Shocker [Region 1]

Excellent

Excellent film

Love this movie one of my fav

Pelicula palomera de cultoEntretiene

I really can't understand why some people insisted on giving this film a 1 or 2 out of 5 stars. It's mind boggling!The plot of the film is about a psychotic, murdering TV repairman named Horace Pinker, who's on the loose in the suburban LA area. Lt. Don Parker has been assigned to investigate the murders and when he becomes too involved, Pinker hunts down Parker's wife, foster daughter, and foster son and kills them all. The only one unharmed is his other son, Jonathan Parker. Jonathan somehow becomes linked with Horace through his dreams and leads Don and other officers to to Horace's TV shop where a shootout occurs and Pinker escapes. As retribution, Pinker tracks down Jonathan's girlfriend, Allison and kills her. Another dream leads Jonathan, Don, and the police to Pinker again, who this time is in the midst of a kidnapping.After Jonathan chases Pinker to a rooftop, Pinker prepares to kill Jonathan but is arrested and taken in by the police. Pinker is convicted and is sentenced to death via electric chair. Before his death, Pinker reveals to Jonathan that he is his biological son and that when Jonathan was a kid, he shot Pinker in his knee to try and stop him from killing his mother. After Pinker's execution, he comes back to life to the shock of everyone. What they don't know is that before he went to the chair, Pinker sold his soul to the Devil, allowing him to come back from the dead as an electrical spirit.Once Pinker's spirit is on the loose, he begins possessing the bodies of and killing Jonathan's closest friends and associates. Jonathan must find a way to beat Pinker and send him to hell before he becomes Pinker's next victim.As I said, I don't know why people negatively criticize this film so much. It's a thriller not a horror, so don't expect there to be a whole lot of jump scares or terrifying scenes. The film is nicely put together with an awesome soundtrack from some of the 80s most famous rock and metal bands. The first time I saw this movie which was back in the Summer of 2005, I immediately became a big fan of this movie. It may very well be my favorite Wes Craven film of all time----next to Scream, Nightmare on Elm Street, and Wishmaster that is. The fact is, Shocker is one of Wes Craven's best films ever! It may not be a masterpiece, but it's up there though

I was a big Alice Cooper fan when this movie came out so I had to go see it for the Megadeth cover of "No More Mr. Nice Guy" - the song is really well done and the movie ain't half bad. I do recommend the movie and think it's worth the price of admission.

Purchased for an avid admirer of the film & subsequently appreciated. Thanks!