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Release Date
• USA: Jul 19, 1996
DVD Release Date
• R1: Aug 5, 2003
• R2: 8 Sep 2003
Budget $30,000,000
MPAA Rating
Rated R for terror/violence.
Running Time
1 hour, 50 minutes
Country New Zealand, USA
More info on IMDb.com
Other Titles
• The Frighteners
• Frighteners (1997)
• Robert Zemeckis Presents: The Frighteners (1996)
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Genre: Thriller, Horror, Comedy, Ghosts, Psychic, Serial Killer, Black Comedy, Haunted House, Psychos, Supernatural, Scams And Cons, Investigation
Tagline: No Rest for the Wicked.
Plot: Offbeat horror director Peter Jackson goes Hollywood with this follow-up to his acclaimed 1994 feature, HEAVENLY CREATURES. THE FRIGHTENERS, part horror-comedy, part supernatural thriller, stars Michael J. Fox as psychic investigator Frank Bannister. Bannister is able to see and communicate with spirits as a result of the trauma of witnessing his wife die in a car accident. Now a series of mysterious deaths in Frank's hometown has left authorities at wit's end. The deaths appear to be caused by heart attacks, but eventually it is revealed that they are actually the work of a menacing, Grim Reaper-like phantom. Bannister becomes a suspect after several deaths occur in his presence, and in order to prove his innocence, he and a team of three friendly ghosts attempt to unravel the mystery surrounding the murderous specter. But what emerges is far more than they bargained for, and soon a psychotic killer's lust for revenge from beyond the grave threatens the lives of both Bannister and his new love interest (Trini Alvarado). THE FRIGHTENERS is a fun and fast-paced cinematic romp with plenty of stunning computer-generated special
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 Big-studio debut by Peter Jackson is a fairly humourous, entertaining and fun romp. Fox even does good in the lead role.  -- (TheVideoGraveYard.com)
Sounds corny but this movie is so tame for a Peter Jackson film. The gore is all CGI, but Stan Winston's make up effects for the judge make up for it.  --Zaero (Bloody-Disgusting.com)
I have to say if your looking for that movie thats going to seal the deal in getting your head inside a warm pair of knickers forget it, this movie is for the family. -- (terrorwatch.net)
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Frances Walsh
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
 | Peter Jackson
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
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| Cast |
Michael J. Fox
Back to the Future, Back to the Future Part II, Mars Attacks! |
 | John Astin
European Vacation, Teen Wolf Too, Freaky Friday |
 | Jeffrey Combs
House on Haunted Hill, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, FeardotCom |
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 | Jake Busey
Starship Troopers, Identity, Enemy of the State |
 | Chi McBride
I, Robot, Gone in Sixty Seconds, The Terminal |
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