The Frighteners (1996)
Genre: Comedy / Horror
Duration: 110 minuten / 123 minuten (director's cut)
Country:
New Zealand / United States
Directed by: Peter Jackson
Stars: Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado and Peter Dobson
IMDb score:
7,1 (102.760)
Releasedate: 18 July 1996
The Frighteners plot
"No Rest for the Wicked."
Frank Bannister (Fox) has been given a special gift after a car accident. He can see ghosts. He makes a deal with a few ghosts, so that they go to haunt someone's house and Bannister comes to chase them away for a fee. When suddenly supernaturally all people are murdered, Bannister is one of the prime suspects. Nobody believes him when he says that the murders were committed by Death, so he will have to provide the proof himself.
Actors and actresses
Frank Bannister
Milton Dammers
Johnny Charles Bartlett
Cyrus
Dr. Lucy Lynskey
Ray Lynskey
The Judge
Stuart
Sheriff Walt Perry
Old Lady Bradley
Reviews & comments
Filmkriebel
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- 10169 messages
- 4757 votes
Nice yet predictable horror comedy with some great special effects. Judge remains my favorite but also Coombs as the FBI agent with Hitler hair who was abused as a sex slave by a cult in his youth 
is really an extreme nut. I know of few movies where humor and horror are so nicely intertwined. And then there's Ermey, the eternal drill sergeant, who ensures order and peace even after his death. A little too scary for the youngest though. The Frighteners is still doing well with me almost a quarter of a century later. There's a four in this.
Translated from Dutch · View original
Brabants
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- 2909 messages
- 2161 votes
The Frighteners wasn't really my thing for me without spending a lot of words on it. The setting, attention to the story and acting were fine, but I found it all too messy.
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