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DanTheMan 2 Like a frenzied fever dream fueled by the power of righteous heavy metal, Wes Craven's Shocker was a clear attempt by the filmmaker to capitalise on the increasingly diminishing quality of the Elm Street sequels. One that starts as a relatively straightforward unbearably suspenseful, stylish and blood-drenched ride but soon careens off the rails with an over-the-top off-the-wall craziness the moment Alice Cooper starts playing. The film is certainly one of Craven's more out-there cult classics, amalgamating his most ambitious ideas and a viciously wild visual style, the film is deliciously cheesy at points but never tedious thanks to Craven's great direction with his flair for action and sick humour shining throughout with an enthusiastic pacing and some truly spectacular special effects certainly helping to make up for the uncharacteristically loose structure and long-winded running time. It balances the horror and humour perfectly, creating a fierce satire on American television and how the medium distorts our view of reality. With some hilariously entertaining acting choices and a rocking high-voltage soundtrack, Shocker is crammed with dazzling bursts of macabre technique even if it may be Craven treading over familiar ground. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/29/24 Full Review Jonathan O Shocker has some nightmare on elm street vibe but it's about a killer goes people's body and possessed them and trying to murder Jonathan *not me lol* but is really bloody supernatural slasher horror with dark humor and is quite fun and the special effects looks amazing and some familiar locations including my MT.SAC which I used to be there but is really entertaining along with great heavy metal songs. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/18/24 Full Review Carson P This was an interesting an awesome horror film it’s has an original idea of a madman that overacts and electrocutes himself this was a suspenseful and scary as hell Schocker indeed while it isn’t as good as the other 70s and 80s classic films like there were a few nuusearing scenes like him biting off the guards chin like rubber but it was overall a decent watch I give it a 6/10 Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/10/24 Full Review Liam D This is Wes Craven at his most silly and cheesy. It works for the most part Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 10/08/24 Full Review Allan C Wes Craven rips himself off, creating a knockoff of Freddy Krueger with Mitch Pileggi (Skinner from THE X-FILES) as Horace Pinker, a serial killer who got the electric chair, but who in death now has the ability to kill people through their electronics. Okay, it's different from killing people in their dreams, but the film starts the same as the original Elm Street film, with Pileggi building some sort of mysterious electronic device. Also, the main character, played by Peter Berg, who I always thought was a dopy actor, even in good films like THE LAST SEDUCTION, but who became a solid writer/director with movies like FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS and THE KINGDOM, dreams about his family being killed and then it happens. Although Craven clearly had hopes of launching a new franchise with SHOCKER, he is a solid filmmaker, so although his script feels unoriginal, the film is well crafted, even when it feels too jokey to be scary. Michael Murphy, John Tesh, Ted Raimi, and Elm Street alum Heather Langenkamp (in a cameo) also appear in the film. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 11/23/23 Full Review Mark A Not sure at all why this hasn't got higher reviews. One of the best action horror films ever. Not to mention it has a killer soundtrack with dudes of wrath. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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