Nach einem tragischen Autounfall, bei dem seine Frau getötet wird, entdeckt ein Mann, dass er mit den Toten kommunizieren kann, um Menschen zu täuschen. Wenn jedoch ein dämonischer Geist ers... Alles lesenNach einem tragischen Autounfall, bei dem seine Frau getötet wird, entdeckt ein Mann, dass er mit den Toten kommunizieren kann, um Menschen zu täuschen. Wenn jedoch ein dämonischer Geist erscheint, kann er der Einzige sein, der ihn daran hindern kann, die Lebenden und die Toten z... Alles lesenNach einem tragischen Autounfall, bei dem seine Frau getötet wird, entdeckt ein Mann, dass er mit den Toten kommunizieren kann, um Menschen zu täuschen. Wenn jedoch ein dämonischer Geist erscheint, kann er der Einzige sein, der ihn daran hindern kann, die Lebenden und die Toten zu töten.
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- 3 Gewinne & 17 Nominierungen insgesamt
- Patricia Bradley
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The special effects still look good even by todays standards, and the story is solidly written, good characters and good direction, there is not much to criticise in this movie.
The film itself is one that you should not miss, and certainly not because you think its something that it isn't.
8/10 A surprising film, that has probably been overlooked by too many movie lovers.
The Frighteners, filmed and produced in New Zealand, was the biggest special effects movie made at that time outside the Hollywood movie base. It made extensive use of blue screens and had over 400 computer-enhanced special effects. Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh wrote the script and Jackson directed and produced the film.
The Frighteners has an overall tone of whimsy but also has some impressive horror movie moments. The Danny Elfman score fits the movie perfectly. Frank Bannister, played by Fox, is a widowed psychic investigator exploring supernatural goings on in a placid rural town. Newcomer Alvarado plays his romantic interest. Veteran actor John Astin plays a ghost called The Judge who has seen his better days. Ermey plays drill instructor (go figure), Sgt Hiles, who is in charge of the local cemetery. He has several lines and a general demeanor that pays homage or satirizes (depending on your viewpoint) his character in 1987's Full Metal Jacket. Jake Busey plays a good bad man, and McBride plays a funny role as Bannister's ghostly aide.
The Frighteners is amusing, frightening, entertaining, and a bit exhausting. It is a great Fall or Halloween movie.
All in all, a unique film that is very different from its competition in the horror drama and really only falls apart towards the end, when it resorts to the typical slasher ending with plot twists. Apart from the end, it's sure to keep you entertained throughout!
4/5 stars
JOHN ULMER
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- WissenswertesIt was during filming this on location in New Zealand that Michael J. Fox made up his mind that he'd had enough of being away from his family making movies, and decided to head back to the small screen and star in a new sitcom (Chaos City (1996)). This turned out to be his last leading role in a film.
- Patzer(at around 14 mins) When Frank goes to the Lynskey house he said it was 'spontaneous recurrent psychokinesis', but when he goes to another case (at around 24 mins) he calls it 'recurrent spontaneous psychokinesis'. The fact that he can't keep his con man story straight makes the scene even funnier.
- Alternative VersionenWhen Peter Jackson learned during post-production that the MPAA was going to give the movie an R-rating (despite many efforts to go for a PG-13 rating), he made Milton Dammers' death scene more gruesome by blowing up his head, instead of just having him shot in the chest and blown through the chapel doors. This caused problems with the BBFC, who cut the one continuous shot into two shots, minus the bullet blowing up the head. This censored Region 2 DVD was released throughout Europe. The U.S. television version uses the take where Dammers is blown through the chapel doors.
- VerbindungenEdited into Heads Blow Up! (2011)
- SoundtracksDon't Fear The Reaper
Written by Donald Roeser
Performed by The Mutton Birds (as The Mutton Birds)
Courtesy of Virgin Records Australasia
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- Budget
- 30.000.000 $ (geschätzt)
- Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
- 16.759.216 $
- Eröffnungswochenende in den USA und in Kanada
- 5.565.495 $
- 21. Juli 1996
- Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
- 29.359.216 $
- Laufzeit1 Stunde 50 Minuten
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- 2.39 : 1