The Frighteners
1996 · TMDB 7.0
Directed by Peter Jackson
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.
Why it matters
Peter Jackson's Hollywood debut dresses a grief story in ghost-detective slapstick, with Michael J. Fox as a con man who can see the dead. The set pieces are inventive, but the film's real subject is loss, which is why it lingers.
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Released
- 1996-07-19
- Studio
- WingNut Films
- Country
- New Zealand
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 7.0
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Position 3 of 8
Peter Jackson's Hollywood debut dresses a grief story in ghost-detective slapstick, with Michael J. Fox as a con man who can see the dead. The set pieces are inventive, but the film's real subject is loss, which is why it lingers.
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