- Format: PAL
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 18
- Studio: Momentum
- DVD Release Date: 22 Oct 2001
- Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00005OCVL
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 82,388 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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Shocker allows Wes Craven to hang onto his title as the master of the horror genre--but only just. Centring once more on a charismatic lead character (Horace Pinker) Shocker continues Craven's penchant for combining fantasy and horror. Pinker (played with zeal by Mitch Pileggi of X-Files fame) is a serial killer--the "family slasher"--terrorising the inhabitants of the city of. Having murdered the foster family and girlfriend of all-American boy Jonathon Parker (Peter Berg), the latter finds he can foresee Pinker's actions in his dreams. The resulting supernatural developments (including ghosts, magic charms and possessed bodies) are more than a little muddled but underpinned by the continuous gruesome hack and slash action. A film with its brain most definitely disengaged, Shocker is still undemanding, wince-inducing fun.
On the DVD: Not much to offer from this format. The splendidly dated 1980's American heavy metal soundtrack (including Kiss and Megadeth) comes through loud and clear and the sound effects are certainly horribly audible. Picture quality is fine but not spectacular. Extras are limited to scene selection, the trailer and a selection of storyboards and their cinematic equivalents. --Phil Udell
Video Description
DVD Special Features: Trailer
Storyboard vs. Film Scenes
(Multi-Angle Function)
Audio-commentary by director Wes Craven
Language: English, Dolby Digital 2.0; German
Subtitles: English; German; Turkish; 1.85:1 widescreeen 16:9 version
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Horace Pinker's well better than Beesleys mum!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Shocker [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Horace Pinker is a sadistic mass murderer who kills for fun(you can tell) A football player named Jonathan teams up with his foster dad to nail the killer. When he dies, he gets transported into the electricity and goes on a rampage which results in an endless bloodbath with car chases, building chases and even a great chase through the T.V. I admit it gets very stupid near the end buts thats all the fun of it really!
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Its shocking how this wasn't a hit,
By Bryan (Highlands) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Shocker [DVD] (DVD)
This is a great film that's serious and funny and is very fun to watch. If you're a fan of B-movies then you wont regret it. (I know I wont)
3.0 out of 5 stars
Entertaining but kind of silly,
By StormSworder (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Shocker [DVD] (DVD)
I'm not sure whether this was intended as a serious film or some kind of black comedy. It starts off very promisingly. A serial killer is on the loose, has so far evaded the police. After an accident during a game, local young American Footballer Jonathan Parker has an out-of-body experience in which he discovers the murderer is limping TV repairman Horace Pinker. Before long Jonathan's girlfriend has been murdered and he is determined to bring Pinker to justice.
There begin the problems. After his capture Pinker is sold to us as "the new Freddy", and his orange prison uniform is quite obviously intended as his marketable "outfit". In fact, the execution and Pinker's subsequent ability to travel by means of electrical energy means the film often feels like a parody of "House 3:The Horror Show", a film arguably inspired by Wes Craven's own Nightmare on Elm Street series. But whereas Freddy started out as a dark, menacing figure, Pinker is played for laughs throughout most of this film. His ability to appear on the TV in various old movies and TV shows means the whole thing descends into pop culture. The film does have its good horror moments. Pinker's ability to hi-jack a human body means various members of the public including a cop, a little girl and even Jonathan's own father, are turned into rampaging monsters, and the scenes in which Jonathan's dead girlfriend returns as an angel-like figure are effective. Overall, this is entertaining if you don't take it too seriously and it's at least a lot better than most of the later Freddy films.
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