Peter Berg Archives

Shocker (1989)

Rating: ★

Jan 31, 2010Executed Killer's Supernatural Revenge

Wes Craven's attempt to top his A Nightmare on Elm Street and the phenomenon that Freddy Krueger subsequently became was this remarkably silly film with Mitch Pileggi as a serial killer returned from the electric chair

Director: Wes Craven

Actors: Peter Berg, Mitch Pileggi, Michael Murphy, Cami Cooper, …

Category: Horror

31 January 201022 April 2021 by Roog

Late for Dinner (1991)

Rating: ★★★

Aug 2, 2000Cryogenic Sleepers Awake in the Present

A thoughtful and well-written Cryogenic Sleepers Awake film that charts the culture shock experienced by two men frozen in the 1960s and thawed out in the present day

Director: W.D. Richter

Actors: Peter Berg, Marcia Gay Harden, Brian Wimmer, Colleen Flynn, …

Category: Science Fiction

2 August 200021 June 2026 by Roog

Fire in the Sky (1993)

Rating: ★★★

Nov 16, 2001Alien Abduction/"True Story"

Film based on a true-life claim about a supposed alien abduction. This probably won't convince anybody who does not already believe but it is undeniably a well-made film, at its most striking when we go aboard the UFO

Director: Robert Lieberman

Actors: D.B. Sweeney, Robert Patrick, James Garner, Craig Sheffer, …

Category: Science Fiction

16 November 200128 June 2022 by Roog