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A murderous TV repairman, Horace Pinker (Mitch Pileggi) is killing people in a small town left, right and center. He eventually finds the home of Lt. Parker (Michael Murphy), who is investigating his crimes, and savagely murders Parker's wife, son and daughter. His other son, Jonathan (Peter Berg) has a strange connection to Pinker through his dreams, and he directs his father to Pinker's business, where a small group of officers enter. Pinker escapes in a horrific spree, killing four officers and then targeting Jonathan's girlfriend, Alison. Another dream leads Jonathan and his dad to a residence where they catch Pinker in in the act of kidnapping. Pinker is arrested after a fight with Jonathan and sentenced to die in the electric chair. When executed, Pinker - who supposedly had given his soul to the devil in exchange for the power to come back as an energy source - takes over people's bodies and continues committing murders, until Jonathan devises a plan to bring Pinker into the real world, and then cut off his power source...
Movie Tagline:
On October 2, at 6:45 AM mass murderer Horace Pinker was put to death. Now, he's really mad.
Also Known As:
Shocker: No More Mr. Nice Guy
Title: Shocker
Release Date: October 27, 1989
Runtime: 109 mins
Genre: Comedy
All Genres: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Languages: English
Country: USA
Colors: Color
Sound: Ultra Stereo
IMDB Rating: 5.0
Brimstone Pit Rating: 6 - (Rate This Horror Movie)
Category: Horror Movies Starting With S
MPAA Rating: R
Director(s):
Wes Craven
Cast:
Michael Murphy ...Lt. Don Parker
Peter Berg ...Jonathan Parker
Mitch Pileggi ...Horace Pinker
Sam Scarber ...Cooper
Camille Cooper ...Alison (as Cami Cooper)
Ted Raimi ...Pac Man (as Theodore Raimi)
Keith Anthony Lubow Bellamy ...Football Player
Heather Langenkamp ...Victim
Virginia Morris ...Diane
John Tesh ...TV Newscaster
Jessica Craven ...Counterperson
Emily Samuel ...Sally
Richard Brooks ...Rhino
Peter Tilden ...Reporter
Bingham Ray ...Bartender
Sue Ann Harris ...Waitress
Eugene Chadbourne ...Man in Bar
Jack Hoar ...Sergeant
Stephen Held ...Rookie
Richard J. Gasparian ...Cop #1
Joyce Guy ...Cop #2
Joseph Roy O'Flynn ...Priest #2
Linda Kaye ...Woman at Stairs
Vincent Guastaferro ...Pastori
Janne Peters ...Doctor (as Janne K. Peters)
Bruce Wagner ...Executioner
Marvin Elkins ...Guard #1
Christopher Kriesa ...Guard #2
Bob Swain ...Priest #1 (as Bobby Lee Swain)
Michael Matthews ...Evil Mouth
» [more cast members]
Producer(s):
Warren Chadwick
Wes Craven
Robert Engelman
Peter Foster
Shep Gordon
Barin Kumar
Marianne Maddalena
Writer(s):
Wes Craven
Composer(s):
Michael Bruce
Alice Cooper
William Goldstein
Trailer(s):
Shocker Horror Film Trailer 1
Movie Soundtrack(s):
"Sword & Stone"
"No More Mr. Nice Guy"
"Shocker"
"Timeless Love"
"Demon Bell - The Ballad Of Horace Pinker"
"Love Transfusion"
More Movie Taglines:
- On October 2, at 6:45 AM mass murderer Horace Pinker was put to death. Now, he's really mad.
- No more Mr. Nice Guy
- Mass murderer Horace pinker was put to death. Then he really got mad.
Movie Quote(s):
- Horace Pinker: That was clever of you grabbing that gun and shooting me right through the fuckin' knee, you little peckerhead!
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Executioner: [Pinker's execution] Does the prisoner have any final words? Horace Pinker: Yeah, as a matter of fact I do: [narrows his eyes at Jonathan] Horace Pinker: Your pitiful memories wiped it all out, didn't it? I was beatin' you real good when your mama tried to stop me with the gun. Lt. Don Parker: [angrily] YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH, YOU FUCK! Executioner: [calms him down] The prisoner has a right so speak. Horace Pinker: [grinning evily] That's right. I was beatin' you real good when your mama tried to stop me with the gun that she brought into our happy home. You must've remembered it boy. Don't you remember the way she screamed? And how clever you were picking up that gun and shootin' me right through the fuckin' knee, you little peckerhead! Oh, such a big gun, just blastin' at your dear old dad with murder in your eyes. Like father, like son, huh? [Pinker chuckles evilly as Jonathan is shocked to hear all of this and then narrows his eyes at the Executioner] Horace Pinker: Well what are you waiting for, dickhead? You wanna fry me, then get it over with you bunch of fuckin' insects! Executioner: [to one of the security guards] Well, you heard the man.
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Horace Pinker: I eat this wimp's will power for breakfast, John-bo.
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Jonathan Parker: [after freezing Pinker with a remote control in the t.v world] It's Showtime! Horace Pinker: Hey! What the hell are you doing? Jonathan Parker: [smiles cockily] You bought into t.v., Pinker. So now you're bound by it's rules.
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Horace Pinker: [singing] Time is on my side.
Movie Trivia:
- Shocker was filmed in ten weeks and in a low budget. Craven said that all this savings are in a small team work with talent and low known actors.
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According 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".
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In Jonathan's second dream, he looks up at a street sign and sees the street names Maddalena and Wagner. Marianne Maddalena was a producer of the film, and the actor playing the executioner was Bruce Wagner.
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When Jonathan and his father enter the Tavern after the funeral of their family, a news program is playing on the TV in the background and discussing the murders. Someone immediately changes the channel and on comes (briefly) the 1986 concert footage of Alice Cooper's The Nightmare Returns tour.
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One of the bodies that Horace took over (the male "Road Worker" with long black hair) is a former guitarist for Alice Cooper.
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Keywords:
Electric Chair, Back From The Dead, Serial Killer, Electricity, Lifting Person In Air ...[more]
Keywords All:
Black Magic, But This Is Ridiculous Joke, Television, Slasher, Gore, Cult Favorite, Limp, Carrying Person, Vulgarity, Murder Of Family, Possession, Mushroom Cloud, Bloody Body Of Child, Electrocution, Independent Film
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