This Weird '80s Cult Classic is Electrifying: Shocker!

Today's movie was Wes Craven's attempt to recreate the magic of A Nightmare Elm Street...but it didn't quite work. Join me for an electrifying review of Shocker!

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[JT_Soul]

"TV repairman was a viable career in the 80s. Now you buy a 65" TV, and when it breaks in two years you toss it in the trash and buy a new one because that's cheaper than fixing anything."

Sigh. Sometimes reality is scarier than any movie.

[markrothenbuhler]

7:32 "I saw an ad for burial plots once, and thought that's the last thing I need" You really unearthed a great pun there!

[RPGChaos-ywbj]

I used to have a well loved copy of this on VHS. I loved how Wes Craven movies sometimes used plenty of sun, and white backgrounds, to contrast with the brutal gore and horror on screen. Made it feel like no place was safe.

[nightshadeii]

“You got it baby!” has lived rent free in my head for 30+ years. It just comes out of nowhere. Love it.

[caeserromero]

Finally you cover a movie I have actually SEEN. What a ‘shocker’ 😂

[Roctev]

The Horror Geek reviews a true classic and an under-rated gem of a movie this week, entertaining, fun, informative and funny this has it all. Keep it coming Mike and Team.

[WilliamChico-cq]

For me, Shocker is one of my favorite Wes Craven movie of 1989.

[AuteurGamer]

Wes Craven was such a versatile horror filmmaker. He could do supernatural, psychological, and slasher flicks with superb craft. A one of a kind talent.

[melvinshine]

2:36 Might be the first time in show history that football practice was actually football practice.
7:32 - 7:36 Okay, that one was pretty damn clever.🤣
They must've put that guy on the execution express lane for him to end up in the chair that fast after being caught.
I got the Charles Witman reference.
Wait, the killer can possess a chair? This movie's "logic" is all over the place.

[justinsheppherd]

Yes, I remember HART TO HART. It was MOIDER! Christ, I'm old too!

[girlbuu]

My old woman memory always gets this one confused with the Denzel Washington film Fallen made about a decade later, which is insane given how tonally different they are.

[Adam-sdow]

The noise at 5:53 is the sound I make everytime I hear Katy Perry talk about going to space.

[jwnj]

this one. Reminds me of Fallen & First Power.

[dkirk]

Hello again
this should be an electrifying
episode this morning

[TheMKCrab]

this is what Skinner got up to when Mulder and Scully were really driving him up the wall

[TA]

Fun fact: Actor Michael Murphy who played police Lt. Don Parker in this movie, also played one of the two hitmen in the 1984 film "Cloak and Dagger". That movie was basically a feature length commercial for Atari who were looking to rebound strong after the video game crash of 1983. The Atari 5200 was featured in the film as the host video game console for the Cloak and Dagger game, which was at the center of the movie's plot, however gameplay footage shown was taken from the arcade version. A movie tie-in home console port of the game was planned for the 5200 however it never saw production due to Atari's plummeting sales amid the fallout of the '83 video game crash. Do you kids even remember the Atari 5200? Christ I'm old!

[TheJericho]

my biggest gripe about this one is that Horace, or any of his hosts, didn't stutter like Goldust did when he was electrocuted.

[youssefverse]

Fun review as always, Mike! Pileggi steals the flick, hands down. And valid points on all of the olden days of the '80s stuff you mentioned. We sure lived in a cool era!

[-Evil-Genius-]

Shocker may not have captured Nightmare on Elm Street's magic, but it's still a fun, wild ride with plenty of cheesy effects and a memorable villain.