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Shocker

  • 1989
  • R
  • 1h 49m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
19K
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Mitch Pileggi in Shocker (1989)
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A psychotic serial killer is finally caught thanks to a high school football player who has a strange connection to the killer. Right before getting executed, he performs a demonic ritual an... Read allA psychotic serial killer is finally caught thanks to a high school football player who has a strange connection to the killer. Right before getting executed, he performs a demonic ritual and uses electricity to come back from the dead.A psychotic serial killer is finally caught thanks to a high school football player who has a strange connection to the killer. Right before getting executed, he performs a demonic ritual and uses electricity to come back from the dead.

  • Director
    • Wes Craven
  • Writer
    • Wes Craven
  • Stars
    • Michael Murphy
    • Mitch Pileggi
    • John Tesh
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    19K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Wes Craven
    • Writer
      • Wes Craven
    • Stars
      • Michael Murphy
      • Mitch Pileggi
      • John Tesh
    • 114User reviews
    • 110Critic reviews
    • 51Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Shocker
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    Shocker: Horace Gets Zapped
    Clip 2:23
    Shocker: Horace Gets Zapped
    Shocker: The Dudes Of Wrath Interview
    Featurette 1:43
    Shocker: The Dudes Of Wrath Interview

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    Michael Murphy
    Michael Murphy
    • Lt. Don Parker
    Mitch Pileggi
    Mitch Pileggi
    • Horace Pinker
    John Tesh
    John Tesh
    • TV Newscaster
    Heather Langenkamp
    Heather Langenkamp
    • Victim
    Peter Berg
    Peter Berg
    • Jonathan Parker
    Jessica Craven
    Jessica Craven
    • Counterperson
    Camille Cooper
    Camille Cooper
    • Alison Clement
    • (as Cami Cooper)
    Richard Brooks
    Richard Brooks
    • Rhino
    Sam Scarber
    Sam Scarber
    • Cooper
    Ted Raimi
    Ted Raimi
    • Pac Man
    • (as Theodore Raimi)
    Keith Anthony-Lubow-Bellamy
    • Football Player
    Virginia Morris
    Virginia Morris
    • Diane
    Emily Samuel
    Emily Samuel
    • Sally
    Peter Tilden
    • Reporter
    Bingham Ray
    Bingham Ray
    • Bartender
    Sue Ann Harris
    • Waitress
    Eugene Chadbourne
    • Man in Bar
    Jack Hoar
    • Sergeant
    • Director
      • Wes Craven
    • Writer
      • Wes Craven
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      According to Wes Craven, the film was severely cut for an R-rating. It took around 13 submissions to the MPAA to receive an R instead of an X rating. Some of the scenes that were cut include: Pinker spitting out fingers that he bit off from prison guard, longer and more graphic electrocution of Pinker, and longer scene of possessed coach stabbing his own hand.
    • Goofs
      Camera and sound crews' shadows visible during football game.
    • Quotes

      Jonathan Parker: We can't go killing people just to get Pinker out of their bodies.

    • Crazy credits
      The music in the end credits is heard ending over the MPAA Rated R screen.
    • Alternate versions
      While uncut in cinemas, on video it was later indexed by the BPjM. As a result, an edited FSK-16 rated version was made for a wide commercial video release in Germany. This one contains over 4 minutes of cuts for violence, either reducing or outright removing the many violent bits, making the movie pretty much unwatchable. Only in 2016 was the indexing lifted, and one year later the uncut version was granted a FSK-16 rating, waiving all cuts from previous cut German releases.
    • Connections
      Featured in Gorgon Video Magazine (1989)
    • Soundtracks
      Sword and Stone
      Performed by Bonfire

      Written by Desmond Child, Paul Stanley and Bruce Kulick

      Courtesy of BMG Ariola GmbH/RCA Records

    User reviews114

    Featured review

    Good action movie!

    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.

    Rayvyn
    • Rayvyn
    • Feb 17, 2001
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    • Release date
      • October 27, 1989 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Wes Craven's Shocker
    • Filming locations
      • Hilmer Lodge Stadium, Mt. San Antonio College - 1100 North Grand Ave., Walnut, California, USA(stadium)
    • Production companies
      • Alive Films
      • Universal City Studios
      • Carolco International N.V.
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $5,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $16,554,699
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $4,510,990
      • Oct 29, 1989
    • Gross worldwide
      • $16,554,699
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 49 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Ultra Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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