A hellish piece of professional laundry
equipment wreaks havoc in a tiny New England
town in this horror film. It all begins in The
Blue Ribbon Laundry, a place run by the
ruthless, crippled old Bill Gartley. With no
feelings at all for his employees, he demands
absolute obedience and unrelenting hard work.
One day an old speed iron goes crazy, sucks in
and permanently presses a hapless worker. The
rest of the crew is frightened and in shock, but
this does not stop old Gartley from cruelly
ordering them back to work. A police officer
investigates the case and begins suspecting that
the sinister owner is concealing something. When
a boy suffocates in an abandoned refrigerator
that had somehow come in contact with the speed
iron, the cop calls in his friend the
theoretical parapsychologist who deduces that
there is a "transference of evil" going on.
Meanwhile, Gartley is putting the moves on
comely Lin Sue; he also is interested in messing
with his own niece. Both girls have been harmed
by the evil iron and have contributed some of
their precious blood to it. It is the cop who
discovers that in order for Gartley to remain
successful, he must see that the demonic machine
periodically receives such sacrificial
donations.
Directed by: Tobe
Hooper
Written by: Stephen
David Brooks, Tobe Hooper, Harry Alan Towers
Produced by: Rita
Marie Bartlett, Sudhir Pragjee, Anant Singh,
Sanjeev Singh, Helena Spring, Harry Alan Towers
(as Peter Welbeck)
Original music by:
Barrington Pheloung
Cast:
Robert Englund .... Bill
Gartley
Ted Levine .... John Hunton
Daniel Matmor .... Mark Jackson
Jeremy Crutchley .... Pictureman/Mortician
Vanessa Pike .... Sherry Ouelette
Demetre Phillips .... Stanner
Lisa Morris .... Lin Sue
Vera Blacker .... Mrs. Frawley
Ashley Hayden .... Annette Gillian
Danny Keogh .... Herb Diment
Ted Le Plat .... Doctor Ramos
Todd Jensen .... Roger Martin
Sean Taylor .... Derrick Gates
Gerrit Schoonhoven .... Aaron Rodriguez
Nan Hamilton .... Mrs. Ellenshaw
Adrian Waldron .... Mr. Ellenshaw
Norman Coombes .... Judge Bishop
Larry Taylor .... Sheriff Hughes
Irene Frangs .... Mrs. Smith
Megan Wilson .... Ginny Jason
Odile Rault .... Alberta
Ron Smerczak .... Officer Steele
