Shocker (Collector's Edition) [Blu-ray]

If you are expecting a horror epic, or a film to preach some sort of existential metaphor; this isn’t the film for you. Shocker is a fast paced, fun, horror with plenty of intentional humor to it. An unpretentious masterpiece that delivers. I found all the actors, everyone of them to do an excellent job. This film is also easily one of Cravens best shot films too. It’s light years framed, lit, and visually executed better then Nightmare on Elm Street. Not to knock on that film, it’s another great from Craven. This one visually just looks better. The score is upbeat and rocking, you can tell everyone involved had a good time making it too. I prefer this movie over Hills 1 and 2, People under the stairs, serpent and the rainbow, the craven film with the soccer ball that kills someone, and the one with Bill Sorvino. Hands down one of his best films. Side note for gore hounds: Its not a blood bath but it’s thoroughly entertaining. Don’t believe the negativity train. Give it a shot or a rewatch.

From the director of A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, Wes Craven's horror pictures always have a few wild ideas knocking around inside them, and this 1989 slashfest is no exception.The electrocution of a mass murderer turns into a kind of cosmic jump-start: Relentless mass murderer Horace Pinker is reborn as a wicked elusive electronic phantom, capable of leaping from one body to another. (This trick is also used to good effect in THE HIDDEN and FALLEN.) Pinker is a stinker & Craven was clearly trying to set up another franchise villain in the vein of his NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET champ, Freddy Krueger--perhaps a bit too baldly.However, amidst the mayhem, the film's real subject is the poisonous presence of mass media, as Pinker (played by THE X-FILES' Mitch Pileggi) insinuates himself as a free-floating spirit run amok in television itself. In its own pulp way, SHOCKER gets at the heart of media-culture inanity quicker than a 10-week college class on the subject, & although Craven occasionally lapses into generic bloodletting, he always snaps right back with some crazy angle on the TV nation.The hero is played by a young Peter Berg, the CHICAGO HOPE star who would go on to direct his own shocker, VERY BAD THINGS.Unfortunately SHOCKER failed to catch on with audiences (somewhere there's a warehouse full of unsold Horace Pinker action figures), but it's definitely worth a look for horror fans.Universal released SHOCKER theatrically in the Fall of 1989 and it grossed $16,554,699 at the box office, but unfortunately didn't do to well in the ratings, despite the fact that this was the most relentless Wes Craven flick since A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET which was theatrically released in the Fall of 1984.As a matter of fact, this thriller takes me back to memory lane to when I was 17 years old & a Junior in high school since that's when this was released in the Fall of 1989.SHOCKER also had some cameos and returning co-stars from previous Wes Craven flicks in it like*Heather Langenkamp who played Nancy Thompson in the original A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET which played Pinker's intended victim*Director Wes Craven which portrayed the neighbor in this movie just like John Carpenter had a cameo appearance in his masterpiece horror flick THE FOG back in 1980.*Wes Craven's daughter(Jessica Craven)which played the clerk*Wes Craven's son(Jonathan Craven)played as the jogger & 1 of Pinker's possessed hosts

I really can't understand why some people insisted on giving this film a 1 or 2 out of 5 stars. It's mind boggling!The plot of the film is about a psychotic, murdering TV repairman named Horace Pinker, who's on the loose in the suburban LA area. Lt. Don Parker has been assigned to investigate the murders and when he becomes too involved, Pinker hunts down Parker's wife, foster daughter, and foster son and kills them all. The only one unharmed is his other son, Jonathan Parker. Jonathan somehow becomes linked with Horace through his dreams and leads Don and other officers to to Horace's TV shop where a shootout occurs and Pinker escapes. As retribution, Pinker tracks down Jonathan's girlfriend, Allison and kills her. Another dream leads Jonathan, Don, and the police to Pinker again, who this time is in the midst of a kidnapping.After Jonathan chases Pinker to a rooftop, Pinker prepares to kill Jonathan but is arrested and taken in by the police. Pinker is convicted and is sentenced to death via electric chair. Before his death, Pinker reveals to Jonathan that he is his biological son and that when Jonathan was a kid, he shot Pinker in his knee to try and stop him from killing his mother. After Pinker's execution, he comes back to life to the shock of everyone. What they don't know is that before he went to the chair, Pinker sold his soul to the Devil, allowing him to come back from the dead as an electrical spirit.Once Pinker's spirit is on the loose, he begins possessing the bodies of and killing Jonathan's closest friends and associates. Jonathan must find a way to beat Pinker and send him to hell before he becomes Pinker's next victim.As I said, I don't know why people negatively criticize this film so much. It's a thriller not a horror, so don't expect there to be a whole lot of jump scares or terrifying scenes. The film is nicely put together with an awesome soundtrack from some of the 80s most famous rock and metal bands. The first time I saw this movie which was back in the Summer of 2005, I immediately became a big fan of this movie. It may very well be my favorite Wes Craven film of all time----next to Scream, Nightmare on Elm Street, and Wishmaster that is. The fact is, Shocker is one of Wes Craven's best films ever! It may not be a masterpiece, but it's up there though

classic

enjoyable.

Bought as a gift for my husband. Not my taste. But he likes it.

Dirigida por Wes Craven, está comedia de terror toma elementos de otra clásica de Craven: ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’, y cuenta la historia de un asesino en serie que sigue haciendo de las suyas después de haber sido electrocutado.Por momentos graciosa y en otros aterradora, combina bien ese balance entre esos dos: géneros que rara vez hacen match.Vale la pena si se es fan de Wes, pero para quien no sea fan, es de las mejores representantes del director y la encontrará bastante atractiva.El Blu-ray de Shout Factory tiene audio en inglés y subtítulo en inglés.NO tiene audio ni subtítulo en español.

As a first-time viewer, I found this film enjoyable even if it does get cheesy especially closer to the ending of the film. The scream factory/shout factory version Bluray, which I purchased, is outstanding. The picture quality is great as are the added special features. Worth a watch/buy for curious horror fans as well as for fans of Wes Cravens's work!

The ending on the bluray is not the one released in the theater. If you were a fan of the original dont buy.. Original ending was hilarious, bluray is not worth buying disappointed....

Haven't seen this since the days of VHS. A good Halloween fright night flick. So I finally found it on DVD. Delivery was right on time on this one.

The media could not be loaded.  Todo me gustó super bluray llegó muy pronto me gustó el precio no tengo nada negativo de decir