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Line 1: {{work}} [[File:976-evil cover.jpg\|thumb]] '''''976-EVIL''''' is a 1988 [[Horror]] [[Film]] directed by [[Robert Englund]]. Spike (the bad boy) and Hoax (the introverted nerd) are cousins who live with Hoax’s overly religious mother. They stumble across a mysterious premium-line phone number, 976-EVIL, which appears at first to be just a fun novelty hotline that offers creepy fortunes to those who call, but they soon discover that it’s a direct line to hell--literally. Spike loses interest, but Hoax uses the powers the number gives him to exact revenge against everyone who has wronged him, inavertantly allowing his soul to be slowly taken over by Satan. Spike must race to stem the tide of destruction Hoax is perpetrating, hoping like hell that he can save his cousin’s soul. A direct-to-video sequel, ''[[976-EVIL II]]'', was released in 1992. ~~----~~ {{tropelist}} * [[Astral Projection]]: In ''976-EVIL II'', the [[Big Bad]] uses his [[One Phone Call]] and receives this power from the evil phone line to keep running loose. * [[The End - or Is It?]]: ''II'' ends with a shot of a ringing phone, a sinister reminder that the evil phone line still exists. * [[Everything's Deader with Zombies]]: ''II'' shows what ''[[It's a Wonderful Life\|Its a Wonderful Life]]'' with zombies might be. * [[From Nobody to Nightmare]]: Hoax uses the powers granted by the phone line to get back at everyone who’s wronged him. * [[Technology Marches On]]: The 976 exchange is no longer used for pay-per-call phone numbers, having been superceeded by the 900 area code since this movie was released. * [[Title by Number]] * [[Trapped in TV Land]]: One character in ''II'' dies when she is caught inside television between two channels showing ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]'' and ''[[It's a Wonderful Life\|Its a Wonderful Life]]'', and zombified little girl from the former stabs her. {{Needs More Tropes}} {{reflist}} [[Category:Horror Films]]▼ [[Category:Films of the 1980s]]▼ [[Category:Films of the 1990s]]▼ ~~[[Category:Nine Seven Six Evil]]~~ ~~[[Category:Film]]~~ [[Category:976-EVIL]] ▲[[Category:~~Films of the 1990s~~Film]] ▲[[Category:Films of the 1980s]] ▲[[Category:Horror Films]] [[Category:Pages with working Wikipedia tabs]] [[Category:~~Multiple~~Cult ~~Works Need Separate Pages~~Classic]]