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Dopo essere stato mandato sulla sedia elettrica, un serial killer usa l'elettricità per tornare dai morti e compiere la sua vendetta sul giocatore di football che lo ha consegnato alla poliz... Leggi tuttoDopo essere stato mandato sulla sedia elettrica, un serial killer usa l'elettricità per tornare dai morti e compiere la sua vendetta sul giocatore di football che lo ha consegnato alla polizia.Dopo essere stato mandato sulla sedia elettrica, un serial killer usa l'elettricità per tornare dai morti e compiere la sua vendetta sul giocatore di football che lo ha consegnato alla polizia.
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- 1 candidatura
Camille Cooper
- Alison Clement
- (as Cami Cooper)
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- QuizAccording 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.
- BlooperCamera and sound crews' shadows visible during football game.
- Citazioni
Jonathan Parker: We can't go killing people just to get Pinker out of their bodies.
- Curiosità sui creditiThe music in the end credits is heard ending over the MPAA Rated R screen.
- Versioni alternativeWhile uncut in cinemas, on video it was later indexed by the BPjM. As a result, an edited FSK-16 rated version was made for a wide commercial video release in Germany. This one contains over 4 minutes of cuts for violence, either reducing or outright removing the many violent bits, making the movie pretty much unwatchable. Only in 2016 was the indexing lifted, and one year later the uncut version was granted a FSK-16 rating, waiving all cuts from previous cut German releases.
- ConnessioniFeatured in Gorgon Video Magazine (1989)
- Colonne sonoreSword and Stone
Performed by Bonfire
Written by Desmond Child, Paul Stanley and Bruce Kulick
Courtesy of BMG Ariola GmbH/RCA Records
Recensione in evidenza
Wes Craven certainly had an interesting career in the 80s. A Nightmare on Elm Street solidified the man as a master of horror. But the series went in directions he didn't want it to, so he left it. Sadly his other 80s films were usually pretty messy, and were often subjected to studio meddling. With Shocker, not only was Craven given full control, but he had the chance to outdo the now legendary Freddy Kruger...
...whoops!
The plot of Shocker is fairly similar to Renny Harlin's Prison and Jim Isaacs' House 3. A killer is put to the chair, thanks to a teenager with a psychic connection to him. A deal with the devil and over 1000 volts later, the killer is back in the form of pure electricity. Now he is after the kid responsible for his execution. No more Mr Niceguy!
Its a fun idea for sure, and it is present with its tongue firmly in its cheek. The characters and their relationships are pretty good. The actors all do what they need to to make the material work. Peter Berg makes for a very likable hero. Mitch Pileggi steals the show as the delightfully vile killer Horace Pinker, one who genuinely 'might' have rivalled Freddy if given the chance. And the soundtrack to this rocks!
Unfortunately what let's this film down is how disjointed it is. It feels like 3 films in one. The first half of it is pretty solid, classic Craven through and through. The horror and humour are perfectly balanced and the atmosphere is great. Once Pinker is killed and comes back, we go even sillier. This quarter of the film isn't as good, but is great for a laugh. Not really what you want from a horror film, but fun is fun.
It is the films ending, it's final quarter, that flushes it down the toilet. Reality and atmosphere are completely abandoned. The film becomes an unfunny cartoon (Pileggis performance not included). This is not helped by the truly terrible special effects. I don't know why, even as a concept, Craven thought that this was a good way to end the film.
In the end I do like Shocker, though it was a close call. The first half, and even the little time after it, are too good and fun for me to write it off. The same goes for the acting, music and overall directing of the film. It's such a shame about that ending. So, Elm Street it is not (don't make me laugh, though it is better than some if the sequels). But a bit of fun, Shocker is.
...whoops!
The plot of Shocker is fairly similar to Renny Harlin's Prison and Jim Isaacs' House 3. A killer is put to the chair, thanks to a teenager with a psychic connection to him. A deal with the devil and over 1000 volts later, the killer is back in the form of pure electricity. Now he is after the kid responsible for his execution. No more Mr Niceguy!
Its a fun idea for sure, and it is present with its tongue firmly in its cheek. The characters and their relationships are pretty good. The actors all do what they need to to make the material work. Peter Berg makes for a very likable hero. Mitch Pileggi steals the show as the delightfully vile killer Horace Pinker, one who genuinely 'might' have rivalled Freddy if given the chance. And the soundtrack to this rocks!
Unfortunately what let's this film down is how disjointed it is. It feels like 3 films in one. The first half of it is pretty solid, classic Craven through and through. The horror and humour are perfectly balanced and the atmosphere is great. Once Pinker is killed and comes back, we go even sillier. This quarter of the film isn't as good, but is great for a laugh. Not really what you want from a horror film, but fun is fun.
It is the films ending, it's final quarter, that flushes it down the toilet. Reality and atmosphere are completely abandoned. The film becomes an unfunny cartoon (Pileggis performance not included). This is not helped by the truly terrible special effects. I don't know why, even as a concept, Craven thought that this was a good way to end the film.
In the end I do like Shocker, though it was a close call. The first half, and even the little time after it, are too good and fun for me to write it off. The same goes for the acting, music and overall directing of the film. It's such a shame about that ending. So, Elm Street it is not (don't make me laugh, though it is better than some if the sequels). But a bit of fun, Shocker is.
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- Budget
- 5.000.000 USD (previsto)
- Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
- 16.554.699 USD
- Fine settimana di apertura Stati Uniti e Canada
- 4.510.990 USD
- 29 ott 1989
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 16.554.699 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 49 minuti
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- 1.85 : 1
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