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22 March 1989 (USA)
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Now, horror has a brand new number. more
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People who dial 976-EVIL receive supernatural powers and turn into satanic killers. | add synopsis
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This average, supernatural horror film has its moments.
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Robert Picardo | ... | Mark Dark | |
| Stephen Geoffreys | ... | Hoax | |
| Patrick O'Bryan | ... | Spike | |
| Sandy Dennis | ... | Aunt Lucy | |
| Jim Metzler | ... | Marty | |
| María Rubell | ... | Angela (as Maria Rubell) | |
| Lezlie Deane | ... | Suzie | |
| J.J. Cohen | ... | Marcus | |
| Paul Willson | ... | Mr. Michaels | |
| Darren E. Burrows | ... | Jeff (as Darren Burrows) | |
| Greg Collins | ... | Mr. Selby | |
| Joanna Keyes | ... | Suzie's Mother | |
| Gunther Jenson | ... | Airhead (as Gunther Jensen) | |
| J.J. Johnston | ... | Virgil | |
| John Slade | ... | John Doe (as Jon Slade) |
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When Hoax casts the spell that makes spiders come out of Suzie's TV dinner, there's a box of snack cakes behind the TV dinner called "Devil Twins".
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Continuity: In the opening scene, you can see that the phone in the distance (as well as some of the pre-electrocution shots) is a rotary type phone. However during the electrocution shots, the phone is now a touch tone phone.
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The Only Thing I Really Need
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Hoax (Stephen Geofferys) is a painfully shy teenager, who gets harassed by a group of thugs (led by J.J. Cohen) in High School and suffers at home with his overly religious mother (Sandy Dennis). The only thing that Hoax looks up to his good-hearted punk cousin Spike (Patrick O'Bryan), who lives next-door to him. When Spike finds an phone number in a card from the magazine, he was reading. Which it's a horror-scope that predicts horrible things in the near future. When Spike finds himself saved by a undercover police detective (Jim Metzler). Which a car nearly run Spike over but no one was driving the car. Which this detective is trying the investigate the bizarre deaths that involves the mysterious phone number from the horror-scope. Which these unfortunate victims called that number. When Hoax decides to call the number for the hell of it, he comes intriguing with the black magic and he finds himself seduced by the unimaginative powers from the horror-scope he calls. Now Hoax uses the power from the phone number he called giving him and he uses it for revenge.
Directed by Robert Englund made an fairly entertaining horror/thriller with elements of fantasy. Which the premise is somewhat familiar, especially for those who seen "Brian De Palma's Carrie" and "Evilspeak". I have to admit, this movie starts out very badly. I almost lose interest in the story but it slowly improves. Especially when it's focuses on Hoax's character. Englund shows some unexpected flair behind the camera with some decent imaginative special effects and good make-up effects work, despite it's low-budget showing. The performances are better than average. The script by Oscar-Winning:Brain Helgeland (A Nightmare on Elm Street 4:The Dream Master, L.A. Confidential, Payback) and Rhet Topham (Trick or Treat) is confusing at times and the odd-ball dark humour doesn't always work. Still, horror fans will enjoy it. The directorial debut by Englund is not bad (Who best known playing Freddy Krueger in the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" series). Robert Picardo (Who always has scene-stealing performances in Joe Dante movies) is memorable in his cameo as Mark Dark. Followed by a Sequel. (** ½/*****).