The Frighteners with Michael J. Fox: DVD Cover

    The Frighteners Director: Peter Jackson Cast: Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson, John Astin

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    • DVD Release Date: 08/18/1998
    • Original Release: 1996
    • Rating: Rated R
    • Sales Rank: 15,099

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    Production notes; Cast and filmmakers' bios; Film highlights; Theatrical trailer

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    Scene Index

    Chapter List
    0. Chapter List
    1. Main Titles: The Curse Of Fairwater [7:30]
    2. Calling Mr. Bannister [4:19]
    3. The Ectoplasmic Associates [5:38]
    4. You Appear To Be Dead, Ray! [1:04]
    5. Three For Dinner [6:57]
    6. The Soul Collector [7:42]
    7. Special Agent Dammers [3:49]
    8. Museum Mayhem [3:51]
    9. The Reaper Strikes [6:24]
    10. The Interrogation [:13]
    11. Cyrus And Stuart To The Rescue [4:24]
    12. An Out-Of-Body Experience [3:38]
    13. The Face Of Death [:01]
    14. The Killer Couple [7:22]
    15. The Express Bus To Hell [6:27]
    16. Life After Death (End Titles) [2:14]

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    Editorial Reviews

    Charlatan Frank Bannister (Michael J. Fox) has genuine psychic powers, but he doesn't use them to help people. Rather, he generates cases for his supernatural private-eye firm by harassing a group of hapless ghosts (including a dearly departed Wild West outlaw and an undead judge played by John Astin) into staging hauntings and poltergeists in the homes of likely marks. Bannister's world turns on its head when he starts noticing real hauntings around town -- ghostly assassinations that seem to be tied to the execution 20 years earlier of a brutal serial killer. Lucy Lunskey (Trini Alvarado), the wife of one unlucky victim, teams up with Bannister to get to the bottom of the killings and find out what shut-in Patricia Bradley (Dee Wallace Stone) and her witchy mother (Julia McCarthy) have to do with the sinister spree. Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide

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    Frightenersby Anonymous

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    February 02, 2007: The Frighteners, Peter Jackson's first studio work, is often overlooked when discussing the director's films, which is a shame, as it is quite a good little slice of comedy-horror. The first half-hour focuses primarily on the funny stuff, and falters a bit, comedy always being something of a hit-and-miss affair with Jackson. However, once Jeffrey Combs' demented FBI agent Dammers is introduced and the film focuses more on its thriller aspects, the Frighteners takes off, spending the next hour and a half racing through its clever plot, and finishing with a great sequence in an abandoned hospital. This sequence, with its multiple protaganists and reality-bending flashbacks, is a fantastically well-done blend of action, comedy, and horror, and deserves to stand aside later Jackson highpoints, such as the Battle for Helm's Deep in Two Towers and Skull Island in King Kong.

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    Frightenersby Anonymous

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    August 30, 2004: This was such a great movie. It was so scary I almost messed myself. Peter Jackson did a great job as director. Michael J Fox really got to show off his acting chops. Probably his best chops since he devoured the role of Alex P Keaton. I love Mr. Fox so much. I even traveled to a Minnesota Twins game just to get a Michael J Fox bobble head doll.


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