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Shocker is a american film of genre Science fiction directed by Wes Craven released in USA on 27 october 1989 with Peter Berg

Shocker (1989)

Shocker
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Released in USA 27 october 1989
Length 1h49
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Science fiction,    Thriller,    Fantastic,    Comedy,    Horror comedy,    Fantasy,    Horror
Rating55% 2.7509652.7509652.7509652.7509652.750965

Shocker (also known as Wes Craven's Shocker) is a 1989 American horror film written and directed by Wes Craven. It stars Michael Murphy, Peter Berg, and Mitch Pileggi as the evil antagonist Horace Pinker.

Both Craven and Universal had hoped for the film to launch a franchise (Craven had particularly wanted to create a new series since he felt he had not been given due profits from New Line Cinema for the Nightmare on Elm Street series, which he had began). However, due to the middling commercial performance and poor reception of the film, no sequel was made.

Synopsis

A serial killer, having murdered over 30 people, is on the loose in a Los Angeles suburb. A television repairman with a pronounced limp, named Horace Pinker (Mitch Pileggi), becomes the prime suspect. When the investigating detective, Lt. Don Parker (Michael Murphy), gets too close, Pinker murders Parker's wife, foster daughter, and foster son. However, his other foster son Jonathan (Peter Berg) develops a strange connection to Pinker through his dreams and leads Parker to Pinker's rundown shop. In a shootout in which several officers are killed, Pinker manages to escape. He targets Jonathan's girlfriend Allison (Camille Cooper) in retribution.

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