Overrated and overhyped

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Begins brightly enough as some misogynist rage with the murder of a handsome prostitute. Too soon though this degenerates into some sort of juvenile farce. The male lead spends the film nude or partly nude , walking, running and dancing like a demented Dervish, saying, 'F**k' all the time. When somewhere around a third of the way through the transvestite stage begins we seem to have Norman Bates on acid and it's not a pretty sight. It gets a little serious for a minute in the middle where he seems to blame his mother for all his ills, but then it's off on downward spiral. Interestingly for the main part Atkins is well aware of his limited resources and films scenes accordingly (I wish others would) but then he decides to do mock TV news bulletins complete with cuts to reporters at the scene and of course cannot pull them off.

A "friend", clearly with no taste or class, suggested I take a look at the work of Ron Atkins. If this is representative of his oeuvre, I never want to see anything else by him. It is amateurish, self-indulgent, criminally shoddy and self-indulgent rubbish. The "whore mangler" of the title is an angry low budget filmmaker who murders a bunch of hookers. There is a little nudity and some erections, but no single element could possibly save this from the hangman's noose. The lighting is appalling, the dialog is puerile and mostly shouted, and the direction is clueless. I saw a doco on American exploitation filmmakers during the recent Fangoria convention. Atkins was one of those featured. He spoke like there was something important about his work, but after a viewing of this, I see nothing of any import whatsoever. There is no style, either, and the horrible video effects (like solarization) only enhance the amateurishness. Not even so bad it's fun. Avoid.

This film is like marmite. You either love it or you hate it. If you go into this film expecting a proper film with decent production values, a good plot and great characters you'll hate it. If you go into this film expecting a low budget slasher you'll probably hate it.If you go into this film expecting to see one of the most deranged characters ever put to film in the form of Harry Russo you will love it. John Giancaspro is absolutely brilliant in his over the top portrayal of the insane, murderous coke fiend.The special effects are abysmal at best but really, who cares? If you're the kind of person who's prepared to watch a film Schizophreniac: The Whore Mangler you've undoubtedly seen scores of horror films filled with gore. With the budget this film was made for even if they had tried it probably would've mediocre at best. I'd much rather be able to laugh at something abysmal than be unaffected by the mediocre.To sum it up, you'll probably hate this film but if you're one of the few who decide to see it anyway it'll become the best thing since sliced bread #2 I hate marmite.

Well this is the perfect example of mediocre exploitation movies from the late 90's. The 70's was the decade of exploitation by excellence, the 80's had some highlights but in the 90's things got simply awful! "The Whore Mangler" is one of the worst Horror movies I've seen and that's a lot to say! The make up or f/x are as cheesy and cheap as you can get and without a doubt the producers didn't spend more than 1000 on this crap.The killer is laughable I wonder if the actor is ashamed of this role. The guy looks like a total freak. I only dug his rape in the ass expectations. You can't say the guy had a specific meaning for life. Please avoid this attempt of ultra low budget exploitation. There isn't even an attempt to make a decent movie. The director's vision is impossible to be understood and what about the plot? there isn't. The idea of the rubber doll telling the killer how to act is simply dull. I mean the idea is "okay" for a Horror movie but the way it develops in the movie is simply painful. Also, filled with horrid dialogs.Ugh.