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Release Date
Mar 24, 1989 (USA)
DVD Release Date
• R1: Aug 13, 2002
Running Time
1 hour, 32 minutes
Country USA
Production Companies
Cinetel Films Inc., Horrorscope Productions
Studio CineTel Films, New Line Cinema
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Other Titles
• 976-EVIL (1989)
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Genre: Horror, Demonic Possession, Occult, Teenage, Slasher, Devil, Revenge, Murder, Demon, Black Comedy, Gore
Tagline: Now, horror has a brand new number.
Plot: Hoax (Stephen Geoffreys), the nerdy teen hero of 976-EVIL, spends most of his time envying his super-cool, biker cousin, Spike, when he's not being bullied at school or oppressed at home by his religious fanatic mother. Things take a radical turn when Hoax begins calling a toll-free phone number that provides daily "horrorscopes," and he becomes possessed by a demonic force that enters his mind and body via the telephone line. Soon he's taking violent revenge on all those who crossed him. The film is directed by Robert Englund, best known as Freddy Krueger from the NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET
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 This is a competently directed and watchable time that manages to be enjoyably campy at times and although there's only a so-so finish and when Geoffreys becomes possessed he becomes too much of a wisecracking killer that feels very similar to Englund's Freddy character it's still not that bad with Geoffrey's suitably geeky, Sandy Dennis going completely over-the-top as his religious fantatic mother and alright Kevin Yagher make-up effects  -- (TheVideoGraveYard.com)
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| Directed by |
Robert Englund
Freddy vs. Jason, A Nightmare On Elm Street, Urban Legend |
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| Cast |
Robert Picardo
Star Trek: First Contact, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, The 'burbs |
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Indian Runner, Splendor in the Grass | Jim Metzler
River's Edge, One False Move, Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 | María Rubell
Late for Dinner, Remington Steele: The Steele That Wouldn't Die, Love Among Thieves | Lezlie Deane
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, Midnight Ride, Almost Pregnant | |
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| Sure, the same concept was done before—quite ineffectively in "Evil Speak" and much more effectively in "Carrie"—but Englund made a pretty effective horror film on a low budget. -- (eSplatter.com)
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