Shocker
Brief Synopsis
After a mass murderer is electrocuted, his killing rampages continue on a more deadly scale.
Cast & Crew
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Wes Craven
Director
Mitch Pileggi
Horace Pinker
John Tesh
Tv Newscaster
Peter Berg
Jonathan Parker
Heather Langenkamp
Victim
Jessica Craven
Counterperson
Film Details
Also Known As
Shocker: No More Mr. Nice Guy
MPAA Rating
Genre
Horror
Thriller
Release Date
1989
Production Company
Alive Films; Available Light Ltd.; CNN; Carolco Pictures Inc; Chandler Group; Cinema Research Corporation; Clairmont Camera, Inc.; Credit Lyonnais Bank Nederland Nv; Keylite Production Services, Inc.; Lorimar Studios; Pacific Title & Art Studio; Perpetual Motion Picture; The Cimarron Group; UCLA Film & Television Archives; Universal Pictures; Video Images
Distribution Company
Universal Pictures; 20th Century Fox; 20th Century Fox Distribution; Art Filmes; Guild Films Distribution; Mca Home Video; Penta Distribuzione; Sony Pictures Releasing International; Toho-Towa Company; United International Pictures; Universal Pictures
Location
Los Angeles, California, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 50m
Synopsis
After a mass murderer is electrocuted, his killing rampages continue on a more deadly scale.
Director
Wes Craven
Director
Cast
Mitch Pileggi
Horace Pinker
John Tesh
Tv Newscaster
Peter Berg
Jonathan Parker
Heather Langenkamp
Victim
Jessica Craven
Counterperson
Cami Cooper
Alison
Richard Brooks
Rhino
Sam Scarber
Cooper
Ted Raimi
Pac Man
Keith Anthony Lubow-bellamy
Football Player
Virginia Morris
Diane
Emily Samuel
Sally
Michael Murphy
Lieutenant Don Parker
Peter Tilden
Reporter
Bingham Ray
Bartender
Sue Ann Harris
Waitress
Eugene Chadbourne
Man In Bar
Jack Hoar
Sergeant
Stephen Held
Rookie
Richard J Gasparian
1st Cop
Joyce Guy
2nd Cop
Joseph Roy O'flynn
2nd Priest
Linda Kaye
Woman At Stairs
Vincent Guastaferro
Pastori
Janne K Peters
Doctor
Bruce Wagner
Executioner
Marvin Elkins
1st Guard
Christopher Kriesa
2nd Guard
Bobby Lee Swain
1st Priest
Michael Matthews
Evil Mouth
Ricardo Gutierrez
Guard Sergeant
Ernie W. Lively
Warden
John Mueller
Fireman
Jonathan Craven
Jogger
Lindsay Parker
Little Girl
Dendrie Allyn Taylor
Young Mother
Kane Roberts
Road Worker
Stephen R Hudis
Officer Robinson
Gary Michael Davies
Cameraman
Christopher Keyes
Bruno
Timothy Leary
Tv Evangelist
Marji Martin
Woman Couch Potato
Ray Bickel
Man Couch Potato
Mark Slama
Kid With Crow Bar
Karl Vincent
Kid With Mask
Wes Craven
Man Neighbor
Holly Kaplan
Woman Neighbor
Gene Bishop
Leadman
Crew
Patric J Abaravich
Rigging Key Grip
Kimberly Adams-galligan
Wardrobe Assistant
Frans J Afman
Assistance
Mac Ahlberg
Additional Photography
Rhen Alderman
Key Grip 2nd Unit (2nd Unit)
Jack Alex
Props Assistant
Rosalia Altamura
Makeup 2nd Unit (2nd Unit)
David Leroy Anderson
Key Special Makeup
Lance Anderson
Special Makeup Design
Randy C Anflick
Carpenter
David Atherton
Special Makeup Lab Technician
John F Bailey
2nd Assistant B-Camera
Marc Baird
Storyboard Artist
Alan K Barnett
Digital Visual Effects
Fred Beese
Electrician
Charles Belisle
Rigging Grip
John Bertram
Gaffer 2nd Unit (2nd Unit)
Susan Bierbaum
Script Supervisor
Rick Bioni
Key Props Assistant
Randall P Bittle
Grip 2nd Unit (2nd Unit)
Allen Blaisdell
Visual Effects On-Set Coordinator
Allen Blaisdell
B-Camera Operator
Stephanie Blakemore
Bestboy Grip 2nd Unit (2nd Unit)
Andrew Blumenthal
Editor
Jonathan Bobbitt
Set Dresser Swing
George Borghi
Foley Artist
John S Boyd
Sound Rerecording Mixer
Charles Brewer
Stunts
Craig A Brink
Rigging Electrician
Thomas Browne
Key Grip 2nd Unit (2nd Unit)
Alan Brownstein
Gaffer
John Bryant
Video Assembly; Video Sources
Cathy Burns
Other
Keith Brian Burns
Set Designer
John C Cales
Carpenter
Vivian Campbell
Song Performer ("Shocker")
Tony Cecere
Stunts
Tony Cecere
Stunt Coordinator
Warren Chadwick
Associate Producer
Warren Chadwick
Post-Production Supervisor
Philip Chapnick
Set Dresser Swing
Cynthia Charette
Production Designer
Desmond Child
Music Supervisor
Martin Church
Adr Mixer
Mark G Coleman
Post-Production Coordinator
Stephan Collins
1st Assistant Camera 2nd Unit (2nd Unit)
Glen Consbruck
Carpenter
Ted Coplen
Special Effects Technician
Scott Coulter
Special Makeup Lab Technician
Keith Cox
Carpenter
Jonathan Craven
Apprentice Editor
Jonathan Craven
Visual Effects Coordinator
Wes Craven
Screenwriter
Wes Craven
Executive Producer
Joshua Cushner
Motion Control Operator
Laura Dash
Stunts
Jerry F Day
Grip
Mateos Deravenessian
Color Timer
Brian Devin
Bestboy Electrician 2nd Unit (2nd Unit)
Oscar Dillon
Stunts
Fred Donelson
Video Playback Operator
Roger Dorney
Visual Effects
Lee Allison Dublin
2nd Assistant Camera
Buzzy James Dudley
Carpenter 2nd Unit (2nd Unit)
Robert E. Engelman
1st Assistant Director
Robert E. Engelman
Co-Producer
Michael J. Fahey
Grip
Jaff Farley
Special Makeup Lab Technician
Dane Farwell
Stunts
Larry Fioritto
Special Effects
Dave Florence
Carpenter
Matt Flynn
Scenic Artist 2nd Unit (2nd Unit)
Hal B Forsen
Carpenter
Peter Foster
Co-Producer
Pascal Franchot
Bestboy Grip 2nd Unit (2nd Unit)
Barry L Franenberg
Property Master
E Alan Frazier
Electrician
Leigh French
Adr Group Coordinator
Beth-jana Friedberg
1st Assistant B-Camera
Robert Friedman
Foley Artist
Gary Gagliardo
Lead Carpenter
Greg Gault
Stunts
Ed Gerrard
Music Coordinator (Soundtrack)
Robert N Gersicoff
1st Assistant Camera
Mark S Glick
2nd Assistant Director
Eric Goldstein
Boom Operator 2nd Unit (2nd Unit)
William Goldstein
Music
Shep Gordon
Executive Producer
Dan Gorman
Location Manager Assistant
Laura Gorman
Hairstyles
Laura Gorman
Makeup
Jeff Habberstad
Stunts
Jacques Haitkin
Director Of Photography
David Haldiman
Location Manager
Darrell Hall
Sound Editor
Daryl Hall
Sound Editor Assistant
Ed Hamilton
Stunts
Geoff Harding
Additional Location Scout
Mark C Haskins
Set Dresser
Joe Heffernan
Special Effects Technician
Robert Heffernan
Adr Editor
Wayne Heitman
Sound Rerecording Mixer
Sean Hise
2nd Assistant B-Camera
John M Holliday
Carpenter
Chris Hood
2nd Assistant Camera 2nd Unit (2nd Unit)
Susan Beth Horton
2nd Assistant B-Camera
David Ice
Sound Editor
Peter Iovino
Stills
Arthur Jackson
Boom Operator 2nd Unit (2nd Unit)
Robert Janiger
Sound Mixer
Gary Jensen
Stunts
Tom Jensen
2nd Assistant B-Camera
Kristen Frances Jones
Set Dresser Swing
William Jones
Carpenter
Karen Joseph
Assistant Editor
Tom Keefer
Key Grip
Richard Kelley
Electrician 2nd Unit (2nd Unit)
Charlie Kelly
Sound Mixer 2nd Unit (2nd Unit)
Nancy Jane King
Production Coordinator
Nancie Kopelow
Costumer 2nd Unit (2nd Unit)
Thomas D Krausz
Carpenter
Val Kuklowsky
Sound Editor
Barin Kumar
Unit Production Manager
Barin Kumar
Producer
John Kwiatkowski
Sound Editor
Karen E Laine
Stunts
Renee Landry
Art Department Swing 2nd Unit (2nd Unit)
Al Lee
Stunts
Tommy Lee
Song Performer ("Shocker")
Frank Lewis
Carpenter (Standby)
Stephen Lofaro
Unit Production Manager 2nd Unit (2nd Unit)
Stephen Lofaro
1st Assistant 2nd Unit Director (2nd Unit)
Pat Lucas
Music Coordinator (Soundtrack)
Stewart Lyons
1st Assistant 2nd Unit Director (2nd Unit)
Stewart Lyons
Unit Production Manager 2nd Unit (2nd Unit)
Alan Macrae
Construction Foreman
Dennis Madalone
Stunts
Marianne Maddalena
Producer
Tami Maimon
Apprentice Camera Technician
Robert A Maisto
Construction Coordinator
Guy Mann-dude
Song Performer ("Shocker")
Charles May
Visual Effects Tech
Charles May
Motional Control Assistant
Mona May
Scenic Artist Assistant 2nd Unit (2nd Unit)
Roger Mccoin
Special Makeup Lab Technician
Paul Mcilvaine
Rigging Gaffer
Thomas Craig Mitchell
Dolly Grip
Randy Moore
Art Direction
Chris Moseley
1st Assistant Camera 2nd Unit (2nd Unit)
Richard Mosier
1st Assistant B-Camera
Oliver Moss
Sound Mixer 2nd Unit (2nd Unit)
Isis Mussenden
Costume Designer
Randy Nolan
Steadicam Operator
Debbie O'brien
2nd Assistant Camera 2nd Unit (2nd Unit)
Mark O'kane
Steadicam Operator
Michael Ogle
Carpenter
Jeffrey A. Okun
Visual Effects Wrangler
Keith Olson
Foley Artist
Randall Ott
Additional Electrician
Laura Pearlman
Music Editor
Richard Perez
Bestboy Grip
Robert Perissi
Foley Mixer
Kirk M. Petruccelli
Carpenter 2nd Unit (2nd Unit)
Bob Phillips
Special Effects Supervisor
Mark Phillips
Visual Effects Assistant
Lahly Poore
Wardrobe Supervisor
Iggy Pop
Song Performer ("Love Transfusion")
Vic Price
Carpenter (Standby)
Samuel Recinos
Technical Animation Supervisor
Michael Redbourn
Sound Editor Supervisor
Steve Reinhardt
Bestboy Electrician
John S Reynolds
Carpenter
Rick Reynolds
Unit Manager
Larry Roth
Dolly Grip 2nd Unit (2nd Unit)
Suzanne Sanders
Key Hairstyles
Suzanne Sanders
Key Makeup
Michael Sapp-chun
Swing
Lydia Sarmiento
Assistant Production Accountant
Rudy Sarzo
Song Performer ("Shocker")
Dennis R. Scott
Stunts
George W Scott
Boom Operator
B Tennyson Sebastian Ii
Sound Rerecording Mixer
Doug Sheldon
1st Assistant B-Camera
Naomi Shohan
Set Decorator
Richard Shoor
Music Editor
Richard Shoor
Sound Effects
Richard Shoor
Sound Editor Supervisor
Charlie Skeen
Stunts
Donna E Slager
Lead Scenic Artist
W Thomas Snyder
2nd Additional Assistant Director
Johannes Spalt
Carpenter 2nd Unit (2nd Unit)
Paul Stanley
Song Performer ("Shocker")
Alyson Starbird
Set Dresser 2nd Unit (2nd Unit)
Dennis Stephens
Other
Patricia Tallman
Stunts
Tim Trella
Stunts
Ken Troise
Sound Editor Assistant
Ray Turnberg
Carpenter
Steve P Vandeman
Stunts
Anthony Varuola
Bestboy Electrician 2nd Unit (2nd Unit)
Film Details
Also Known As
Shocker: No More Mr. Nice Guy
MPAA Rating
Genre
Horror
Thriller
Release Date
1989
Production Company
Alive Films; Available Light Ltd.; CNN; Carolco Pictures Inc; Chandler Group; Cinema Research Corporation; Clairmont Camera, Inc.; Credit Lyonnais Bank Nederland Nv; Keylite Production Services, Inc.; Lorimar Studios; Pacific Title & Art Studio; Perpetual Motion Picture; The Cimarron Group; UCLA Film & Television Archives; Universal Pictures; Video Images
Distribution Company
Universal Pictures; 20th Century Fox; 20th Century Fox Distribution; Art Filmes; Guild Films Distribution; Mca Home Video; Penta Distribuzione; Sony Pictures Releasing International; Toho-Towa Company; United International Pictures; Universal Pictures
Location
Los Angeles, California, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 50m
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Fall October 27, 1989
Released in United States January 1990
Released in United States on Video March 22, 1990
Shown at Avoriaz International Fantasy Film Festival, in France January 13-21, 1990.
Began shooting January 30, 1989.
Released in United States January 1990 (Shown at Avoriaz International Fantasy Film Festival, in France January 13-21, 1990.)
Released in United States on Video March 22, 1990
Released in United States Fall October 27, 1989
