September 29, 2009
Shocker?, you?re not wrong, this is awful!
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April 6, 2008"Shocker" takes a lot of heat for the similarities it shares with another Wes Craven film, a true horror classic, "A Nightmare On Elm Street." While "Shocker" is not a horror classic, it doesn't deserve the backlash it has received. In actuality, "Shocker" is one of the better ho...( read more)
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September 13, 2006This one seems to be gaining a following. I have no idea why but to each his own...
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November 23, 2009Fuck yes! Craven takes the camerawork of Carpenter, the relentless villainy that Cameron perfected, the writing strength of Argento, and some of his own flair to produce his best work. Sure the (first two) Scream films may be cleverer, yet for sheer inventiveness this film wins. ...( read more)
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October 18, 2009pretty weird movie, the idea was fun with the electricity and all but I didn't connect myself to the caracters.
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October 8, 2009Shocker is a pretty good thriller with some good memorable moments.The killer jumping in and out of bodies is Horace Pinker who murdered Peter Berg's family and Berg is being hunted by Pinker after he escapes the electric chair.A tight soundtrack as well.
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October 2, 2009Wes Craven made some really good horror flix (Last House on the Left, The Hills Have Eyes & A Nightmare on Elm Street..even Serpent & the Rainbow is decent) but then he produces some real shit like Shocker. Craven had such a bevy of ideas this time out he even had to rip off his...( read more)
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