I actually think this is the best of the house series after the first one.But having a very similar storyline to Wes Craven's Shocker which is better?I don't know I like them both but I think Brion James is a great actor.What do you think Id be interested to know
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This....Shocker was one of those trendy 80's movies that didn't do alot for me
and is easily forgotten.(Even though Alice Cooper guitarist at the time Kane Roberts was in it)
This far more of a horror movie than Shocker. More evil and bloody scenes in this where as Shocker tended to focus more on effects eg tv scene effects
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Shocker...shocker's humour kept me watching as something a little more different than the average slasher, and Mitch Pilligi was a better villain than Brion James (who I usually love).
I didn't hate this though.
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I have been asking this question for years. Before I answer it though, The Horror Show is completely unrelated to the House franchise. To say this is better then House is like saying Night of the Living Dead is better then Poltergeist. They are completely different movies and hard to compare. Anyway, back to the question. I think I liked Shocker a little bit more because Horace Pinker was such a goofy serial killer. Not to say that killing families is goofy but his character was hard to take seriously. Max Jenke from The Horror Show was a vicious serial killer who had the pure essence of evil on his side. What killed me with The Horror Show was that I didn't like the ending at all. WARNING SPOILERS! At the end of The Horror Show they destroy Jenke once and for. After that, Henrickson's family is magically back to life. I think it would have been better if they stayed dead. It would have had a more emotional impact. At least with Shocker, dead was dead. One more note, Jenke had a better Electric Chair scene then Pinker.
-PCyst
I preferred The Horror Show to Craven's outing, it just felt edgier, plus it didn't have to live up to the expectations that Shocker had to--and didn't. Mitch Peleggi was great, but you just can't beat Brion James for an in-your-face jerk of a villain.
shareWell, I certainly have to agree with you on Brion James. James as Jenke was great. I thought Mitch was pretty hilarious though.
i wish you american fans would get over the fact that this is a house film! house 3 took place inside lucass house which the spirit of max entered, ITS HOUSE 3.!!! end of...
shareWell, it was released here, in the theaters as The Horror Show. That is what I know it as and that is what I will call it. Really though, there are so many movies with so many different names who cares what people call it. Look at Tombs of the Blind Dead. That movie has more names then the Devil. Really, it's not worth getting up in arms over.
I'm american and I consider it apart of the series, since i like them all the same.
shareremember house 3 was before shocker! wes ripped this one off big style!
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uhm ok not really.. shocker didnt rip of 'The horror show'! It was a lame atempt to rip off Wes Craven's very own nightmare on elmstreet franchise.
Wes prob saw that freddy was both not his baby anymore, and also a great cash cow - so he tried to do it again.
'The Horror Show' at least had some edge to it. 'Shocker' is in the same catagory as 'Trick or Treat' with that Skippy guy from family ties
I really didnt care for this.
I vote for Shocker.
Horror Show. Both were good, but I really like Lance Henriksen in most everything he's in. He's the villian in so much of his recent stuff that it's nice to go back and see that he got to play heroes occasionally.
And Brion James is the perfect d*ck. No offense to Mitch, who was also good.
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Wes has ripped off a lot of movies in his career.
shareShocker was more enjoyable for me. I'm a Craven fan, so this may be a biased opinion. Shocker had some good doses of humor. For The Horror Show, I couldn't even sit through the whole film.
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