Wes Craven was out of his mind when he made this. | So Bad It's Good #51 - Shocker

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Wes Craven must have enjoyed mountains of Columbian snow while shooting a movie about a murderer who digitizes himself after an MTV god came out of his TV. Shocker is absolute madness.
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[@psytrancedj]

I actually talked my family into going to see this film when it came out in theaters. Needless to say, I wasn't allowed to suggest movies after that.

[@JasonBrant]

That's hilarious. You're lucky they didn't disown you.

[@MatteoPrezioso]

LOL

[@damndirtyrandy7721]

I took a new girl out to see this and don’t remember ever dating her, again. 🥺😂

[@Rufferto21]

@@damndirtyrandy7721 That happened to me with Van Damme's "The Quest". Can't really blame her.

[@ExtremelyOnlineGuy]

I didn’t exist when this came out but I did a similar thing. I convinced my mom the nick cage movie wickerman was like the best movie of the year and she took me to see it and was SO mad. I was thrilled however. Getting to see a terrible movie IN THEATERS. She fell for the bait again when I got her to take me to see 30 days of night which wasn’t as bad but me and some 30 year old dude in the back were bouncin jokes off each other the whole time. Like when dude made himself a vampire we both did the whole “dayyyyywalkerrr” thing from blade. Beautiful night but after that I wasn’t allowed to even go to the movies again until I was like 17.

[@franktower9006]

People Under The Stairs is definitely a weird movie. To this day I don't know if they intended to make a comedy or a serious horror film. Everett McGill in his gimp outfit, shooting randomly into the walls had me in stitches.

[@dougmhd2006]

"I'm not drunk enough for this"... ...now, THIS needs to go on an official SBIG T-shirt.😂

[@michaelmyers3709]

Wes himself says in the commentary he was going through personal issues and making this movie as batsh1t as possible helped him through it. He cameos as a neighbour in the last scene. They should have zapped into a Nightmare on Elm Street scene at the end, would have been meta 🤩

[@JasonBrant]

Glad to hear it helped him. It definitely gave me a lot of laughs. A Nightmare on Elm Street shot would have been killer.

[@michaelpitts4215]

True story

[@kenrickeason]

Damn...... Didn't know that.. now everything is coming to head.. Glad this movie helped him with his issues.. cause clearly he was out of his mind when he did this one..

[@Rotionu]

@@kenrickeason Or he was on an acid trip, provided by another cameo appearing guy in "Shocker"- Dr Timothy Leary.

[@albundy774]

In the opening credits of Shocker Heather Langenkamp had a cameo playing the body of the dead girl even wearing the same pyjamas she wore in A Nightmare On Elm Street

[@williammatthews693]

This is Wes Craven's "Maximum Overdrive"

[@spookrockcity]

This movie was incredible. The montage at the end where they fight channel by channel is one of the most creative things I've ever seen.

[@JasonBrant]

I love it.

[@darylcarr8283]

Probably inspired "Stay Tuned."

[@alderoth01]

I loved Shocker lol. That's where I first heard "No More Mister Nice Guy" when I was a kid lmao!

[@DrMurdercock]

I remember getting the Masters Of The Universe on VHS one day while at the library with my mom. I get home all excited to watch it. Pop it in, press play, I wait and the fuckin Shocker started playing cause the tapes were mixed up lol. I was probably like 6, I had watched most of it before my mom realized what was going on lol.

[@JasonBrant]

Hah! These movies are just a little different.

[@malkomalkavian]

Ah, childhood :)

[@ombra711]

Bro! Giant Black Asses 47 is a classic! You're holding on to GOLD there!

[@Wesblumarine]

You guys are always grabbing these random movies I remember from my childhood. I can’t tell you how many times I watched Shocker as a kid on HBO. Keep up the great work!

[@JasonBrant]

This would have been a wild movie to randomly see on HBO.

[@Wesblumarine]

@@JasonBrant welcome to my latchkey childhood!

[@michaelpitts4215]

Peacock , tubi TV has it now

[@sledzeppelin]

I grew up watching Shocker! It was one of my favorites, and I still love it. The first 20-30 minutes are quite serious and then it just goes nuts. So many genuine WTF moments from such a legendary director. It feels like it's influenced by Nightmare On Elm Streets 3-5, which he didn't even direct. What an oddity.

[@petertapola8097]

I liked this a lot when I was a kid. Don't know how it holds up today. I remember Megadeth doing a song and a video for this.

[@RegginaldRiglet]

This movie .. the whole gang, the edits you do. Fantastically hilarious as always

[@JasonBrant]

Much appreciated! Glad you enjoyed it. We have a lot more on the way.

[@wimvanderstraeten6521]

This movie tears the fabric of space and time. BTW: you should do Clive Barker's Nightbreed, another truly outrageous movie.

[@JasonBrant]

Will do! Thanks.

[@JasonHauser125]

@@JasonBrant Watch the Director's Cut of Nightbreed, it is better.

[@dizzy1369]

6:59 your reactions to that scene definitely didn't disappoint my expectations going into this 😂🤣😂😂😂

[@Soggy_Cake]

14:00 did Jason just teleport into his chair? 😂

[@stewills9711]

'Well he's dead, He can deal with it' 😂

[@csmadisun]

What an absolute fever dream of a film. I bet it makes a great double feature with Maximum Overdrive. And yay for Erin! Great to see her again.

[@JasonBrant]

Killer double feature. Erin will be popping up pretty often now. I enjoy torturing her with these. 🤣

[@dazeitgeist]

Yeeeesss!! That was a great reaction from you guys. Underrated I've always thought. I had forgotten about this film for a while there. And how goddamn epic it gets. Your faces when they fight across the different channels,,,, hilarious. It was great fun rewatching with you👌😁😎

[@MisterAzathoth]

That was Paul Stanley singing the title track. I purchased that soundtrack on cassette with real American dollars. I feel a large spiritual weight has been lifted off me now that I admitted that.

[@doctorthirteen5499]

You are a true fan.

[@JasonBrant]

That's how I feel buying these bad movies.

[@DavidPulliam-User311]

I played the living hell outta that tape. Hard to find streaming now.

[@TrueHitman1979]

This is truly on of my favorites of all times! I hope you guys had fun

[@JasonBrant]

We did!

[@mikeydo9567]

Loved this when it came out! Played the cassette of the soundtrack til it was dead. Some named bands with alternate names/make-ups/colabs. Your channel is my new guilty pleasure. All three flashing the legs now?? Holy $hit on Erin's gun show! Really shooting for that 1 million sub base! LOL

[@lucaslappi595]

You guys are on a roll of doing movies from my childhood. Maximum overdrive and now shocker! I think both made more sense when l was 11 or 12. Keep it up. Lol

[@JasonBrant]

We've had a lucky streak, for sure.

[@banebasara53]

This movie is just SHENANIGANS!! It's great that you are posting so much content lately. btw that dropkick was sweet!! I'm gonna try that on my mom later

[@JasonBrant]

Good luck with that dropkick!

[@banebasara53]

@@JasonBrant Thanks! She cried! 😂

[@JasonBrant]

@@banebasara53 Sounds like she needs to toughen up.

[@highnoon2535]

"The people under the stairs", its about this weird couple who trap people in the house and kept them under the stairs, until this kid makes a delivery to the house and then things get interesting. It's not a bad movie. :)

[@JasonBrant]

A lot of people have recommended that one. So you think it's so bad it's good?

[@nosoul4233]

the little girl running with the limp killed me off ... to funny ... love your channel

[@peterhulse1064]

Your faces during the lip bite..... priceless!

[@shrapnel77]

Shocker is one of those over the top, absurd possession flicks. I remember laughing a lot at the possession scenes when normal people went full mental. A classic example of so bad, it's good. I knew the movie was ridiculous right from the start, but was entertaining and funny, kind of in the Re-Animator mold.

[@JasonBrant]

It's so much fun.

[@pop000690]

This was a Craven movie that I knew of but I never actually saw. I thought it was like a Elm Street esc Slasher but I wasn't expecting the Cannon Films level of crack when the third act kicks in. I needa see this film. There's also a similar movie called House 3 I think which has Lance Hendrickson and has an almost identical premise.

[@JasonBrant]

I watched House 3 a few years ago and have zero recollection of it.

[@pop000690]

@@JasonBrant Yeah it's a pretty run of the mill Slasher/Ghost movie outside of a few crazy moments here and there but Shocker is way more entertaining for its batshit insanity.

[@MrDman21]

Shocker, when Wes Craven ripped off himself 😄

[@mallninja9805]

I saw Shocker in the theater. I was ~15 and super excited because I loved the Nightmare on Elm Street movies. Suffice to say, I was too young to appreciate bad movies and this was the first time I've thought about Shocker since.

[@JasonBrant]

I'm sure I would have hated this if I'd seen it at 15.

[@brandonfouts4074]

we are all happy to watch this faboulous movie on vhs

[@RiVALgx88]

As a kid I low key loved this movie, and it freaked me out back then too ;)

[@r2aul]

I saw this opening weekend at a theater in the mall. It was a full house. Everyone was on board yet kinda chuckled and winced at the lips coming out of the tv, "You got it baby!". But when the little girl started limping the place burst out in laughter! From then on there was a sense that we just go along for the ride- they had our money already.

[@DeanS946]

I already planned to watch this thanks to its mention on the In Search of Darkness documentaries (highly recommended), but after seeing the final act clips, I am getting to this ASAP!

[@JasonBrant]

It's glorious madness! I need to finish In Search of Darkness. Keep meaning to go back to it.

[@EternalGuardian07]

Cocaine deserves a producer credit on this one.

[@azeissig]

your wife's expresions are the best part of the videos hahahaha

[@JasonBrant]

She cracks me up.

[@UndercoverDigital]

I remember when this came out and people were like "Uh oh, look out Freddy..." Uh, no. Just because Wes Craven made it didn't mean it was gonna be a franchise.

[@JasonBrant]

It's basically a Freddy remake.

[@CorbCorbin]

It was a mistake, that Craven has even talked about, how the idea was for a new “killer” for a franchise, before actually having a great story idea. They actually did hope to start a franchise with this movie.

[@CorbCorbin]

@@JasonBrant See also The Horror Show, in which the “killer” actually possesses the furnace of a house. Lance Henrikson, guy who is executed, then haunts man he blames for it. Pure madness.

[@1wickedgroove]

Those are the most comfortable looking chairs I've ever seen!!

[@BeardedDad72]

Been a sub for a few months now and I'm working on catching up . I love when Erin is in the videos. She's got a great laugh! Also am I just blind or is Erin looking extra buffed in this video?

[@Fatherofheroesandheroines]

I saw the title and..wellll...my mind went to WRONG places...but hey it was a hoot lol.

[@raulzavala9061]

Saw this on the Sci-Fi channel years ago, the ending fight just seemed like a jumping the shark moment but I'd recommend this as background noise.

[@chrisbrandt6245]

Awesome, so many good memories. Watched it way back in the early 90s and loved it. Do you know that this film opened to #2 at the Box Office exactly 32 years ago?! I love the 80s👍🏻😂

[@JasonBrant]

Only in the 80s could this even release in theaters, haha.

[@TheRedneckPreppy]

Damn, I watched this movie when it first came out and completely forgot about its existence -- even while I was watching your review -- until the scene when the lips come out of the TV and say "You got it baby" and Shocker biting that cop's lips. I remember laughing so hard in 1989 when I saw that scene. Nice plumbing of the depths to get this movie on the show!

[@JasonBrant]

Oh, man. That lip scene was gnarly, haha.

[@eyetolduso]

Went saw this at the theater with my friends when I was a kid... we laughed our asses off back then too.

[@noneya3635]

I can't decide if the little girl's antics as shocker, or The Giant Black Asses reference is the thing that had me rolling the hardest in this one.

[@jonpaulevans31]

As a kid, and a kid who dug the Elm St flicks, the cover of this vid in Blockbuster freaked me out for some reason. I didn't see it until a little after I got out of high school, and now I lament my cowardice every day...

[@rnkmode1876]

I saw this movie when I was 13 years old in the theater, I thought it was so Badass & insane back then, I bought the soundtrack and rocked out Shocker style! ⚡🔊🎶🎸The good old days.

[@JasonBrant]

The theme song rocks!

[@Ricardo-cl3vs]

Wasn't Megadeth's cover of "No more, Mr. Nice Guy" on this?!

[@rnkmode1876]

@@Ricardo-cl3vs yep.

[@jayblack414]

I definitely seen it in the theaters. I remember everyone being entertained.

[@logandowney9761]

those legs

[@JasonBrant]

🤩

[@jamesoblivion]

This is pretty much the batshit version of The First Power, or Fallen, but instead of Satan or demons, it's TV. haha

[@JasonBrant]

That's a great way of describing it.

[@kebabtank]

Another one from my youth! Well done. Now watch the Phantasm series, which is definitely in the SBIG category.

[@JasonBrant]

I love Phantasm. Gonna pretend I didn't just read this 🤣

[@DevilsAdvocate92]

Hey Jason, just wanted to say I highly appreciate that you’re posting so much content at the moment 🤌🏽 The coming winter appears a lot more bearable that way

[@JasonBrant]

Thanks, Mathias! I appreciate that. We have lots of fun stuff coming up this winter.

[@JasonBrant]

@J. C. Connors I've never even heard of that movie. Added to the list. Thanks!

[@JasonBrant]

😂

[@paschallhouston]

This is that movie that you had to watch as a kid on Showtime waiting for the Red Shoe Diaries to come on at midnight at your buddies house.😂

[@JasonBrant]

The Red Shoe Diaries! Totally forgot about that show. Bewbs and David Duchovny made for a good night.

[@miraculousismyguiltypleasu9372]

Oooooh, I've heard of this one. And you got Erin in on it?! Sweet!

[@JasonBrant]

It's a wild movie!

[@martinkarnstein]

Very innovative movie of its time, with great SFX and outstanding soundtrack.

[@tombates9122]

I was a big horror movie fan as a kid. Strangely, this is one of only two movies which gave me nightmares. I had dreams about Horace Pinker coming through the power lines into my house to get me. The other wasn't a movie but an episode of a tv show (I think it was 'Amazing Stories' but I could be wrong), where the protagonist keeps seeing a figure creeping closer to him from behind whenever he looks in a mirror. It drives him crazy but eventually his girlfriend helps him recover but it ends with him seeing the figure in the reflection of her eyes. I think he jumps out a window or something. I only saw it once but I was scared to look in a mirror for years after that.

[@stonecoldku4161]

1:06 "You dummy." Hey, the kid still scored. He had the ball in endzone.

[@stonecoldku4161]

9:04 "It was an okay effect." Yeah, for Birdemic.

[@slimmccoy8863]

"Pick it" "That's a felony!" "No, that's a lock. Pick it" Thank the universe for Billy Blanks

[@surf101-]

Omg... the great Peter Berg!! Also: Ecktophelia? Just brilliant 🤣

[@JasonBrant]

🤣 He nailed that one.

[@surf101-]

Peter Berg is awesome! Aspen Extreme is another SBIG of his.

[@jasonjones7461]

So it's like part nightmare on elm street and part Ernest goes to Jail. You guys find the greatest movies, best of the best. Your channel, cat videos and guitar playing videos...that's what the internet was MADE for

[@chrisingram9798]

The people under the stairs was always a favorite when we were kids. Shocker was one of those movies you had to watch at least once.

[@JasonBrant]

Think we should do People Under the Stairs here?

[@chrisingram9798]

Personally, I think you should start going through the Toxic Avenger movies. The first one is the 1980’s in a nutshell.

[@JasonBrant]

@@chrisingram9798 I've only seen the first one. How are the sequels?

[@chrisingram9798]

The first one is awesome, 2 and 3 were actually filmed at the same time and both are pretty crap. They are fun nonetheless and worth a watch.

[@emkay9508]

I know this is a while back but, this episode was damn funny. Thank you

[@JasonBrant]

Thanks so much!

[@TheKingOfRuckus]

"You dummy😁!" Lmao, she was so sincere

[@lobokurg2786]

It's crazy how much money went into this film. The theme song, and several other songs on the soundtrack, were done by a super group comprised of Paul Stanley from Kiss, Tommy Lee, Alice fucking Cooper, and other prominent names in rock at the height of their career just for this film, because everyone thought this was going to be a master piece.

[@JasonBrant]

That makes me so happy. And it gave us a wild film.

[@dizzy1369]

1:12 "you dummy" 😂🤣🤣

[@Clem68W]

The appeal to young juveniles at the time was the soundtrack had a list of hair metal bands on board.

[@joelspringman523]

Peter Berg! I'm both proud and pleased that I remember his name!

[@roninryatt4118]

I watched this when I was 12, watched it when I was 30 and it took 18 years to realize that the shocker was his dad totally blew my mind like what a twist.

[@JasonBrant]

Another cog in the insanity that is Shocker.

[@Champion_of_Vlaakith]

@@JasonBrant Shocking

[@oneeyedkingdb4dty246]

New fave show for sure!!! Watched like 20 videos in 2 days lol

[@JasonBrant]

Thanks so much! Merry Christmas!

[@LifesNeverHumDrum]

I can’t even begin to comprehend this movie 😂 the little girl’s acting when she was possessed was amazing though

[@picpouille]

Saw this in theater loved it!

[@OakCityGamers]

1:01 what I tell people when I play some of my old songs. Lol!

[@p.phillips2090]

I can't believe y'all missed Erin's excellent reference to Cobra with 'Is this the guy?' When they showed the bad drawing of the killer. Tell her the Chiefs fan from St. Louis caught it and it was very funny. 🍻

[@JasonBrant]

She snuck that one in there 🤣 I'll tell you said that.

[@joelfigueroa1309]

Loved this as a kid!

[@ct6852]

I low key kind of love this movie. That's Peter Berg, creator of Friday Night Lights.

[@15aal]

So this is what that Simpson Halloween special is based on

[@Tunainthebrine79]

Shocker was one of my favorite movies as a young kid. Loved it! Scared the shit out of me, though.

[@JasonBrant]

It's a ton of fun. I can see it being really scary when you're young.

[@Tunainthebrine79]

@@JasonBrant I was like 10 years old.

[@divBy0]

Damn...I remember seeing this in my local cinema. They really played some gems back then.

[@JasonBrant]

Sounds like a great theater.

[@s4tchm0j0n3s]

And now I have Steel Panther stuck in my head....

[@The_ZeroLine]

I love the addition of a third viewer. There’s a reason 3 is such an important. Like the three pointed triangle, it’s the strongest viewing number in nature.

[@yawymatuo]

It's like a Nightmare on Elm St./Frighteners/Stay Tuned mash-up

[@ericrojasvelez8891]

Love the film...and the soundtrack is even better🤟

[@simpelton524]

"I loved this. This was terrible." Perfect marketing quote.

[@mephistopheles4910]

I am so glad KZbin recommended your Steven Segal movies because y'all watch some insane movies.

[@JasonBrant]

Yes, we do! Glad to have you aboard.

[@11thArtist]

I remember seeing this in the theater when I was about 13, coning out and just wondering what the f I'd just watched. Lol

[@Vggamegod]

Kinda wanna watch this now, I knew it when I saw the chair with eyes and fangs growing from the footrest

[@TheJohno95]

It's hard to explain to people what an awesome mess Shocker is! It starts out like a typical serial killer flick, then turns into a Nightmare on Elm Street clone, then turns into the tv scene from Nightmare on Elm Street 3 for a quarter of the movie! Totally awesome train wreck! I LOVE Horace Pinker! He's one of my favorite film killers. He just has absolutely NO REGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE! He just kills random people because they're in a square mile of him! Just such a psycho! An unsung Craven Classic!

[@JasonBrant]

An awesome mess is a great way to describe this movie.

[@Liquidcadmus]

This film is great, there's nothing "bad" about it. but I guess that's a matter of tastes. I hate horror, but the 80's horror films like this one are fun, they mix scares with action, humor, and some fantasy.

[@papmaster]

20:55 🤣🤣🤣 we gotta pull this shit back

[@paulallison3974]

I was too young to watch this in the theater, but my buddy and I rented it and had a blast, the trailer was insane (to a 7th grader).

[@Jude30]

My brother and I went to see this when it came out. It was AMAZING!!

[@blacktoothfox677]

any movie with Megadeth in the soundtrack... But seriously, LOVED this movie when it came out. I was like, 12, 13 or something. Great watching your commentary. Guess I oughta subscribe... best regards from the UK

[@JasonBrant]

Thanks! Welcome aboard.

[@blacktoothfox677]

@@JasonBrant It's a great channel man - Keep at it, coz I truly reckon you'll hugely increase in subs. The content is great. - take any ribbing I give you and the 'guns' in as good-natured a way as poss, & I'll be a loyal viewer! - Bless y'all from the UK

[@rokasrerroca7399]

The real question is why weren't you wearing your "The Shocker" T-shirt!?!

[@Gollumfili]

Haha Dave definitely does follow the plot of these films better than anyone else.

[@JasonBrant]

It's bizarre how well he follows them.

[@dejjal8683]

The Shocker dude's powers seem to follow the same logic as the powers of all the villains in VR Troopers.

[@Dredd.Pirate.Roberts.]

Oh starting peter berg. Future director of lone survivor and battleship !!!!!

[@Parasiteve]

LMAO omg ive seen this movie around in horror movie sections but never watched it and i think that little girl part is gunna be my fav. anytime in a movie when a kid dies or a kid has to act like an adult, its my all time favorite.

[@dariogeorge8680]

Watched this one 30 years ago and I think I loved it. But then again, I was like 11 so....not sure how would I feel watching it now, so I just won't. BTW, great review as usual.

[@JasonBrant]

Thanks! It's a wild movie.

[@jonhofelich9107]

My father was born in 1947. I don't know how he dealt with movies like this when they're the only ones my brother and I wanted to see. I still love them, but that must have been hard for him.

[@ptonpc]

I forgot just how much fun this one was. Yes, it was considered pretty bonkers at the time.

[@JasonBrant]

So much fun. Merry Christmas!