This was Robert "Freddie Krueger" Englund's first outing as a director and it's a curate's egg of a film. He manages to give the film that distinct Elm St look but fails to make sense of the scripy. One scene of a woman getting killed outside a shop seems to have been placed completely at random. Stephen Geoffreys plays Hoax, the oldest school kid since Rizzo in Grease, a bullied outsider who plots revenge against his tormentors with the help of a demon on the end of a phone line. That's simple enough but the presence of a cool cousin, Spike, who's big enough to protect him and uses the line first, a religious sadist mother , a guy who doesn't know whether he's a cop or a journalist and a teacher's sudden elevation to final girl status make it horribly confused.
Lezlie Deane ( as Suzie )
Sex : Suzie has sex with Spike
Death : Bitten by poisonous spiders
Lezlie was born in Texas. This was her first film after a string of TV appearances. She went on to appear with Englund in a couple of Elm St projects before putting her acting career on hold to join lesbin pop group Fem2fem in 1993. Wikipedia currently makes wholly fictitious claims about UK success for the group. She briefly returned to acting in 1997 then became captain and coach of a roller derby team.
Maria Rubell ( as Angela )
Sex : No
Death : Survives
This was the first film for Maria whose brief acting career was coming to an end.
Wendy J Cooke (as Gang girl )
Sex : She has to do a strip tease for the gang
Death : Survives ( in the absence of evidence to the contrary)
Wendy was a bit part actress active in film and TV for ten years from 1995. Her biggest achievement was a three episode run in The Wonder Years .
Roxanne Rogers ( as Waitress)
Sex : No
Death : Survives
Roxanne is the sister of actor Sam Shephard. Her career apparently ended in 1990 after a handful of films but she unexpectedly returned to film in 2013 and is still working.
Mindy Seeger ( as Victim )
Sex : No
Death : Fatally injured by flying glass
Mindy was the daughter of director Hal Seeger. She was mainly active on TV where she is best remembered for playing Chris in The West Wing , after which she retired.
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