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
