976-Evil II
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Directed by | Jim Wynorski |
Written by | Erik Anjou Rick Glassman |
Produced by | Lisa M. Hansen (executive producer) Paul Hertzberg (producer) Catalaine Knell (associate producer) |
Starring | Patrick O'Bryan Debbie James Rene Assa |
Cinematography | Zoran Hochstätter |
Edited by | Nina Gilberti |
Music by | Chuck Cirino |
Distributed by | CineTel Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
976-EVIL II (also known as 976-EVIL 2: The Astral Factor) is a 1992 American direct-to-video supernatural horror film directed by Jim Wynorski.[1] The film is a sequel to the 1988 horror film 976-EVIL. It was referenced in Invasion of the Scream Queens (1992).
Premise
Leonard "Spike" Johnson (Patrick O'Bryan) returns to battle the supernatural in a small Californian college town. Someone is killing college students at an alarming rate. A pretty student, Robin, learns that her dean, Professor Grubeck, is a ghost, using astral projection and a satanic 976 "horrorscope" hotline to kill students.
Cast
- Debbie James as Robin
- Rene Assa as Mr. Grubeck
- Patrick O'Bryan as Leonard "Spike" Johnson
- Philip McKeon as Taylor
- Leslie Ryan as Paula
- Brigitte Nielsen as Agnes
- Rod McCary as Dr. Jamison
- Paul Coufos as Stone
- Karen Mayo-Chandler as Laurie
- George Buck Flower as Turrell
- Sigal Diamant as Barmaid
- Joy Ballard as Stripper
- Yavone Evans as Reporter
- Eric Anjou as Detective
- Angela Gordon as Cashier
- Christopher Garr as "Skeech"
- David Rogge as Keith
- Lou Bonacki as Neelan
- Chuck Montalbano as Gross
- Ace Mask as Lemisch
- Monique Gabrielle as Lawlor
- Deborah Dutch as Commercial Wife
- Ronald Green as Commercial Husband
- Mindy Seeger as Nurse
Production
The film was directed by
Wynorski later said "I hate that film... It was tough to make. I was handed a script and I didn't think it was very good."[2] The only part of the film he liked was a sequence where a female student was meant to be sucked into a Pac-Man machine. This was too expensive to film so Wynorski came up with the idea, based on a dream, where he recreated a scene from It's a Wonderful Life (1946). He could do this because that film was in the public domain. "For me that's the one stand out aspect of that film, 'cause it's so weird," he said.[2]
The film featured Brigitte Nielsen in a small role. Wynorski met her at a party and they played pool together. Wynorski challenged her to a wager - if he won she would do a day for him for scale on his next picture; if she won he would "put on a maid's outfit and clean your house. And she was up for that. We had a good game, it was close but I won." So Nielsen did a day on the film. Wynorski said she did "an ok job... she wasn't difficult to work with. She was working for pretty big bucks at the time and she was working for scale and she didn't really come in super prepared and we had to go over her lines but in the end she did a great job."[3]
Home media
The movie was released in April 1992 on
References
- ^ "976-EVIL 2". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2009. Archived from the original on December 8, 2009.
- ^ a b c "Interview with Jim Wynorski". Justin Bozung. 1 December 2014. Archived from the original on April 5, 2017.
- ^ "Jim Wynorski :Legendary Film Maker Interviewed! Talks Chopping Mall Working with Traci Lords and his New Film!!". Gore Hound Mike. 17 February 2014.
External links
- 976-Evil II at IMDb
- 976-Evil II at Rotten Tomatoes
- 976-Evil II at AllMovie
- Smithee Awards entry