The Mangler Reborn Poster

The Mangler reborn poster has also took a different approach, instead of sticking with the red typography from the first mangler, it is now a silvery colour which signifies the machinery and evil that is shown in the trailers, the colours also link with the colours of the room in which the new, state of the art computer is shown to the pupils, it is effective in this poster how we don't see the manglers full face, only his eye. This is spooky as it adds to the mystery around him as we are unsure what he is and what has happened to him. The spiral of spikes around him reinforce the idea of death and torture that has already been signified in the trailer. At the top of the trailer it looks as if there is a cloudy sky, this is significant as bad weather usually signifies that something bad is going to happen in horror films; this is one of the very effective codes and conventions of horror films that is followed a lot.

The Mangler Reborn

The Mangler reborn takes a different approach to sequels, the story doesn't follow on the the washing machine that killed people. In this film the story line is that there is a new computer system in a college and the mangler infects it with his evil and the people that use it get killed, I feel that some aspects of the trailer are quite effective, the typography has changed from being red to being in a digital text and when the words come up it is as if they are being typed, this is quite spooky which is effective. This trailer is very different as it starts of in an everyday school where the pupils are being told about the new computer system. Then we see it change when the school gets the 'mangler virus' then we see the man who is responsible for it with equipment all around him which we are unsure about, this adds to the sense of mystery around the mangler. We then see a lot of destruction happening around the school and to the people that go there. this is effective as it makes the audience want to see what happens to the mangler and whether he gets caught.
This sequel is good as it will already have an established audience - the people who watched the previous film. This maybe what allowed the producers to be able to change the storyline slightly and expand on what 'The Mangler' is capable of.

The Mangler Poster

This poster is quite simple in terms of horror movie posters but I feel that it is quite effective as it is closely linked with the ideas of the trailer, we see a hand in the middle which looks like it is struggling to get out, we realise that this is the hand of someone who is being killing by the machine, in the dark background we also see bits of machinery around which reminds us of the terrible machine we have seen originally in the trailer. Similarly to the trailer there is red typography which has connotations of danger, death and evil etc.