Chi McBride, Dee Wallace, Jake Busey
Blending humor and horror, director Peter Jackson's outlandish tale centers on shady psychic detective Frank Bannister (Michael J. Fox), who uses his ability to communicate with the dead to boost his ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 18, 1998
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November 3, 2009Zany horror comedy which crosses Beetlejuice, Death Becomes Her and the kooky fantasy elements of a huge number of light hearted spook flicks. This film is atad different in the fact its actually alittle scary in places and even alittle gruesome or serious, Busey being a quite na...( read more)
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September 22, 2009It?s not bad, a bit of fun! I still like Jackson?s old stuff better though!
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August 11, 2008I was quite surprised that this film is more recent than I had suspected as it has an older look to it and I tend to associate Michael J Fox with the 80's.
It's a likeable ghost horror comedy, on a similar sort of lines to Beetlejuice.
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May 16, 2008Ok, generally billed as a youth-friendly supernatural horror/comedy in the vein of Beetlejuice or Ghostbusters, the movie's an all around good watch...
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October 26, 2009Haha, oh great fun. Good look at a less campy Peter Jackson, I can see how he got Lord of the Rings now. Good fun.
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October 20, 2009Saw this again for the first time since I was a kid.
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September 6, 2009Great performance by Fox. A fresh story idea and some cool moments. Plus Jake Busey!!!
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September 3, 2009once again michael j fox did a good job. this film was all about the psycho murderer you died quite long ago and still continue is mission to kill even though hes a spirit. the prospect that he was about to kill have a number slashed on their forehead and frank played by michael ...( read more)
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July 1, 2007great movie ,has something for everybody and an original story which is even rarer now a days
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December 5, 2006oh my god that was so funni i mean scary wateva but i watched this 10 mins ago and my best mate was screamin most of the film, just the part when sum ghosts come out of the bodies that shocked me out of the seat but the rest its a must see to horror, thiller and scared fans of micheal.j.fox
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