 
A police officer named
John Hurdon (Ted Levine) tries to look
for clues after a bunch of grizzly
murders happen in a steam factory at the
Blue Ribbon Laundry after a steam ironer
kills some employees there and is owned
by a greedy and evil man named Bill
Gartley (Robert Englund) who will stop at
nothing to keep his business going.
John with his sidekick Mark Jackson
(Daniel Matmor) does some researching and
discovers that steam ironer is posessed
by a blood thirsty demon seeking mainly
virgin women.
John must battle the evil Gartley to put
a stop to his factory even if it means
his life by destroying this demonic beast
and he tries to get the aid of Gartley's
niece Sherry Oulette (Vanessa Pike) to
help him out on this deadly case.
A very cool film based on
one of Stephen King's short
stories from his Night Shift chapters.
It stands out very well and truly
suspenseful too.
This film reigned in as a cult classic
for sure as it has many perfect touches
and effects brought to life on the
screen.
It gives a great nasty environment of not
wanting to work at a factory like that.
Followed by two sequels.
The acting is terrific in
this one and it proves that Robert
Englund can wear many hats as a
horror villain than just Freddy Krueger
as he lived to play this role as a
vicious nasty factory owner named
Gartley. He stood out terrifically too.
Best actor out of them all
Ted Levine was
great as a tough as nails cop in the film
and shows terrific energy.
Vanessa Pike plays a great
innocent character as Englund's
niece and is a true character actress
with what she provided in this film.
Demetre Phillips made his part
so real as an arrogant assistant employer
at the factory ordering people around and
being demanding.
Lisa Morris was another cast
member who stood out well as a sleazy and
evil employee in the factory.
Some interesting horror
violence.
People are sucked into a steam ironer and
gets bloodied, folded and crushed. Later
on the reseults are extremely gruesome.
An assistant employers arm is cut off
with an axe.
A man is split in two.
Tobe Hooper is the
man for this film and hans't lost his
touch since his directing days in Poltergeist
or Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
He shows a perfect intro to the film of
cast playing employees at a steam factory
being overworked and there's supporting
actor Demetre
Phillips ordering them around and
showing no sympathy for them. Hooper makes
the scenery so good that it makes you not
wanting a job like that.
He coaches small actress Vera Blacker
very well at the factory showing her
stress load and frghtening emotions too
being there. Her death scene is perfect
as she shows great intensity.
Vanessa Pike showed
great intense emotions after witnessing
the death as you want to feel sorry for
her.
There's awesome camera shots on the
machine when it's doors open revealing
smoke when sucking it's victims in.
There's perfect dialogue sequences
between Ted Levine and Daniel
Matmor as the two of them act off
well with one another.
We show a nice shot of a posessed
refrigerator coming to life too.
Hooper also coached supporting
actor Jeremy Crutchley with
plenty of wit and there's a nice
performance by him on his death bed
before he dies.
He also drove Levine's character
well expressing his aggressions towards Englund's
character on shutting down the factory
plus he shows a great violent reaction
with Levine towards Phillips.
He also made supporting actress Lisa
Morris look sleazy and evil with her
expressions in the film too.
There's a classic battle between Levine
and Englund which looks superb
and a great shot of the machine coming in
for the kill too.
Barrington Pheloung
has the perfect chemistry for this film
as his music isn't overly mainstream as I
like it like that alot of times for a
horror film.
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