6.5 Score

1996 • 1h 50min • R • Horror, Comedy

The Frighteners

"No rest for the wicked."

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.

IMDb 7.1

RT 67%

MC 52

Director

Peter Jackson

Writers

Peter Jackson

Fran Walsh

Composer

Danny Elfman

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Michael J. Fox

Frank Bannister

Trini Alvarado

Lucy Lynskey

Peter Dobson

Ray Lynskey

John Astin

The Judge

Jeffrey Combs

Milton Dammers

Dee Wallace

Patricia Bradley

Jake Busey

Johnny Bartlett

Chi McBride

Cyrus

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Michael J. Fox Frank Bannister

Trini Alvarado Lucy Lynskey

Peter Dobson Ray Lynskey

John Astin The Judge

Jeffrey Combs Milton Dammers

Dee Wallace Patricia Bradley

Jake Busey Johnny Bartlett

Chi McBride Cyrus

Jim Fyfe Stuart

Troy Evans Sheriff Perry

Julianna McCarthy Old Lady Bradley

R. Lee Ermey Hiles

Elizabeth Hawthorne Magda Rees-Jones

Angela Bloomfield Debra Bannister

Desmond Kelly Harry Sinclair

Jonathan Blick Steve Bayliss

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