The Frighteners
No Rest for the Wicked.
No Rest for the Wicked.
Comedy, Horror
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1996
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Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more people dying in the small town where he lives. As he tries to piece together the supernatural mystery of these killings, he falls in love with the wife of one of the victims and deals with a crazy FBI agent.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
110 min
Release date:
18 Jul 1996
Country:
NZ, US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$30,000,000
Revenue:
$29,359,216
Awards:
3 wins & 16 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Incredible, the amount of work that went into ``The Frighteners.'' And appalling.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Fortunately director Jackson, at home with all kinds of excess, keeps everything spinning nicely, not even losing a step when the mood turns increasingly disturbing.
– Kenneth Turan,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb 2001
rotten:
The actors can't keep the film's mood from verging on hysteria as the story roams all over the map. "The Frighteners" has flitted everywhere, even to heaven and hell, before it's over.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
At times the relentless special effects and tangled plotting veer towards visual and narrative overkill, but the final tonal swerve is shocking and effective.
– Nigel Floyd,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
rotten:
Story was originally conceived as an episode of "Tales From the Crypt," and that is perhaps what it should have remained, as the thinness of the conceit shows throughout, painfully so in the first half.
– Todd McCarthy,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009