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Anyone whose watched lots and lots of movies, always encounters some bad ones...it's the law of averages. But this movie, Shocker...was not just bad, it was horrible. No, horrible would be too kind. I was hoping it ended about 47 minutes before it actually closed it's final curtain. If you ever buy this movie in any format...remember...you were warned !!!!

When you think of the greatest villians in cinema the name Horace Pinker will not pop up. Who is he? In this film, he is a sadistic mass murder who kills entire families. He is cold and heartless, a pure joy to watch. Cops cannnot figure out how he gets in and out without a trace. This is the sound of an excellent film but things turn sour fast. Jonathan dreams of Pinker killing his foster mother and the kids she is caring for. Wait, is this Nightmare on Elm Street? John tells his father, a cop, and they go after Pinker. Really? The cops couldnt figure this one out for themselves? The same van outside every murder? The movie really does not explain things very well. Like how he did get in there homes without being noticed. They finally capture Pinker after he kills John's girlfriend and he gets fried in the chair. Before he is fried, he preaches to tv and gets super powers. You'd think Pinker would go thru various electric devices to get to John but instead he travels from body to body. Sure, the little girl was predictable but fun. Like I said, it doesnt follow a plot and its way to close to Craven's Nightmare on Elm Street. The end where he dreams and fights Pinker thru various tv shows and its fine but couldnt save this film. The part were Pinker is a couch is Freddy esque but cool. John uses the pause button on Pinker and just talks and wastes time. I dont have a button on my remote that makes me jump up and down on my bed. Then the movie ends and everyone should be happy.

Overall, it appears that Craven tried to recreate A Nightmare On Elm Street with this film. It had a good story but the film doesnt follow the plot well and there is alot of missed chances. Pileggi is a tour de force with Pinker and is the only thing that can save this film. Its a good thing they did not try to make a sequel to this.