Rent The Frighteners (1996)
3.5 of 5 from 138 ratings
1h 45min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Frank Bannister (Michael J. Fox) makes a living as a small-town "ghost buster," ridding haunted houses of their unwelcome "guests". But he's in cahoots with the very ghosts he promises to evict! It's the perfect scam, until a powerful spirit goes on a murderous rampage, and everyone in town thinks that Frank is behind it. Now he must try to clear his name and find a way to stop this diabolical ghost - without becoming one himself!
- Actors:
- Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson, John Astin, Jeffrey Combs, Dee Wallace, Jake Busey, Chi McBride, Jim Fyfe, Troy Evans, Julianna McCarthy, R. Lee Ermey, Elizabeth Hawthorne, Angela Bloomfield, Desmond Kelly, Jonathan Blick, Todd Rippon, John Sumner, Michael Robinson, Jim McLarty
- Directors:
- Peter Jackson
- Producers:
- Peter Jackson, Jamie Selkirk
- Writers:
- Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson
- Aka:
- Muertos de miedo
- Studio:
- Universal Pictures
- Genres:
- Horror
- Collections:
- Holidays Film Collection, Top 13 Halloween Films For Kids
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 10/10/2011
- Run Time:
- 110 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French DTS 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Castillian, English Hard of Hearing, French, Spanish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Feature Commentary with Director Peter Jackson
- The Making Of The Frighteners
- Music - Interview with Danny Elfman Bloopers
- Storyboarding
- Theatrical Trailer
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Reviews (3) of The Frighteners
great dark fun. - The Frighteners review by CP Customer
This film shows Peter Jacksons talents way before Lord Of The Rings stuff. It has some great special effects, and is generally a fun and suitably creepy way to spend a couple of hours.
2 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
Good Sunday afternoon B Movie! - The Frighteners review by CS
Very much of its genre, this is Ghostbusters vs Beetlejuice, with a little bit of Poltergeist and many other hammy comedy horror spoofs of that time thrown in for good measure! It has a very 80's feel to it and feels quite dated considering it was made much later in 1996! The storyline is standard, but this does have a nice feel good vibe, and moves along quite nicely. I didn't find it very funny myself, but thought it was a nice Sunday afternoon film to watch with the kids, even though it is a 15 certificate, there's nothing really scary in here, apart from the theme of a serial killer on the loose!
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.
Highly Entertaining Fast-paced Comedy Horror with Cartoon Characters. Friday Night Movie Fare! - The Frighteners review by PV
Famous now as the (5th) movie Peter Jackson wrote and directed before first Lord of the Rings in 2001, this is also all made in New Zealand, with the team that went on to work on the blockbuster Hobbit stories.
It's one of those fastpaced cartoon comedies that Hollywood does so well, (and the UK and Europe don't), with Touchstone pictures often, Chris Columbus stuff and Back to the Future franchise. It's highly entertaining, fast-paced, with the usual leering baddies and goodies, and the characters on journeys. It's fun.
A prefect Friday night movie to watch with friends, laughing and screaming and jumping in unison.
4 stars
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