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The Frighteners (1996) 7.1
After a tragic car accident that killed his wife, a man discovers he can communicate with the dead to con people but when a demonic spirit appears, he may be the only one who can stop it from killing the living and the dead. Director:Peter Jackson |
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Cast
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| Michael J. Fox | ... | ||
| Trini Alvarado | ... | ||
| Peter Dobson | ... | ||
| John Astin | ... | ||
| Jeffrey Combs | ... | ||
| Dee Wallace | ... |
Patricia Ann Bradley
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| Jake Busey | ... | ||
| Chi McBride | ... | ||
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Jim Fyfe | ... |
Stuart, Bannister's Ghostly Assistant
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| Troy Evans | ... | ||
| Julianna McCarthy | ... | ||
| R. Lee Ermey | ... | ||
| Elizabeth Hawthorne | ... | ||
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Angela Bloomfield | ... | |
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Desmond Kelly | ... | |
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After a car accident in which his wife, Debra, was killed and he was injured, Frank Bannister develops psychic abilities allowing him to see, hear, and communicate with ghosts. After losing his wife, he then gave up his job as an architect, letting his unfinished "dream house" sit incomplete for years, and put these skills to use by befriending a few ghosts and getting them to haunt houses in the area to drum up work for his ghostbusting business; Then Frank proceeds to "exorcise" the houses for a fee. But when he discovers that an entity resembling the Grim Reaper is killing people, marking numbers on their forehead beforehand, Frank tries to help the people whom the Reaper is after! Written by Anthony Pereyra <hypersonic91@yahoo.com>
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
19 July 1996 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Robert Zemeckis Presents: The Frighteners See more »Box Office
Budget:
$30,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
DEM 26,052 (Germany) (2 January 1998)Gross:
DEM 26,052 (Germany) (2 January 1998)Company Credits
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Magda Rees-Jones: He's threatening to kill me!
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Written by Donald Roeser
Performed by The Mutton Birds
Courtesy of Virgin Records Australasia
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Trivia
Chi McBride, agreed to be in The Frighteners, after seeing Peter Jacksons, Heavenly Creatures. See more »Goofs
When Frank is having breakfast talking to his ghost buddies early in the film, the background (Lyttelton, New Zealand) shows the location at sunset, not sunrise. See more »Quotes
Frank Bannister: [after seeing the glowing number on her forehead] You're next.Magda Rees-Jones: He's threatening to kill me!
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Soundtracks
"Don't Fear The Reaper"Written by Donald Roeser
Performed by The Mutton Birds
Courtesy of Virgin Records Australasia
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The Frighteners is a textbook example of how to do a horror/comedy. Peter Jackson once again proves he can handle the genre masterfully. With Psychic Investigator Frank Bannister, Michael J. Fox adds another great character to his pantheon of heroes. The rest of the cast is top notch as well. Horror icon Dee Wallace Stone is great in this. John Astin is great in this. R. Lee Ermey is great in this. Even Jake Busey is great in this. Everyone is great in this. The actors and actresses do a wonderful job of handling the humor and the scares. But the actor that really shines here is genre veteran Jeffrey Combs. His portrayal of F.B.I. Special Agent Milton Dammers is one of his most memorable in long career of genre roles. Only the best went into this movie: Rick Baker was brought in to handle some of the visual effects and Danny Elfman composed the score. I don't know that it's my favorite, but this may be Jackson's best horror offering thus far in his career. That's a bold statement considering he's no stranger to horror.
Note for genre buffs: Peter Jackson cameos as the pierced passerby.