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Name: The Frighteners
Released: 2004-3-19
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, John Astin, Jeffrey Combs, Peter Dobson

The Frighteners

R
1h 49m
2004

67%

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From Academy Award®-winning director Peter Jackson (King Kong, The Lord of the Rings) comes this wicked comedy-thriller. Michael J. Fox stars as Frank Bannister, a small-town "ghostbuster" in league with the very spirits he's supposed to be exorcising. The scam works well until a powerful spirit goes on a murderous rampage, forcing Frank to find a way to stop the diabolical ghoul in this special-effects-packed supernatural chiller that's so fiendishly entertaining, it's frightening!

Director:

Peter Jackson

Producer:

Jamie Selkirk, Peter Jackson, Robert Zemeckis

Writer:

Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson

Cast:

Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, John Astin, Jeffrey Combs, Peter Dobson, Dee Wallace Stone, Jake Busey, Chi McBride, Jim Fyfe

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

67%

Critics Consensus: Boasting top-notch special effects and exuberant direction from Peter Jackson, The Frighteners is visually striking but tonally uneven.

Reviews

The Wolfman Cometh

Patrick Cavanaugh

The rare horror-comedy that is both funny and creepy, thanks to the charming cast and the inventive direction.

Twenty-five years on and what's striking about The Frighteners is how well the effects and Jackson's tension-building have held up.

October 27, 2021

FULL REVIEW

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