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Shocker

Year:

1989

Duration:

109 min

Genres:

Comedy | Horror | Thriller

IMDB rate:

5.3

Director:

Wes Craven

Awards:

1 nomination

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1989-10-27

Filming Locations: California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $5,000,000

Gross: $16,554,699 (USA) Related Links

Cast

Actor

Character

Stephen R. Hudis

Michael Murphy

Lt. Don Parker

Peter Berg

Jonathan Parker

Mitch Pileggi

Horace Pinker

Sam Scarber

Cooper

Camille Cooper

Alison

Ted Raimi

Pac Man

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

Ricardo Gutiérrez

Guard Sergeant

Ernie Lively

Warden

John Mueller

Fireman

Jonathan Craven

Jogger (as Jonathan Christian Craven)

Lindsay Parker

Little Girl

Dendrie Taylor

Young Mother (as Dendrie Allyn Taylor)

Kane Roberts

Road Worker

Gary Davies

Cameraman (as Gary Michael Davies)

Christopher Keyes

Bruno

Timothy Leary

TV Evangelist (as Dr. Timothy Leary)

Marji Martin

Woman Couch Potato

Ray Bickel

Man Couch Potato

Mark Slama

Kid with Crow Bar

Karl Vincent

Kid with Mask

Wes Craven

Man Neighbor

Holly Kaplan

Woman Neighbor

Brent Spiner

Talkshow guest (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

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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Was the last film to be released on videocassette under the MCA Home Video banner before the name was changed to MCA/Universal Home Video.

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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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Goofs

Jonathan's friend breaks the back passenger side window of the police car, but it is soon repaired.

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Sound crews' shadows visible when Jonathan runs from the posessed policeman.

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When Jonathan and his father are in the bar, footage of a live Alice Cooper concert appears on the TV in the background. The song, however, is "Love Transfusion" by Iggy Pop.

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Quotes

Horace Pinker: [after being captured by the cops, Pinker taunts Jonathan] Oh by the way... she died real hard, ya know? Your girlfriend?

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Horace Pinker: I eat this wimp's will power for breakfast, John-bo.

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Guard Sergeant: [Pinker looks apparently dead] Fucker alive?

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