On October 27, 1989 “Shocker” was released in theaters! Written and directed by Wes Craven, and starring Michael Murphy, Peter Berg, Cami Cooper, Ted Raimi and Mitch Pileggi as Horace Pinker. 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