Shocker (1989)

This movie deserves a higher rating. Not sure why some people are so negative about it. This is a classic horror flick. Wes at his best. This is so underrated!

Fmovies: Shocker is one of my favorite serial killer movies. At first glance it might look like a standard hack and slash movie though it has some of those elements, it isn't. There is some originality to this movie and the characters aren't your run of the mill dumb high school students. Oh, they're in high school, they're just not dumb. The "Shocker" played well by Mitch Pileggi of X-Files fame is a lot better than Freddie Kreuger or Jason Vorhees. He has a reason for killing that I won't give away. Not all of the students are killed if you can believe it and the ones that make it deserve to. There is a very good scene involving the killer and hero as they fight across multiple TV channels that I've never seen done before this movie. There is comedy in this movie but not much. It is not a "scary" horror movie. It is more of an action move that is done well. Catch it or rent it if you can.

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I'm not the type of person who reviews movies on technical aspects. I do it based on entertainment. I LOVE Shocker. Its entertaining, fun with a great villain(Mitch Pilegi of X Files fame as the demonic TV repair man Horace Pinker) an incredibly likable hero(director Peter Berg as Jonathan Sparker) and directed by the great Wes Craven. Linker is a television repair man who through the use of black magic comes back from beyond the grave after a date with the electric chair. Now a ball of electric energy Horace can jump from not only person to person but television set to television set. Only young Jonathan and the ghost of his dead love and the heart necklace he bought her can stop the murderous electrical demon. Energetic, fun and at times very dark shocker is a great thrill ride from Wes Craven with a killer soundtrack. Ignore all the negativity and give it a try. Maybe you'll like it. He's nationwide now. No More Mr. Nice Guy.

Shocker fmovies. Jonathan Parker (Peter Berg) is been having dreams of a psychopath serial killer Horace Pinker (Mitch Pileggi). When Jonathan sees his step mother and his family are murder in his dream that turns into reality. Jonathan could also identity him with the help of his step-father (Micheal Murphy), who is a Police Detective. When his father finally caught Pinker. Pinker is sent to prison to the electric chair. But before Pinker dies, He is into the black magic. Pinker has the power to transfer his could into different human bodies for a brief moment at the time. Which Pinker is making more victims faster than ever. Making Jonathan more difficult to destroy Pinker.

Written and Directed by Wes Craven (Scream Trilogy, Cursed, Red Eye) made an absolutely entertaining supernatural horror thriller. Craven for better or worse, he re-imagine his "A Nightmare on Elm Street" with a bigger budget and talented cast. Craven has some fresh ideals but also he uses some elements from Jack Sholder's The Hidden. Which The Hidden and Shocker were later borrow to the extremely flawed but watchable "Fallen" and the campy "Jason Goes to Hell:The Final Friday".

This film has excellent use of Special Effects, this film was shot on a low budget. Shocker was shot in ten weeks, giving Craven enough time making the film look professional. This film is violent, it has some scares and it contains a memorable gross-out scene, which it was also later used in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill Vol.1. Which it is the infamous lip biting stretching scene.

DVD has an sharp anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) transfer and an good-Dolby 2.0 Surround Sound. The DVD only has an Original Theatrical Trailer and Production Notes as Extras. The film features an Heavy Metal soundtrack by Megadeth, Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, Dangerous Toys and Others. The Heavy Metal soundtrack of the film is good. This horror film is well photographed by Jacques Haitkin (Wishmaster). The film has good performances by Berg, Pileggi and Murphy. The film also stars:Cami Cooper as Jonathan's Girlfriend and Victim of Pinker's, Richard Brooks and Ted Raimi. Peter Berg is now a filmmaker (also actor), he has directed the underrated "Very Bad Things", an enjoyable action adventure "The Rundown" and the true life football drama "Friday Night Lights". This is One of Craven's best and One of the most Underrated horror films of the 80's. Watch for Reporter turned Pinalist John Test in a bit role as a T.V. News Archorman. Look fast for Heather Langerkamp in the opening scene as a victim. (**** ½/*****).

This is one of my favorite horror films from master of horror Wes Craven. The movie come out on September 8, 2015 on Blu-ray disc from Scream factory. One of the best very underrated supernatural horror films. It is my second favorite Wes Craven film it is dear to my heart it is close to A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) the original film that I love to death it is my number 1 Wes Craven film, this is my second film. I love Shocker to death it is a movie I grew up with it.

This film come out in 1989 the same year that was A Nightmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child released and Shocker is Miles was better movie than The Dream Child in my opinion. Heather Langenkamp from A Nightmare on Elm Street 1, 3 and New Nightmare is in here as Pinker's first victim, she has a cameo scene I am glad. Heather and Wes collaborated the third time working together. Heather was excellent in here as Horace Pinker's first victim. Mitch Pileggi as Horace Pinker was a bad-ass slasher like Freddy Krueger from Elm Street series. I love his one liners, I love the acting performance from the actor Mitch Pileggi. He was excellent as Horace Pinker serial killer. Fantastic dream sequences creative made. The movie is well imaginative made. Peter Berg as Jonathan Parker as the hero was excellent I love him in this movie. Cami Cooper as Alison Clemens girlfriend of Jonathan Parker was excellent I like her performance In here. Wes Craven written and directed perfectly this movie. I miss Cami Cooper the actress also is not in the film business anymore, I miss the actress she was great as Alison Clemens.

The movie is about a serial killer in this town who dose several murders. He is a TV Service man Horace Pinker. There is this football kid Jonathan Parker in a collage. He has a dream in which he dreams that Horace kills his adoptive family. He finds out that the dream was true and his foster family is murdered. He finds out that his dream is connected to the killer and when he identified the killer by his Detective father Lt. Don Parker. Horace kills 4 cops and escapes and get's revenge on Jonathan when his identity was exposed and kills his girlfriend. Trough dream sequence Jonathan tracks him down and helps police to capture him. Horace goes on a eclectic chair, but before that Horace plays with black magic with electricity, he get's zapped on a electric chair and Horace Pinker transforms into terrifying energy source. He becomes a shape shifting demon who posses body's to get revenge on Jonathan Parker. Now Jonathan Parker, with an uncanny connection to Pinker trough bizarre dreams, can fight the powerful demon alone. The Two dive in and out of television programs, chasing each other from channel trough stunning scenes of disaster, game shows and old reruns.

This movie is pretty damn good I always enjoy this film I have it on Blu-ray I absolutely love the work from Wes Craven and Heather Langenkamp. Cami Cooper was a ghost as Alison in this movie she fight off Horace and helps Jonathan. This movie is unique and different from Nightmare On Elm Street. Shocker and A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge are very underrated 80's horror movie that I will always cherish and love. It has a good ideas that Wes Craven made, a very unique movie he made. Very entertaining it goes fast around. The whole possession thing he used was interesting twist on in with electrically current possessing people going in and out and TV's to the furniture. One point has the furniture eyes try's to hold Jonathan. It is very

This is better than expected. Wes Craven tries to create another boogeyman in the character of Horace Pinker. Pinker is a serial killer who studies voodoo and kills entire families in their sleep. A young college football player named Jon (Peter Berg) develops a psychic link with Pinker. Jon begins an attempt to help the police catch the crazed killer. The first half of the film is realistic and intense, but the second half is based in the supernatural. Pinker gets the electric chair but becomes an evil entity that can transfer from body to body (mush like "Fallen" with Denzel Washington) and move through electricity. Once again Jon must use his link to stop the killer. Or is the killer to powerful to be stopped? There is some surprising gore and a pretty nifty plot twist. It's fun to watch a young Peter Berg in an earlier role but the film tend to drag a little. This film came near the end of the slasher craze and Craven was trying to cash in on it one more time. Craven was trying to make a point about televisions and the media, it was evident in the film. Overall, it was a solid and better than average slasher flick with a supernatural killer.