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Shocker
1989
After a series of unusual dreams, young football star Jonathan Parker (Peter Berg) captures serial killer Horace Pinker (Mitch Pileggi), a diabolical television repairman responsible for the deaths of several families. Pinker is sentenced to die in the electric chair, but the execution goes awry and more people are mysteriously .. Read more
| Starring | Michael Murphy, Peter Berg, Richard Brooks, Cami Cooper |
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| Director | Wes Craven |
| Genres | Horror |
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Shocker
After a series of unusual dreams, young football star Jonathan Parker (Peter Berg) captures serial killer Horace Pinker (Mitch Pileggi), a diabolical television repairman responsible for the deaths of several families. Pinker is sentenced to die in the electric chair, but the execution goes awry and more people are mysteriously killed. Jonathan realizes that Pinker has used black magic to transfer himself into electricity, able to travel through power lines into homes through television sets. Despite the skepticism of his police detective father (Michael Murphy), only Jonathan can track Pinker down and destroy him once and for all. Director Wes Craven combines his serial killer thriller with a dash of social criticism, satirizing the modern obsession with the media in ways similar to his later hit SCREAM. Horace Pinker is a tough slasher in the Freddy Krueger mode, making wisecracks between murders, making SHOCKER a tense but funny horror movie, with appearances by John Tesh and Dr. Timothy Leary (as a televangelist) as well as a cameo by Craven himself. The film climaxes in a wild chase between Jonathan and Pinker through the dangerous television landscapes, a realm where anything can happen.
| Starring | Michael Murphy, Peter Berg, Richard Brooks, Cami Cooper, Mitch Pileggi |
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| Director | Wes Craven |
| Studio | MOMENTUM PICTURES |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 45 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Horror |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | German |
| Subtitles | DVD: English, German, Turkish |
| Released | DVD: 22 Oct 2001 Production year: 1989 |
| Format | DVD |
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A bit like Nightmare on Elm Street, Prison and Carrie but with all the wrong bits, this dud from Wes Craven charts the murderous exploits of an electrocuted maniac TV repair man who can appear wherever someone switches on a set. Sci-fi TV fans will recognise the television bogeyman Horace Pinker as Mitch Pileggi, who went on to play Director Skinner in The X Files. Confusing, tedious, far too long and decidedly unshocking, it's a shame such a neat concept was wasted by Craven in his worst movie.
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Wholesome college boy Jonathan (Berg) is beset by nightmares, visions of mayhem which are subsequently enacted in real... read more on Time Out
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Better than I expected
Basically a rather ruthless serial killer manages to make himself invincible by conducting some sort of ritual before his execution. He then continues to terrorise a father and son while at the time time passing from body to body in electrical form. Quite entertaining for what it is and didn't expect much from this film. I guess thats why I liked it.
You either think this film is incredibly silly or good fun. It depends on how you approach the film. If expect a serious horror I guess you will be the former. If, like me you left your mind open and just enjoy it for what it is then you will be in latter group. -
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Better than I expected
Basically a rather ruthless serial killer manages to make himself invincible by conducting some sort of ritual before his execution. He then continues to terrorise a father and son while at the time time passing from body to body in electrical form. Quite entertaining for what it is and didn't expect much from this film. I guess thats why I liked it.
You either think this film is incredibly silly or good fun. It depends on how you approach the film. If expect a serious horror I guess you will be the former. If, like me you left your mind open and just enjoy it for what it is then you will be in latter group. -
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Shocker
After a series of unusual dreams, young football star Jonathan Parker (Peter Berg) captures serial killer Horace Pinker (Mitch Pileggi), a diabolical television repairman responsible for the deaths of several families. Pinker is sentenced to die in the electric chair, but the execution goes awry ...
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