Shocker

Shocker (1989)

Timing: 1:51 (111 min)

5.5/10
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Actors and characters

Release date

1989-03-23

Country

United States

Production

Universal Pictures, Carolco Pictures, Alive Films

Genre

Horror, Thriller, Fantasy

Budget

$5 000 000

Revenue

$16 554 699

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Director

Wes Craven

Actors

Michael Murphy, Mitch Pileggi, Peter Berg, Camille Cooper, Sam Scarber, Richard Brooks, Vincent Guastaferro, Ted Raimi, Heather Langenkamp, John Tesh
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Scenario

Wes Craven

Producer

Marianne Maddalena, Barin Kumar, Wes Craven, Shep Gordon

Operator

Jacques Haitkin

Composer

William Goldstein

Artist

Audition

Gary M. Zuckerbrod

Editing

Andy Blumenthal
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• The film was shot in 10 weeks.
• In his second dream, Jonathan sees the streets of “Maddalena” and “Wagner.” Marianne Maddalena is the film’s producer, and Bruce Wagner is the actor who played the executioner.
• According to director Wes Craven (1939-2015), the film had to be significantly cut in order to receive an “R” rating (persons under 17 years of age are admitted only when accompanied by a parent or legal guardian). The film was submitted to the American Film Association 13 times until the “X” rating (persons 17 years of age and younger are not admitted) was replaced with an “R” rating. The following scenes were cut from the film, among others: the protagonist, played by Mitch Pileggi, spitting out bitten-off fingers, a longer and more detailed depiction of the execution in the electric chair, and a lengthy scene in which a man stabs himself in the arm.
• Initially, it was planned to shoot a series within the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" franchise, but the box office results were unsatisfactory, and the idea was abandoned.
• During the filming of the scene where Peter Berg's character enters the lake, the actor suffered from hypothermia because the water was freezing.