find a way out of his "prison". Alison's voice tells Jonathan to take care of himself, while Jonathan's neighborhood suffers a blackout, caused by his friends blowing out the power main, trapping Pinker in the television. Jonathan goes outside amid all his neighbors and looks up at the sky, agreeing with Alison that they are beautiful. Cast Michael Murphy as Lt. Don Parker Peter Berg as Jonathan Parker Camille Cooper as Alison Clemens Mitch Pileggi as Horace Pinker Sam Scarber as Sidney Cooper Richard Brooks as Rhino Vincent Guasteferro as Pastori Ted Raimi as Pac Man Heather Langenkamp as Victim: Langenkamp previously portrayed the heroine Nancy Thompson in Craven's landmark films, A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) and A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987). In this film, she makes a brief cameo appearance as Horace Pinker's first victim shown on TV news. Timothy Leary as the television evangelist Kane Roberts as Road Worker: The guitarist from Alice Cooper's band. Wes Craven as Man Neighbor Jessica Craven (Wes Craven's daughter) as Counterperson Jonathan Craven (Wes Craven's son) as Jogger. Jonathan also worked as the film's visual effects coordinator. John Tesh as the TV newscaster Michael Matthews as Evil Mouth Eugene Chadbourne as Man in Bar Release Rating According to Craven, the film was severely cut for an "R" rating. It took around thirteen submissions to the Motion Picture Association of America to receive an "R" instead of an "X". Some scenes that were cut included Pinker spitting out fingers that he bit off of a prison guard, a longer and more graphic electrocution of Pinker, and a longer scene of a possessed coach stabbing his own hand. Despite fan interest, an uncut version has never been released. Box office Shocker was released on October 27, 1989 in 1,783 venues. It earned $4,510,990 in its opening weekend, ranking second behind the third weekend of Look Who's Talking. The film ultimately grossed $16.6 million in the United States. Critical response The film received a split vote from Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert on their weekly television show, with Siskel giving it "a marginal thumbs up" but Ebert voting "thumbs down" and explaining "I felt it would have been a better movie if it had played with more rules." Stephen Holden of The New York Times wrote, "If the movie's metaphors are as obvious and as portentous as the heavy metal