Amazon.co.uk Review
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
From the Back Cover
After being turned in to the police by a football player, a mass murderer is condemned to the electric chair....but something goes horribly wrong. The electrical energy transforms him into a monster, able to enter and possess other's bodies at will. Now he is loose and unstoppable...and seeking vengeance...
