the danger, they are naturally skeptical. Will they realize the truth before it's too late?

    Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror

  5. Trucks (1997)

    A group of seemingly humanistic trucks takeover a truck stop and starts killing everything in sight. The remaining townsfolk must band together and come up with a way to murder the inanimate objects, a seemingly difficult task considering the abnormal circumstances.

    Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction

  6. Mimic (1997)

    A disease carried by common cockroaches is killing Manhattan children. In an effort to stop the epidemic an entomologist, Susan Tyler, creates a mutant breed of insect that secretes a fluid to kill the roaches. This mutant breed was engineered to die after one generation, but three years later Susan finds out that the species has survived and evolved into a large, gruesome monster that can mimic human form.

    Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction

    Popcorn FlickMovies like this
  7. Ticks (1993)

    Teens camping in a northern California retreat are terrorized by mutant insects created by evil, polluting pot farmers.

    Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction

  8. Chopping Mall (1986)

    High-tech robots equipped with state-of-the-art security devices have been recruited as the new mechanical "night watchmen" for the Park Plaza Mall. When a jolting bolt of lightning short-circuits the main computer control, the robots turn into "killbots" on the loose after unsuspecting shoppers!

    Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction

  9. The Relic (1997)

    A homicide detective teams up with an evolutionary biologist to hunt a giant creature that is killing people in a Chicago museum.

    Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction

    Popcorn FlickMovies like this
  10. The Terror Within (1989)

    Experiments in biological warfare have destroyed all but a few remnants of the human race. Alone in a lab, eight students work feverishly to create a vaccine before they are forced outside in search for food. It is then that the surviving scientists discover creatures mutated by the plague. Now they prepare to do battle against their worst fear: The Terror Within.

    Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction

  11. Contamination (1980)

    A former astronaut helps a government agent and a police detective track the source of mysterious alien pod spores, filled with lethal flesh-dissolving acid, to a South American coffee plantation controlled by alien pod clones.

    Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror

  12. The Children (1980)

    A nuclear-plant leak turns a bus-load of children into murderous atomic zombies with black fingernails.

    Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction

  13. The Blob (1988)

    In Arborville, California, three high school students try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches.

    Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction

    Popcorn FlickMovies like this
  14. Phantasm (1979)

    A teenage boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber, known only as the Tall Man, who employs a lethal arsenal of unearthly weapons.

    Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction

    Popcorn FlickMovies like this
  15. From Beyond (1986)

    The Resonator, a powerful machine that can control the sixth sense, has killed its creator and sent his associate into an insane asylum. When a psychiatrist becomes determined to continue the experiment, she unwittingly opens the door to a hostile parallel universe.

    Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction

    Popcorn FlickMovies like this
  16. C.H.U.D. (1984)

    A rash of bizarre murders in New York City seems to point to a group of grotesquely deformed vagrants living in the sewers. A courageous policeman, a photojournalist and his girlfriend, and a nutty bum, who seems to know a lot about the creatures, band together to try and determine what the creatures are and how to stop them.

    Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction

  17. Blue Monkey (1987)

    A man pricks his finger while tending to an exotic plant and is rushed to the ER, where he is diagnosed with a bacterial infection before a worm-like parasite emerges from his mouth. As the infection spreads throughout the ER, the parasite is exposed to a genetic growth stimulant, which causes it grow to monstrous proportions and terrorize the hospital.

    Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction

  18. Bats (1999)

    Genetically mutated bats escape and it's up to a bat expert and the local sheriff to stop them.

    Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction

  19. The Nest (1988)

    Horrifying shocker as a biological experiment goes haywire when meat-eating mutant roaches invade an island community, terrorizing a peaceful New England fishing village and hideously butchering its citizens.

    Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror

  20. Scanner Cop (1994)

    Rookie cop Sam Staziak has a unique gift: he is a Scanner, which gives him the power to read the thoughts of others, and also to inflict great bodily harm. When a mad scientist begins using mind control to murder police officers, Sam realizes that only he and his unique gift can put an end to the mayhem.

    Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror

  21. Maximum Overdrive (1986)

    When a comet passes close to the earth, machines all over the world come alive and go on homicidal rampages. A group of people at a desolate truck stop are held hostage by a gang of murderous 18-wheelers. The frightened people set out to defeat the killer machines…Or be killed by them.

    Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction

  22. Sometimes They Come Back (1991)

    Desperate for a job to help him support his family, Jim Norman takes a position teaching high school in the town where his brother was murdered in front of him by teenage bullies twenty-seven years before. The teens who committed the crime are long dead, but now the kids in Jim's new class keep dying and being replaced by new students who look like the deceased hoodlums.

    Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror

  23. Re-Animator (1985)

    Conducting clandestine experiments within the morgue at Miskatonic University, scientist Herbert West reveals to a fellow graduate student his groundbreaking work concerning the re-animation of fresh corpses.

    Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror

    Worth the HypeMovies like this
  24. Slugs (1988)

    People are dying mysteriously and gruesomely, and nobody has a clue what the cause is. Only health worker Mike Brady has a possible solution, but his theory of killer slugs is laughed at by the authorities. Only when the body count begins to rise and a slug expert from England begins snooping around does it begin to look like Mike had the right idea after all.

    Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror

  25. Books of Blood (2020)

    A journey into uncharted and forbidden territory through three tales tangled in space and time.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction

    Popcorn FlickMovies like this
  26. Dark Light (2019)

    A woman returns to her family home and discovers it to be inhabited by monsters.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction

    Popcorn FlickMovies like this
  27. The Signal (2007)

    A horror film told in three parts, from three perspectives, in which a mysterious transmission that turns people into killers invades every cell phone, radio, and television.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction

  28. The Return (2020)

    After the death of his father, a brilliant college student returns to his family home where he learns that the horrors from his childhood aren't as dead and gone as he once thought.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction

    Popcorn FlickMovies like this
  29. Year 10 (2024)

    After the fall of civilization, the few survivors have been driven to cannibalism. A young man must confront a violent tribe that has murdered his father and stolen the medicine that keeps his girlfriend alive.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction

    Popcorn FlickMovies like this
  30. Nightmares (1983)

    A collection of short stories. In one a woman who leaves her house late at night to drive to the store while a killer is loose encounters some problems. In the second an arcade whiz kid's obsession with a game leads to deadly consequences. In the third a small town priest loses his faith and decides to leave town, but in the desert is stalked by a mysterious black pick-up truck. In the final story, a family's problem with a rat is larger than they think.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction

Like The Mangler Reborn and something else?

Blend two favourites and we’ll find the films in between.

Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like The Mangler Reborn?

The closest matches to The Mangler Reborn are The Mangler (1995), The Regenerated Man (1994) and Spontaneous Combustion (1989). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after The Mangler Reborn?

People who watched The Mangler Reborn most often go on to The Regenerated Man (1994), Spontaneous Combustion (1989) and They Nest (2000).

What is the highest-rated movie like The Mangler Reborn?

Re-Animator (1985), rated 7.1/10 by 1,774 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like The Mangler Reborn?

Year 10 (2024) is the most recent release on this list.

Is The Mangler Reborn part of a series?

Yes. It belongs to The Mangler, which includes The Mangler (1995).

Are there English movies like The Mangler Reborn?

Yes: The Mangler (1995), The Regenerated Man (1994) and Spontaneous Combustion (1989).

How are movies similar to The Mangler Reborn chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Mangler Reborn, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

↑ ↓ to move · Enter to open · Full search page