976-EVIL II (1991)

976-EVIL II (1991)

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976 EVIL II: The Return
976-EVIL 2
976-EVIL 2: The Astral Factor
Astral Factor

Tagline(s):	This time Satan returns the call.
	Call If You Dare!

Nomination Year: 2001

SYNOPSIS:

At a small Californian community college, co-eds are getting murdered at an alarming rate. The prime suspect is the dean, but the slayings continue even when he's placed behind bars. The reason is that a Satanic 976 "Horrorscope" hotline has given him the power to astrally project. A gorgeous blonde named Robin is caught up in the plot when approached by a wandering occult biker named Spike (the survivor of the first 976-EVIL). She and Spike are the only ones who know the truth, and they must kill the killer, or be killed themselves.

Brigitte Neilsen only agreed to be in the film because she lost a pool-hall bet with director Jim Wynorski.

Bryan Cassidy

Smithee Award Nominations

Deus Ex Machina

Punched by an Angel

I don't even know why she's looking for Spike here at these cliffs, since he's supposed to be on a highway miles away. Suddenly Grubeck's got her! Just as suddenly, Spike shows up and saves the day! Well, at least we thought it was Spike. It's really Spike's "ghost" or "angel" or whatever, not that we care.

Don't ask me how he punched the bad guy. Or why she seemed to be okay with her boyfriend suddenly dissolving into multicolored lights.

Best One-Liner

It's a Zombieful Death

Grubeck appears as a TV pitchman for a miraculous remote...but it's a gag. He uses his psychic powers to suck...Robin's friend Paula into the TV! She finds herself a background character in It's a Wonderful Life (which, to be honest, is done very well). But...alas, it's a ZOMBIE version of the holiday classic.

Zuzu proclaims, "Every time you hear a bell, a zombie takes a soul to Hell!" The crowd turns ugly (literally). Paula screams in terror and backs away...but cute little Zuzu kills her.

*Bong!* *Bong!* THE END.

Acting Appropriately Stupid

Hello? Anybody Home?

Okay. You're not supposed to be in that office; you sneak around furtively. You know that the villain is a Satanic phone line. The phone rings with an eerie echoing sort of sound. What do you do? Hello?

I mean, even if the Big Bad weren't an evil telephone line, why would you answer the phone in an office you've just broken into??

Directors

Director	Claim to Fame
Jim Wynorski	Director of such films as Alabama Jones and the Busty Crusade, and the Bare Wench Project series, he also finds time to direct more mainstream fare...such as Dinocroc vs. Supergator, Fire Down Below, and Camel Spiders. Oh, and this.

Cast

Actor	Character	Claim to Fame
Debbie James	Robin	Winner of "Star Search" 1990. Then bit parts until Dr. Samantha Morecroft on "L.A. Heat."
René Assa	Mr. Grubeck	Lent his Egyptian swarthiness to many a 70's and 80's TV show: "Colombo," "Airwolf," "The Rockford Files," "The Facts of Life," "The Bionic Woman," and "Knight Rider," to name a few.
Patrick O'Bryan	Spike	AKA "Pat O'Bryan," played Spike in the 976-EVIL movies, as well as Craig in No Holds Barred and Barton in Blood and Concrete.
Philip McKeon	Taylor	Was the kid on "Alice!" Then a bunch of low-budget horror flicks kissed his career's grits goodbye.
Leslie Ryan	Paula	Was Lisa Fenimore on "Santa Barbara" and Vickie in Terror in Paradise. Was also a sorority girl in Night of the Creeps.
Rod McCary	Dr. Jamison	Bobby Taylor on "Harper Valley PTA." and General Bradley in Komodo vs. Cobra.
Paul Coufos	Stone	Mike Horton on "Days of Our Lives" and a baddie in Chopping Mall, as well as Neil Hamilton in Food of the Gods II.
George Flower	Turrell	Nicknamed "Buck." From bums to bartenders, guards to background patients, he's a contender for appearing in more Smithee films than anyone else, ever... Also wrote The Bikini Carwash Company.
Brigitte Nielsen	Agnes	Was Red Sonja. Was also Stallone's ex, thus landing her Ludmilla in Rocky IV and Ingrid in Cobra.
Sigal Diamant	Barmaid	Serena in Memory; Claudia in Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning; and Cici in Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey.
Deborah Dutch	Wife in Commercial	A true scream queen. Titular Hollywood Warrioress (say THAT three times fast!).


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