The Frighteners
In an interesting story about that architect named Frank Panister. Frank passes by himself as an exorcist. Perhaps Frank will do a great job when Satanic spirit emerges, where he is the only person who can prevent her from killing the living and the dead in a terrible way. It is the most terrifying issue in Frank's life and perhaps in the lives of everyone who fears that Evil will appear.
15 June 1971, Los Angeles, California, USA
12 June 1932, UK
1995, Wellington, New Zealand
19 July 1964, Red Bank, New Jersey, USA
1970
December 15, 2010
Violent, frenzied, foul-mouthed ghost comedy.
December 04, 2003
It actually works up till its last few minutes.
May 20, 2003
The actors can't keep the film's mood from verging on hysteria as the story roams all over the map. "The Frighteners" has flitted everywhere, even to heaven and hell, before it's over.
March 18, 2003
Quirky Peter Jackson film that's half comedy and half horror/gore-fest. Mostly enjoyable results, although Fox a bit miscast.
January 01, 2000
An object lesson in what to avoid when making the transition from low-budget films to studio productions.
January 26, 2006
At times the relentless special effects and tangled plotting veer towards visual and narrative overkill, but the final tonal swerve is shocking and effective.
January 01, 2000
A mess with sporadic flashes of creativity.
February 14, 2001
Fortunately director Jackson, at home with all kinds of excess, keeps everything spinning nicely, not even losing a step when the mood turns increasingly disturbing.
January 23, 2006
Despite being awful in almost every respect, The Frighteners does offer one small pleasure: R. Lee Ermey parodying his Full Metal Jacket drill sergeant character.
March 07, 2003
Woulda been five stars, but the cop-out ending smacks of the test-screening process.
March 26, 2009
Story was originally conceived as an episode of "Tales From the Crypt," and that is perhaps what it should have remained, as the thinness of the conceit shows throughout, painfully so in the first half.
July 14, 2003
An incredibly underrated scare-comedy from Peter Jackson that deserves a much wider audience.
