976-Evil

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

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

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 1
• Subtitle: Mult
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 (Pre-1954 Standard)
• Audio: ST
• Screen: Pan and Scan
• Features:
  • cc
  • Digitally mastered audio & video
  • Full-screen presentation
  • Audio: English
  • Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Chinese
  • Bonus trailers
  • Interactive menus
  • Scene selections

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Stephen Geoffreys - Hoax
       Jim Metzler - Marty Palmer
       Maria Rubell - Angella Martinez
       Sandy Dennis - Aunt Lucy
       Jim Thiebaud - Rags
       Gunther Jensen - Airhead
       Darren E. Burrows - Jeff
       Robert Picardo - Mark Dark
       Bert Hinchman - Coroner

• Director:

  Robert Englund

• Producer:

  Lisa Hansen, Paul Hertzberg

• Screenwriter:

  Brian Helgeland, Rhet Topham

• Cinematographer:

  Paul Elliott

• Composer (Music Score):

  Tom Chase, Steve Rucker

• Editor:

  Stephen Myers

• Art Director:

  David Brian Miller

• Set Designer:

  Nancy Booth

• Costume Designer:

  Elizabeth Gower-Grudzinski

• Makeup:

  Susan Reiner

• Special Effects:

  Sandy McCarthy, Kevin McCarthy

• Stunts:

  John Michael Stewart

• Makeup Special Effects:

  Kevin Yagher