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 There are three things you can expect from a Jim Wynorski film: clips of old black & white movies, laughable special effects, and plenty of T&A shots. "976-EVIL II" is certainly no exception. It goes as far as to integrate the zombies from "Night of the Living Dead" with the Christmas setting from "It's A Wonderful Life". It goes as far as to have cheezy spirals of non-luminous dots for special effects. And it goes as far as to have the camera shamelessly ogling at the voluptuous heroine every time she leans forward or bends over. As you might have guessed by the title, there is the lion's share of threatening telephone calls from the villain (played by some fellow named Rene Assa, a moniker that would get more than a few chuckles from Beavis and Butt-Head), only here the villain somehow uses out-of-body experiences--the "astral factor"--to cause trouble in two places at once. Now this would be a tough one to beat, but it doesn't matter because he makes a fatal mistake in the end. In real life, it's nice when problems take care of themselves, but in movies, it's downright disappointing when that happens. It would have been much more satisfying if the protagonists came up with a clever way to beat the bad guy, but no, they just luck out here. It's too bad because this is a fairly original film (the "Night of the Living Dead" meets "It's A Wonderful Life" segment is a rather imaginative touch). The bottom line: "976-EVIL II: The Astral Factor" is not without its charm, but ultimately it turns out to be rather disappointing. |
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** NOTE: The more dots, the better it is. 12 dots indicates a masterpiece while no dots is roughly the equivalent of testicles being flattened with a sledgehammer.** |
    
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