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Shocker

Shocker

1989Movie⏱️ 1h 49mR
ComedyHorrorThriller
5.5
IMDB Rating
19,044 votes

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...

Director
Wes Craven
Writers
N/A
Stars
Michael Murphy, Mitch Pileggi, John Tesh
Release Date
October 27, 1989
Language
English
Country
United States, Netherlands
🎯 1
Nominations
💬 118
Reviews
📋 12.7K
Watchlists
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🎭 Top Cast

Michael Murphy
Michael Murphy
as Lt. Don Parker
Mitch Pileggi
Mitch Pileggi
as Horace Pinker
John Tesh
John Tesh
as TV Newscaster
Heather Langenkamp
Heather Langenkamp
as Victim
Peter Berg
Peter Berg
as Jonathan Parker
Jessica Craven
Jessica Craven
as Counterperson
Camille Cooper
Camille Cooper
as Alison Clement
Richard Brooks
Richard Brooks
as Rhino
Sam Scarber
Sam Scarber
as Cooper
Ted Raimi
Ted Raimi
as Pac Man

💰 Box Office

$16,554,699
Worldwide Gross
$16,554,699
Domestic Gross
$4,510,990
Opening Weekend

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Sound
Ultra Stereo
Color
Color
Filming Location
Hilmer Lodge Stadium, Mt. San Antonio College - 1100 North Grand Ave., Walnut, California, USA
Production
Alive Films, Universal City Studios, Carolco International N.V.

🏷️ Keywords

supernatural powerserial killerelectric chairelectrocutiondemon

🎯 Categories

Slasher HorrorSupernatural HorrorComedyHorrorThriller

⭐ Featured Review

Good action movie!
by Rayvyn2001-02-18

"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 o..."

💡 Did You Know?

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.

📖 Synopsis

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...