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976-EVIL (1988)

976-EVIL poster
Directed by
Robert Englund
Genre
horror film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
R
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 151 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A bullied teenager gets a phone number for supernatural powers. He uses them to get revenge on his tormentors.

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What happens

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a now mostly defunct premium-rate telephone number system that was popular in the late 1980s but has since been superseded by area code 900. A sequel, 976-EVIL 2: The Astral Factor, was followed released in 1991 in Italy and 1992 in United States. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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