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The Frighteners (1996)

Directed by Peter Jackson

Horror | Comedy

Most recently watched by sensoria, CaptainBigTime, ashe5k, krazykat

Overview

Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his “special” gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more people dying in the small town where he lives. As he tries to piece together the supernatural mystery of these killings, he falls in love with the wife of one of the victims and deals with a crazy FBI agent.

Rated R | Length 110 minutes

Actors

Michael J. Fox | Trini Alvarado | Peter Dobson | John Astin | Jeffrey Combs | Dee Wallace | Jake Busey | Chi McBride | Jim Fyfe | Troy Evans | Julianna McCarthy | R. Lee Ermey | Elizabeth Hawthorne | Angela Bloomfield | Desmond Kelly | Jonathan Blick | Todd Rippon | John Sumner | Michael Robinson | Jim McLarty | Anthony Ray Parker | Paul Yates | Melanie Lynskey | John Leigh | Nicola Cliff | Ken Blackburn | Stuart Devenie | Genevieve Westcott | K.C. Kelly | Leslie Wing | Leslie Klein | Frank Edwards | Alan O'Leary | Danny Lineham | Charlie McClellan | William Pomeroy | George Port | Billy Jackson | Sophie Watkins | Taea Hartwell | Max Grover | George Grover | Tony Hopkins | Lewis Martin | Clay Nelson | Matthew Chamberlain | Vivienne Kaplan | Liz Mullane | Matt Aitken | Grae Burton | Michael Elsworth | Nic Farra | Peter Jackson | Fran Walsh

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Definitely Peter Jackson. Had I not known going in I would’ve picked him or Raimi. It’s horror with the comedic elements thrown in but still horror. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. Here it kinda works, mostly. Little did I know I’d meet Jake Busey the next day at Chicago Comic-Con. At least I had something to talk about. Jackson’s cameo cracked me up.

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