Reviews: The Frighteners (1996) Movie Review
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Our take on The Frighteners (1996) explores its plot, scares, and horror highlights to help fans decide if it deserves a place on their watchlist.
Peter Jackson is one of my favorite directors, and The Frighteners (1996) is not a fantastic movie, but none-the-less a must see. Michael J. Fox plays Frank Bannister who is a "psychic investigator". Frank can see ghosts and has a trio of comic relief ghosts who help him along the movie.
The Frighteners starts off as a horror comedy but about midway into the horror movie it deepens into a rich film. The special effects are terrific for its time and still hold up today. I laughed, I sat at the edge of my seat, and I felt like some points were over done, not on the actor’s behalf. The acting was terrific from every star.
This movie remains one of my favorites even though it is wacky and not a complete winner. Replay value, definitely, I still watch it from time to time today.
The script was written by Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh; they also teamed up for The Lord of the Rings Trilogy.
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- The Frighteners Rating Scores
- Our Score: 7/10
- Overall Score: 6.55/10
- IMDB: 7.1/10
- MetaCritic: 5.2/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 6.6/10
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