Peter Elbling’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
Peter Elbling has 3 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 1990s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Phantom of the Paradise.
Recurring themes

Creepshow
1982
Horror · Comedy

Night of the Demons
1988
Horror · Comedy

Pretty Persuasion
2005
Comedy

Suck
2009
Comedy · Horror

The Cabin in the Woods
2012
Horror · Mystery

Sorry to Bother You
2018
Fantasy · Science Fiction

Rock 'n' Roll High School
1979
Comedy · Music

Dr. Giggles
1992
Horror · Comedy

as The Juicy Fruits / The Beach Bums / The Undeads
Prime Video · Rent
Singer-songwriter Winslow Leach seeks revenge on the nefarious music producer Swan, who steals both Winslow's music and his favorite singer for the grand opening of Swan's new rock palace, the Paradise.
Dir. Brian De Palma · With William Finley, Paul Williams, Jessica Harper
Phillip Filmore is a naive, 15-year-old, preoccupied with sex, who develops a crush on Nicole Mallow, the new 30-something, French housekeeper and sitter to look after him when Phillip's father is out of town for the summer on a "business" trip. But Mr. Filmore's unscrupulous chauffeur, Lester Lewis, takes advantage of Phillip's crush on Nicole to hire her to seduce the youth, then draws her into a plot to fake her own death in a blackmail scheme aimed to drain Phillip's trust fund.
Dir. Alan Myerson · With Sylvia Kristel, Howard Hesseman, Eric Brown

Wayne Szalinski is at it again. But instead of shrinking things, he tries to make a machine that can make things grow. As in the first one, his machine isn't quite accurate. But when he brings Nick & his toddler son Adam to see his invention, the machine unexpectedly starts working. And when Adam comes right up to the machine, he gets zapped along with his stuffed bunny.
Dir. Randal Kleiser · With Rick Moranis, Marcia Strassman, Robert Oliveri