976-EVIL II, also known as 976-EVIL 2: The Astral Factor, is a 1992 supernatural horror

Horror film

Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...

–slasher

Slasher film

A slasher film is a type of horror film typically involving a psychopathic killer stalking and killing a sequence of victims in a graphically violent manner, often with a cutting tool such as a knife or axe...

 movie directed by Jim Wynorski

Jim Wynorski

Jim Wynorski is an American screenwriter, director, and producer.-Career:Wynorski has been making B-movies and exploitation movies since the early 1980s. He has directed over 75 feature films. His earliest films were released to the theatrical audience and played in movie theaters...

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The tagline for the movie was: "Call if you dare!" The film is a sequel to the 1988 horror film 976-EVIL

976-EVIL

976-EVIL is a 1989 horror film directed by Robert Englund.The film's title refers to the 976 telephone exchange, a now mostly defunct premium-rate telephone number system that was popular in the late 1980s but has since been superseded by area code 900....

. The movie was referenced in Invasion of the Scream Queens

Invasion of the Scream Queens

Invasion of the Scream Queens is a 1992 documentary film by American filmmaker Donald Farmer. The film interviews the women who have made a career out of starring in the B horror and science fiction genres are interviewed, and clips and trailers from their films are shown...

(1992).

Plot

Spike battles the supernatural in a small Californian college town. Someone is killing college co-eds at rate that is causing alarm. A pretty student, Robin, learns that her dean, Prof. Grubeck, is a ghost using astral projection and a satanic 976 “horrorscope” hotline to kill students.

Availability

The movie was released in April of 1992 on videocassette by Vestron Video

Vestron Video

Vestron Video was the main subsidiary of Vestron, Inc., a home video company based in Stamford, Connecticut that was active from 1982 to 1992. It is considered to have been a pioneer in the home video market....

. A DVD has been released in the UK, but as of December 26, 2009, Lions Gate has not announced any plans for a Region 1 DVD release.

Cast

• Debbie James as Robin
• Rene Assa as Mr. Grubeck
• Patrick O'Bryan as Spike
• Philip McKeon
  Philip McKeon
  Philip McKeon is an American actor. He is known for playing the role of Tommy Hyatt, the son of the title character, in the long-running sitcom Alice, from 1976 to 1985.-Life and career:...
  
   as Taylor
• Leslie Ryan
  Leslie Ryan
  Leslie Ryan is an American actress most notably recognized for her role as the original Lisa Fenimore on NBC's soap opera Santa Barbara. She portrayed the role briefly in 1992. It was her first and only role on a soap.-External links:...
  
   as Paula
• Brigitte Nielsen
  Brigitte Nielsen
  Brigitte Nielsen is a Danish model, actress, musician and reality television personality who began her career modelling for Greg Gorman and Helmut Newton and several years later made appearances in the 1985 films Red Sonja and Rocky IV and is also known for her marriage to Sylvester Stallone...
  
   as Agnes
• Rod McCary as Dr. Jamison
• Paul Coufos as Stone
• Daren 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