976-Evil Summary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Englund
Genres: Horror
Rating:
This underrated teen-revenge horror film starring Stephen_Geoffreys (Fright_Night) was the directorial debut of Robert_Englund, best known as Freddy Krueger in the Nightmare on Elm Street series. Geoffreys plays Hoax, a picked-on nerd who lives with his religious-nut mother Lucy (the marvelous Sandy_Dennis). One day Hoax calls a 976-line for a "Horrorscope," and the demonic voice at the other end starts giving him wicked advice. Before long, he has killed his brother's girlfriend with tarantulas, slashed the face of a teen tough with his newly-sprouted talons, and gutted several of his tormentors. Only a well-meaning journalist and a sexy schoolmarm can stop the now-demonic Hoax before he sends the whole neighborhood straight to Hell. Granted, the screenplay is rather confused and slow-moving, but Geoffreys and Dennis are great, the effects work by Kevin_Yagher is skillful, and this is one of the few teen-horror films with characters that are actually interesting. Look for Robert_Picardo (The_Howling) in a fun cameo as the diabolical Mark Darke. After a brief stint as a teen star, Geoffreys went on to appear in gay porn films as "Sam_Ritter." Robert Firsching, Rovi
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