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The Frighteners

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Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. And when a demonic spirit appears, he may be the only one who can stop it from killing the living and the dead.

Genre:

Comedy, Horror, Fantasy

Actors:

Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson, John Astin, Jeffrey Combs, Dee Wallace, Jake Busey, Chi McBride, Jim Fyfe, Troy Evans, Julianna McCarthy, ...»

Director:

Peter Jackson

Country:

United States

Release:

1996

IMDb:

7.1

Quality:

Duration:

110 min

KEYWORDS:

#Michael J. Fox #Peter Dobson #Peter Jackson #The Frighteners #Trini Alvarado

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ACTORS OF "The Frighteners"

Michael J. Fox

9 June 1961, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Trini Alvarado

10 January 1967, New York City, New York, USA

Peter Dobson

19 July 1964, Red Bank, New Jersey, USA

John Astin

30 March 1930, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Jeffrey Combs

9 September 1954, Oxnard, California, USA

Dee Wallace

14 December 1948, Kansas City, Kansas, USA

Jake Busey

15 June 1971, Los Angeles, California, USA

Chi McBride

23 September 1961, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Jim Fyfe

Troy Evans

16 February 1948, Missoula, Montana, USA

Julianna McCarthy

17 August 1929, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

R. Lee Ermey

24 March 1944, Emporia, Kansas, USA

Elizabeth Hawthorne

30 April 1947, New Zealand

Angela Bloomfield

16 December 1972, Auckland, New Zealand

Desmond Kelly

1 January 1936, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Jonathan Blick

Todd Rippon

30 May 1964, Wellington, New Zealand

John Sumner

14 October 1951, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

Michael Robinson

13 January 1959, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Jim McLarty

Anthony Ray Parker

13 May 1958, Saginaw, Michigan, USA

Paul Yates

Melanie Lynskey

16 May 1977, New Plymouth, New Zealand

1955, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1995, Wellington, New Zealand

Sophie Watkins

Taea Hartwell

29 January 1994, Wellington, New Zealand

31 October 1961, Pukerua Bay, North Island, New Zealand

10 January 1959, Wellington, New Zealand

DIRECTORS OF "The Frighteners"

Peter Jackson

31 October 1961, Pukerua Bay, North Island, New Zealand

CREATORS OF "The Frighteners"

Peter Jackson

31 October 1961, Pukerua Bay, North Island, New Zealand

Fran Walsh

10 January 1959, Wellington, New Zealand

HEROES OF "The Frighteners"

Frank Bannister

Played by: Michael J. Fox

Dr. Lucy Lynskey

Played by: Trini Alvarado

Ray Lynskey

Played by: Peter Dobson

The Judge

Played by: John Astin

Milton Dammers

Played by: Jeffrey Combs

Patricia Ann Bradley

Played by: Dee Wallace

Johnny Charles Bartlett

Played by: Jake Busey

Cyrus

Played by: Chi McBride

Sheriff Walt Perry

Played by: Troy Evans

Old Lady Bradley

Played by: Julianna McCarthy

Sgt. Hiles

Played by: R. Lee Ermey

Magda Rees-Jones

Played by: Elizabeth Hawthorne

Debra Bannister

Played by: Angela Bloomfield

Harry Sinclair

Played by: Desmond Kelly

Steve Bayliss

Played by: Jonathan Blick

CRITICS OF "The Frighteners"

KFOR Channel 4 News

An incredibly underrated scare-comedy from Peter Jackson that deserves a much wider audience.

July 14, 2003

Time Out

At times the relentless special effects and tangled plotting veer towards visual and narrative overkill, but the final tonal swerve is shocking and effective.

January 26, 2006

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Common Sense Media

Violent, frenzied, foul-mouthed ghost comedy.

December 15, 2010

USA Today

A mess with sporadic flashes of creativity.

January 01, 2000

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

It actually works up till its last few minutes.

December 04, 2003

Fantastica Daily

Despite being awful in almost every respect, The Frighteners does offer one small pleasure: R. Lee Ermey parodying his Full Metal Jacket drill sergeant character.

January 23, 2006

New Times

Woulda been five stars, but the cop-out ending smacks of the test-screening process.

March 07, 2003

eFilmCritic.com

Quirky Peter Jackson film that's half comedy and half horror/gore-fest. Mostly enjoyable results, although Fox a bit miscast.

March 18, 2003

San Francisco Chronicle

An object lesson in what to avoid when making the transition from low-budget films to studio productions.

January 01, 2000

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Variety

Story was originally conceived as an episode of "Tales From the Crypt," and that is perhaps what it should have remained, as the thinness of the conceit shows throughout, painfully so in the first half.

March 26, 2009

New York Times

The actors can't keep the film's mood from verging on hysteria as the story roams all over the map. "The Frighteners" has flitted everywhere, even to heaven and hell, before it's over.

May 20, 2003

Los Angeles Times

Fortunately director Jackson, at home with all kinds of excess, keeps everything spinning nicely, not even losing a step when the mood turns increasingly disturbing.

February 14, 2001

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