Zany 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)
The Frighteners
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The Frighteners
Chi McBride, Dee Wallace, Jake Busey, Jeffrey Combs, John Astin
Frank Bannister is a psychic swindler with the perfect business partners. They work cheap... they're dedicated... and they're dead. Possessed with a genuine ability to communicate with the dearly depa...( read more
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Recent Reviews
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November 3, 2009
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September 22, 2009
It?s not bad, a bit of fun! I still like Jackson?s old stuff better though!
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August 11, 2008
I 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, 2008
Ok, 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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December 20, 2009
A very good black comedy/horror from Peter Jackson (can this guy do no wrong!). Michael J Fox also pulls in a great performance as con man Frank Bannister who has the ability to see ghosts. It has an orginal story and it is so much fun to watch - why this flopped on it's initial ...( read more)
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December 2, 2009
Really bizarre and fun at the same time. While I don't think it's that good of a movie, I definitely find it very entertaining and worthwhile. The campy style works well and it has some outrageous performances from Jeffrey Combs and Jake Busey. The plot was sort've different and ...( read more)
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November 22, 2009
Funny, creepy, still looks good, Fox is great, and the music is amazing.
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October 26, 2009
Haha, 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, 2009
Saw this again for the first time since I was a kid.
Equally entertaining. :)
