Where to Watch Shocker
- Patrick Wai6 april 2026This has big peak-’80s “we have an idea, several wigs, and absolutely no brakes” energy. The acting is gloriously bad, the plot is predictable until it suddenly becomes confusing, and the whole thing feels like the kind of movie I probably would’ve thought ruled in high school after two Mountain Dews and no standards. The dream-stalking stuff inevitably brings A Nightmare on Elm Street to mind — which makes sense, since Wes Craven directed both — but this feels like the bargain-bin, louder, sillier cousin. The old-school effects are charming in a dusty VHS way, but very dated, and the movie is a solid 20 minutes too long. That said, I absolutely loved the lunatic gimmick of jumping into the TV and bouncing through different shows; it’s the one part where the movie becomes the kind of deranged nonsense it should’ve been all along. Critics weren’t exactly kind to it either: Shocker sits at 30% on Rotten Tomatoes, and even the consensus is basically “cool premise, lame result,” which feels about right. In the end, it’s a messy, overcooked, half-dumb, half-delightful horror relic: too long, too goofy, and too confused to be genuinely good — but just weird enough to stay mildly entertaining.
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Shocker was released on 27 oktober 1989.
Shocker was directed by Wes Craven.
Shocker has a runtime of 1 u, 51 m.
Shocker was produced by Barin Kumar, Marianne Maddalena.
Een man die bij ander mensen thuis televisies repareert blijkt op deze manier veel mensen te vermoorden. Deze seriemoordenaar, Horace Pinker, wordt veroordeeld tot de elektrische stoel. Na zijn dood gebruikt hij elektriciteit als middel om wraak te nemen op de persoon die hem op de elektrische stoel bracht, de jonge atleet Jonathan Parker.
The key characters in Shocker are Lt. Don Parker (Michael Murphy), Horace Pinker (Mitch Pileggi), Jonathan Parker (Peter Berg).
Shocker is rated 16.
Shocker is a Horror, Thriller, Komedie film.
Shocker has an audience rating of 3.2 out of 10.
Shocker had a budget of US$ 5 mln..
Shocker has made US$ 16,6 mln. at the box office.