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The Frighteners

The Frighteners
★ 7.0/10•1996•1h 50m•R•Horror•Comedy

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.

Peter Jackson · Screenplay

Fran Walsh · Screenplay

Peter Jackson · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 50m
LanguageEN
Release DateJul 19, 1996
Budget$30,000,000
Revenue$29,359,216

Actors

Michael J. Fox

Michael J. Fox

Frank Bannister

Trini Alvarado

Trini Alvarado

Lucy Lynskey

Peter Dobson

Peter Dobson

Ray Lynskey

John Astin

John Astin

The Judge

Jeffrey Combs

Jeffrey Combs

Milton Dammers

Dee Wallace

Dee Wallace

Patricia Bradley

Jake Busey

Jake Busey

Johnny Bartlett

Chi McBride

Chi McBride

Cyrus

Jim Fyfe

Jim Fyfe

Stuart

Troy Evans

Troy Evans

Sheriff Perry

Julianna McCarthy

Julianna McCarthy

Old Lady Bradley

R. Lee Ermey

R. Lee Ermey

Hiles

Elizabeth Hawthorne

Elizabeth Hawthorne

Magda Rees-Jones

Angela Bloomfield

Angela Bloomfield

Debra Bannister

Desmond Kelly

Desmond Kelly

Harry Sinclair

Jonathan Blick

Jonathan Blick

Steve Bayliss

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