976-EVIL

976-EVIL (1988)

Revenge is on the line.

A bullied unpopular high school student named Hoax finds an ad for 976-EVIL, a number that provides daily 'horrorscopes'. But when he calls the number he gains demonic powers, which he uses to seek vengeance against those who bullied him.

Date of release
1988-12-09
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (161)
Runtime
1h 32m
Genres
Horror
Director
Robert Englund
Collection
976-EVIL Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: $3M

976-EVIL is a 1988 American supernatural horror film directed by actor Robert Englund in his directorial debut, and co-written by Brian Helgeland. It stars Stephen Geoffreys, Patrick O'Bryan, Jim Metzler, Maria Rubell, and Sandy Dennis. The film's title refers to the 976 telephone exchange, a now mostly defunct premium-rate telephone number system that was popular in the late 1980s but has since been superseded by area code 900.

Production

Following his success playing Freddy Krueger in the A Nightmare on Elm Street series, Robert Englund was able to use his established clout to land a directing job. While Englund had hoped to direct something more in line with a character study than a horror film, he so liked the script by longtime friend Rhet Topham that he accepted the job.

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