The Frighteners (DVD)

Frank Bannister (Michael J. Fox) is a man with a troubled past. After the traumatic experience of a car crash that left his wife dead, his perception was knocked sideways, allowing him to see all of the ghosts of lost souls caught on Earth who missed their chance to go to Heaven. But to build his dream home he needs money, and the best way to do that is to offer up his paranormal gift for a price. In cahoots with a trio of mixed-bag ghouls, including rickety old cowboy the Judge (John Astin), 70s throwback Cyrus (Chi McBride), and young 50s geek Stuart (Jim Fyfe), Bannister sets them the task of haunting a particular house and leaving his ...  Read the complete review

Title: The Frighteners Actors: Michael J Fox, Julianna McCarthy Release: 1996 (DVD: 2003) Genre: Comedy/Horror Review: Frank Bannister played by Michael J Fox is a man who's past haunts him, literally. After a traumatic car accident his perception was altered so much so that he could see and communicate with spirits. Teaming up with an old sherrif style spook known as Judge, a guy from the 70's known as Cyrus and a nerd called Stuart. The idea is that the spooks go into peoples houses and haunt them leaving a business card behind which brings the owners to call Frank Bannister to help calm the spooks and rid the ...  Read the complete review

I saw this film around 4 years after borrowing it from my cousin. I watched it and with the next chance I had bought it on video. Having watched easily over 10 times now I can honestly say I’m still not bored with it. It’s a solid film with the right amount of comedy mixed with a good amount of horror, therefore the whole purpose of me writing this opinion is to get more people to see this film, everyone who I’ve recommended it to, have agreed that is it an extremely good film and if you watch it, which I hope you do, I think you’ll enjoy it on as many levels as I have. Peter Jackson is man who Co-writes, Co-produces and directs this ...  Read the complete review

I?ve finally managed to get my video player working, with the help of lots of tender loving care, a head cleaner cassette and a few choice slaps to the black casing! So, I was able to watch a video I brought several months ago. I do like a good ghost story, and The Frighteners is definitely a good ghost story. You may not have heard of this film, it was directed by Peter Jackson, and had Robert Zemeckis of Forrest Gump and Back to the Future fame as Executive Producer. It was released in 1996 but did not seem to have a lot of publicity at the time, and the same lack of publicity happened when it was released on video, which is good for me as I managed to pick ...  Read the complete review

The Frighteners, released in 1996, is the creation of director Peter Jackson and executive producer Robert Zemeckis and is as far as I am concerned one of the best dark comedies ever made. Staring Michael J Fox (Back to the Future), Trini Alverado, Jeffery Combs, John Astin, Jake Busey (Starship Troopers) and many more this is a very entertaining film. The film also boats some very good special effects and some cleaver cinematography. ~~Content~~ The Frighteners has a 15 certificate so you must expect occasional, moderate and sometimes bloody violence. Occasionally the language is quite strong and in places there is moderate nudity. The theme to this ...  Read the complete review