Full Metal Jacket discarded that in favor of a film about the Vietnam War. They met in England, and the director told Herr that he wanted to do a war film but had yet to find a story to adapt. Kubrick discovered Gustav Hasford's novel "The Short-Timers" (1979) while reading the "Virginia Kirkus Review." Herr received it in bound galleys and thought that it was a masterpiece. In 1982, Kubrick read the novel twice, concluding that it "was a unique, absolutely wonderful book", and decided, along with Herr, to adapt it for his next film. According to Kubrick, he was drawn to the
Berserker (1987 film) to avoid unless you are have a burning desire to see every 80s slasher film". Todd Martin from "HorrorNews.net" offered the film similar criticism, calling it "a boring, confusing, hokey, mess of a film". Will and Roni agree that the Viking element was underplayed. Berserker (1987 film) Berserker (a.k.a. Berserker: The Nordic Curse) is a 1987 American slasher film written and directed by Jefferson Richard.The film centers on a group of campers who are stalked and murdered by a Viking berserker. According to an old Nordic legend, a Berserker was a bloodthirsty warrior who ate human flesh, forbidden a restful