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- 1989
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 49 m
- 1989
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 49 m
Summary After being sent to the electric chair, a serial killer uses electricity to come back from the dead and carry out his vengeance on the football player who turned him in to the police.
Directed By: Wes Craven
Written By: Wes Craven
- 1989
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 49 m
- 1989
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 49 m
Shocker
Metascore
Mixed or Average
51
7.8
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Summary After being sent to the electric chair, a serial killer uses electricity to come back from the dead and carry out his vengeance on the football player who turned him in to the police.
Directed By: Wes Craven
Written By: Wes Craven
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 4 Critic Reviews
51
0% Positive
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100% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 4 Critic Reviews
51
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
100% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
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With its freewheeling mixture of gore, surrealism and Freud, it will do almost anything to grab attention. If the movie's metaphors are as obvious and as portentous as the heavy metal music that punctuates the action, Shocker at least has the feel of a movie that was fun to make.
At first glance (or at least for the first 40 minutes) Shocker seems a potential winner, an almost unbearably suspenseful, stylish and blood-drenched ride courtesy of writer-director Wes Craven’s flair for action and sick humour. As it continues, however, the camp aspects simply give way to the ridiculous while failing to establish any rules to govern the mayhem. The result is plenty of unintentional laughs.
A sloppy, often goofy chiller, the film is full of references to (and outright rip-offs from) other movies, especially those of New Line Cinema, Craven's erstwhile producer.
Problems arise from an uncharacteristically loose structure, which frequently brings the movie to the brink of narrative collapse; Craven's visual flair and enthusiastic pacing nevertheless deliver ample (if sometimes frustrating) rewards.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 48 User Ratings
7.8
77% Positive
37 Ratings
37 Ratings
17% Mixed
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6% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 48 User Ratings
7.8
77% Positive
37 Ratings
37 Ratings
17% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
6% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
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Awards
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