Film

The Frighteners 1996

Directed by Peter Jackson

  • Horror, Comedy
  • 110 min
  • R

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.

HorrorComedydaughtersmall townmothersheriffjudgefuneralwidowfbiarchitectsupernaturalpoltergeisthell

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Contemporary, unpretentious, meticulous and relentless.

  • contemporarynostalgic
  • unpretentiousprestige
  • rawmeticulous
  • contemplativerelentless
  • character-ledplot-driven

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The ProvocateurThe Provocateur: loved by 33The FormalistThe Formalist: loved by 1The Formalist: disliked by 21 / 2The Prestige HunterThe Prestige Hunter: loved by 22The CartographerThe Cartographer: loved by 22The Comfort SeekerThe Comfort Seeker: loved by 1The Comfort Seeker: disliked by 11 / 1The Thrill ChaserThe Thrill Chaser: loved by 1The Thrill Chaser: disliked by 11 / 1The EmpathThe Empath: loved by 11The Genre DevoteeThe Genre Devotee: loved by 11loved (4★+)disliked (2.5★ or less)

23 profiled raters. Loved most by The Provocateurs; disliked most by The Formalists.

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