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976-EVIL

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Dialing the number for something called Horrorscope puts a bullied teen (Stephen Geoffreys) in touch with the devil.
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Mike Massie Gone With The Twins A tremendously forgettable cinematic journey into an uninspired underworld. Rated: 2/10 Nov 8, 2024 Full Review Andrew Gaudion VultureHound The film is much more interesting as a curious oddity than it is something that genuinely feels like a well-crafted film. Rated: 2/5 Oct 22, 2020 Full Review Chris Ward Flickering Myth 976-EVIL is a good, fun horror movie but not a great one and, looking back, is probably one of the last throes of a type of movie that was fast becoming out of style at the time. Oct 21, 2020 Full Review Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed Like an extended EC Comic segment. Oct 31, 2013 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...a hopelessly obnoxious piece of work... Rated: .5/4 Jan 22, 2012 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Nov 3, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Todd B Scary at the beginning, but ironically funny at the end. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/21/24 Full Review Gabby A Fun horror. This movie is better unspoiled, but here goes... imagine if Richie Cunningham got possessed and the Fonz had to stop him. It starts a little slow, but (after some raining fish and whatnot) it picks up sharply during a confrontation with some gambling school bullies. Personally I find the old school practical effects surprisingly creepy. Very campy. Top of the "best of the worst" kind of movie. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/26/24 Full Review David W Even as a fan of campy 80's horror this was only just about watchable. The acting, script and direction were all well below par. Billed as a comedy horror you're in shaky territory when it's neither funny or scary. The ending really puts the seal on a poor movie. I've seen plenty worse but that's hardly a glowing recommendation. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 04/23/23 Full Review robert p A terrible film starring Sandy Dennis and Evil-Ed from Fright Night, really makes a clunker showing the scum of earth, and other stuff. This is not a movie I would recommend! Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Premium rate phone services are all but extinct today, making 976-EVIL about as relevant as Sandra Bullock's The Net (1995). However, there's still lots of fun to be had here. Like a hybrid of Revenge of the Nerds (1984) and the less familiar Party Line (1988), it's an entertaining 92-minutes. Englund certainly doesn't have a firm grip on pacing and the narrative could have been tightened, but if you enjoy the goofier horrors of its decade, then 976-EVIL is certainly worth a viewing. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member i like the score. that's about it. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Dialing the number for something called Horrorscope puts a bullied teen (Stephen Geoffreys) in touch with the devil.
Director
Robert Englund
Producer
Lisa M. Hansen
Distributor
TriStar Pictures, New Line Cinema
Production Co
CineTel Films
Rating
R
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 22, 1989, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 1, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA)
$2.9M
Runtime
1h 40m
Sound Mix
Surround
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