The overblown and overly extended ending really hinders what was a mildly entertaining shocker (pardon the pun). Sharing a lot of similarities to Craven's superior Nightmare on Elm Street, the film also deals with dreams, visions and a creepy killer (enjoyably performed by mitch Pileggi).
This review of Shocker (1989) was written by Jack B on 20 Mar 2010.
Shocker has generally received mixed reviews.
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