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976-Evil |  | Director: Robert Englund
Actors: Stephen Geoffreys, Patrick O'Bryan, Sandy Dennis, Robert Picardo, Jim Metzler
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  18 reviews
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 99
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 92 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: COLD07871D
ISBN: 0767882660
UPC: 043396078710
EAN: 9780767882668
Theatrical Release Date: March 22, 1989
Release Date: August 13, 2002
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Product Description
Director Robert "Freddy Krueger" England dials up a contemporary gothic tale of high-tech horror in 976-EVIL. Highschool underdog Hoax Wilmoth (Stephen Geoffreys Fright Night) fills up the idle hours in his seedy little hometown fending off the local leather-jacketed thugs avoiding his overbearing religious fanatic mother (Sandy Dennis) and dreaming of a date with trailer park temptress Suzie (Lezie Deane). But his quietly desperate life takes a terrifying turn when his cousin Spike introduces him to an unusual new hobby - phoning in for his Horrorscope. Because instead of the slightly kinky astrological predictions he's expecting Hoax is hooked-up with a compellingly hideous demonic force that slowly begins to overtake his entire life. Now there's more than just a phone bill to pay for anyone and everyone who ever dared cross "the neighborhood nerd".System Requirements:Running Time: 92 Min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR Rating: R UPC: 043396078710 Manufacturer No: 07871
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 18
 Otherwise forgettable 80's horror flick with an honorable mention October 17, 2008
N. Durham (Philadelphia, PA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
When shifting through the sheer number of cruddy 80's horror flicks, every now and then you'll find a forgotten gem or two. 976-Evil is not one of them to be sure, but it does have one honorable mention that makes it worth seeing on its own. That honorable mention is that the film is directed by none other than Robert "Freddy Kruger" Englund, who does manage to inject a little bit of creativity into this otherwise forgettable horror flick. Fright Night's Stephen Geoffreys stars as a nerd who calls up a hotline said to give out a "horrorscope", and soon enough finds himself taking on a demonic form and striking back at everyone he can, including the high school bullies and his uber-Christian mother. It's up to his cool biker cousin Spike (Patrick O'Bryan) and a private detective (Jim Metzler) to take him down, which results in some fairly anticlimactic moments of bloody violence. There are some decent makeup effects to be found, and the script is from future Oscar winning screenwriter Brian Helgeland, but as a whole, 976-Evil fails thanks to some horrible acting and overall cheesy effects. All in all, 976-Evil is an otherwise forgettable 80's horror flick that is only worth seeing based on the fact that Robert Englund directed it. Other than that though, there isn't much that you're missing here.
 Have you tried nerd love? October 14, 2008
J. Abercrombi
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I love this movie. I remember watching it back in the day when it was shown on Up All Night hosted by Rhonda Shearer (remember that show?) But I haven't seen the movie in ages. The other day I was looking for something to watch on the old b00b tube and found "976-EVIL" available on-demand. There was a sequel to the movie that came out a few years after this one (that Patrick O'Bryan was in) and there is talk of an all-new remake, as well.
The movie is directed by everyone's favorite keeper of sweet dreams, none other than Mr. Freddy Krueger himself, Robert Englund. And surprisingly the movie wasn't nearly as gorey as one might think with a talented director like this. Instead there were many sensitive and reflective scenes that are almost never in horror pictures. But truth be told "976-EVIL" is hardly a classic horror film. This isn't a movie that's gonna cause you to piss your pants, unless you piss from laughing too hard. But that's OK too because sometimes a good laugh is just as important as a good scare.
The first half of the movie centered around rebel without a cause Spike (portrayed by '80s b-movie actor Patrick O'Bryan). We see Spike loose a hand of poker to his scummy friends. We see Spike threaten his kooky born-again Christian aunt Lucy (played by the late Academy Award winner, Sandy Dennis). We see Spike defend the honor of his nerdy cousin Hoax (you gotta love that name) (played by Stephen Geoffreys) when the boys in the bathroom try to flush his head down the commode. And we even get treated to a brief sex-session between Spike and his blonde nymph girlfriend Suzie (Lezlie Deane) who thinks nothing of putting on Spike's tighty wighties. Spike also calls some ludicrous horoscope hotline but since he's not a total geek doesn't have much interest in it.
During the second half of the movie we see a lot more of the progressively less geeky Hoax. When he starts calling the hotline his luck starts to change, he even starts to grow hair on his chest too! I love the part when Hoax took revenge on the guys who effed with him when he was just a lowly nerd. I suppose if they'd known who they were messing with they wouldn't have roughed him up so hard. Then he gets revenge on his crazy mom who spends all her time watching the PTL and stroking her playful pussie.
The movie also includes many great lines, such as when Hoax said to Spike, "hell finally froze over cousin." I also like the complete and total b-movie feel of the entire movie. It was like a throwback to the great pictures of the '60s because all of the special effects were so fake-looking. I suppose that had more to do with the budget but it was still funny.
I really like the transformation that both of the cousins went through because it was a total 3-60. It wasn't just Hoax. Spike wasn't the same person because it was almost like their roles were reversed. Although Hoax kinda resembled Marty McFly he was certainly the more brazen of the 2 because he had the balls to make all of his dreams come true (hell really did freeze over). The moral of the movie is not to call too many pay phone lines, unless you're some geeky kid from the '80s who doesn't have anything better to do.
 Bad Transfer And Scenes Missing!! April 23, 2008
Dead Elvis 1988 (Atlanta, Georgia)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This DVD is well below the decent quality standard mark. Short scenes and shots are missing or have been omitted for some strange reason and the aspect ratio is completely incorrect. I hope someday someone fix these problems with a correct re-release. The version I'm reviewing is the Sony Pictures release.
 Guess what cousin HELL finally froze over!!! March 4, 2008
William Berry
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
THIS MOVIE WAS GOOD.I WAS KINDA IFFY ABOUT GETTIN IT,BUT I DID.AND IT WAS GOOD.
0 STARS: Revenge of the satanic Nerd. September 14, 2007
HorrorMan (The Marsten House)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Ostensibly, "976-Evil" sounded like a good concept to me. Calling satan on the telephone for favors sounds kind of creepy to me, especially with the obvious evil strings attached to it, but this movie fails to execute it properly. While watching "976-Evil", I realized early on that the creators of this flick had butchered what COULD have been a decent plan for a horror flick. In the same mold as "Carrie" (although obviously not near as good of a movie), "976-Evil" is about a nerd who gets picked on relentlessly by some bullies at school, but when the nerd (played well by Stephen Geoffreys) calls 976-Evil, he gets evil or what the creators of the movie would like you to believe is evil and he gets back at the bullies. This movie is rather poorly acted except for Geoffreys, whom, while obnoxious for sure, seems to have nailed down the dorky nerd guy role pretty well. The problem with "976-Evil" is that it is too focused on the nerd getting back at the bullies and, consequently, does a terribly pathetic job at presenting the "evil" theme this movie half-heartedly tries to relate to the audience. As a result, what you have in "976-Evil" is your typical teenaged revenge flick erroneously portrayed as a horror movie when in reality the horror is obviously secondary to the revenge of the nerd theme. There really are NO likeable characters in this nonsense, but I particularly disliked the pathetic loser character named Spike...what a dork! Ultimately, "976-Evil" comes off looking like the total joke that it is and has absolutely nothing to offer the serious horror movie fan.
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