Comments on Direct to Video Connoisseur: 976-EVIL (1988)

It's cool to see this one has ginned up some n...

2012-01-13T17:12:36.344-08:00

It's cool to see this one has ginned up some nostalgia for so many, because it did the same for me. And great point SNS, the 976 number is as extinct as the video store-- even more so actually.

i have fond memories of seeing this movie's po...

2012-01-13T01:57:34.923-08:00

i have fond memories of seeing this movie's poster in the video store, though i have never seen it, i may have to check it out based on that last picture...if/when it shows up on instant watch. they only have the sequel right now.

in addition to vhs, it's pretty weird to think that newer generations will not know what 976 phone numbers are.

I completely agree with you on Spike's girl, k...

2012-01-12T08:59:05.365-08:00

I completely agree with you on Spike's girl, killing he roff made no sense to me, though I still had a decent time with this film, I loved the scene where the kid walks up to the guys playing poker and says "i'd like to open with a pair of hearts" then he drops two beating hearts onto the table!

The sequel also had it's moments, but also had a REALLY bad ending.

I have this one and it's sequel on VHS. I love...

2012-01-12T04:57:08.016-08:00

I have this one and it's sequel on VHS. I love both of them but thinking about them now I think I liked the sequel more...probably because it was "badder". Still like the first one too.

Man, I haven't seen this in forever. Like you,...

2012-01-11T20:17:05.242-08:00

Man, I haven't seen this in forever. Like you, I remember not liking it very much and really only remembering that Robert Englund directed it and that Evil Ed starred in it. I also read that the VHS, oddly, was of a longer cut than the DVD, which is usually the other way around. Good thing I love collecting VHS anyway. lol. Great review!

Oh, good point about the VHS vs. the DVD, I forgot...

2012-01-11T19:14:58.751-08:00

Oh, good point about the VHS vs. the DVD, I forgot that the extended cut is only on VHS. It is one of those nostalgia films that is best seen on VHS though, I agree with you there.

I remember renting this with friends after we'd seen it at the video store who knows how many times. At the time we didn't like it, but being 23 years out from it does add an element-- it's definitely not a horror movie that you'd see today with the current state of the genre. I'm planning on doing the sequel in a few weeks. If you live in the States it's currently on Netflix Watch Instantly.

Nice. This was a flick that I remember being reall...

2012-01-11T19:02:41.791-08:00

Nice. This was a flick that I remember being really excited about when it hit dial up pay per view. Roughly the same time I was an Englund nut. Definitely came to enjoy it more when I got older. Never have seen the sequel.

This was one of those 80's horrors I had to ge...

2012-01-11T18:41:01.138-08:00

This was one of those 80's horrors I had to get on VHS even though the DVD was available. It felt 'right' you know. Then I discovered the tape was a longer cut than the DVD anyway, so double win.