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The Frighteners

  • 1996
  • 18
  • 1 Std. 50 Min.
IMDb-BEWERTUNG
7,1/10
99.454
IHRE BEWERTUNG
BELIEBTHEIT
3.689
257
The Frighteners (1996)
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Dark ComedyDark FantasyHigh-Concept ComedyQuirky ComedySupernatural FantasySupernatural HorrorComedyDramaFantasyHorror

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.

  • Regie
    • Peter Jackson
  • Drehbuch
    • Fran Walsh
    • Peter Jackson
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • Michael J. Fox
    • Trini Alvarado
    • Peter Dobson
  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
  • IMDb-BEWERTUNG
    7,1/10
    99.454
    IHRE BEWERTUNG
    BELIEBTHEIT
    3.689
    257
    • Regie
      • Peter Jackson
    • Drehbuch
      • Fran Walsh
      • Peter Jackson
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • Michael J. Fox
      • Trini Alvarado
      • Peter Dobson
    • 284Benutzerrezensionen
    • 116Kritische Rezensionen
    • 52Metascore
  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
    • Auszeichnungen
      • 3 Gewinne & 17 Nominierungen insgesamt

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    Michael J. Fox
    Michael J. Fox
    • Frank Bannister
    Trini Alvarado
    Trini Alvarado
    • Lucy Lynskey
    Peter Dobson
    Peter Dobson
    • Ray Lynskey
    John Astin
    John Astin
    • The Judge
    Jeffrey Combs
    Jeffrey Combs
    • Milton Dammers
    Dee Wallace
    Dee Wallace
    • Patricia Bradley
    • (as Dee Wallace Stone)
    Jake Busey
    Jake Busey
    • Johnny Bartlett
    Chi McBride
    Chi McBride
    • Cyrus
    Jim Fyfe
    Jim Fyfe
    • Stuart
    Troy Evans
    Troy Evans
    • Sheriff Perry
    Julianna McCarthy
    Julianna McCarthy
    • Old Lady Bradley
    R. Lee Ermey
    R. Lee Ermey
    • Hiles
    Elizabeth Hawthorne
    Elizabeth Hawthorne
    • Magda Rees-Jones
    Angela Bloomfield
    Angela Bloomfield
    • Debra Bannister
    Desmond Kelly
    • Harry Sinclair
    Jonathan Blick
    • Steve Bayliss
    Todd Rippon
    • Deputy
    John Sumner
    John Sumner
    • Deputy
    • Regie
      • Peter Jackson
    • Drehbuch
      • Fran Walsh
      • Peter Jackson
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    brandonsites1981

    * * * out of 4.

    Con man (Michael J. Fox) uses the ghosts he sees and maintains friendships with in order to rip off people in order to make a living after losing his wife. However, there is a dead serial killer lurking about killing everyone and Fox has to stop this ghost before it can claim another victim. This film moves along at such fast pace you never have time to question what is going on on-screen. The film itself, is filled with many wonderful visual effects and proves to be a perfect vehicle for Fox's many talents. It is also brimming with many original thoughts and idea's. It is highly under rated and I highly recommanded this film. Just check your brain in at the door however.

    Rated R; Violence and Profanity.
    8deexsocalygal

    One of my top favorites

    I absolutely love this movie! It's a funny story with Michael Fox as the main character who can see ghosts. Three funny friendly ghosts talk to him regularly, hang out in his house & ride with him in his car. He's good friends with them & they help him drum up business. You see Michael advertises that he can rid a house of ghosts. When someone calls him thinking their house might be haunted he brings his ghosts with him on the first visit. The ghosts help Michael J. Fox by haunting the house while he's checking it out & writing an estimate. By the time he's done the owner is begging him to come back at any cost! It's really funny. The DVD is better. When I streamed it I noticed some scenes were cut out or shortened. I highly recommend.
    7claudio_carvalho

    Weird, but Entertaining and Original

    After the traumatic experience of losing his beloved wife Debra (Angela Bloomfield) in a car accident, the architect Frank Bannister (Michael J. Fox) acquires the ability of seeing ghosts. He quits his profession; abandons the construction of his dream house to live with Debra and becomes a con man, using the ghosts Cyrus (Chi McBride), Stuart (Jim Fyfe) and The Judge (John Astin) to haunt houses and then charging the dwellers to exorcise their homes.

    Dr. Lucy Lynskey (Trini Alvarado) visits the reclusive Patricia Ann Bradley (Dee Wallace-Stone), who was a former delinquent and girlfriend of the serial–killer Johnny Bartlett (Jake Busey) that lives with her mother, she notes that Patricia has bruises. Lucy returns home and together with her husband Ray Lynskey (Peter Dobson), they are haunted by a poltergeist. She calls Frank and soon Ray has a heart attack. Lucy meets Frank in a restaurant and he realizes that Soul Collector is marking numbers in the forehead of his victims before killing them. Frank becomes prime suspect of the police due to his knowledge about the murders and he is arrested. Meanwhile the psychotic FBI agent Milton Dammers (Jeffrey Combs) comes to the city to investigate the murder cases. When Frank finds that Lucy will be the next victim of the Reaper, he takes the ultimate decision to fight the entity to save her.

    "The Frighteners" is a weird, but entertaining and original film by Peter Jackson. The story is too violent for comedy and too silly for horror; therefore the genre is indeed a combination of comedy, romance, horror and fantasy. The special effects are excellent and state-of-art for a 1996 movie. Michael J. Fox shines in the role of the psychic Frank Bannister and Trini Alvarado is perfect in the role of his romantic pair Dr. Lucy Lynskey. All the characters are interesting and peculiar, and the cast has great performances independently of the special effects. My vote is seven.

    Title (Brazil): "Os Espíritos" ("The Spirits")
    8januaryman-1

    Fun and frenetic

    The Frighteners is a fun little movie from the mid-90s. It has an pleasing mix of stars who hit their stride in the 80s (Fox,Wallace, and Ermey) and others who count this as among their first works (Alvarado, Busey, McBride). It is an odd mix of horror and humor from Peter Jackson and had state-of-the-art special effects for the time.

    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.
    8frank-liesenborgs

    Excellent movie even after 25 years!!

    "The Frighteners" is really a good ghost story, not a horror movie. This is really a watchable 'popcorn' kind of fantasy movie, where the humor is raked up in dark devilish, sometimes stupid jokes. This combination of Robert Zemeckis and Peter Jackson is fantastic. This movie is an odd blend of outright comedy and supernatural thriller. Plot essential has Michael J. Fox as a psychic who really can see dead people, so much so in fact that he has befriended three ghosts and makes a living out of setting up hauntings and charging people to exorcise the spirits. However, things turn decidedly deadly when he encounters a grim reaper like spirit that is killing people and putting a number on their foreheads. It seems there is a serial killing spirit on the loose, played by Jake Busey. This movie has a terrific cast with an outstanding acting performance overall. It's also not surprising that "The Frighteners" has become a cult movie of some standing. The bonkers plot, the close to the knuckle humour and narrative make it a fascinating viewing experience. Find the time and watch this movie. You will not be disappointed.

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      It 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.
    • Zitate

      Judge: [after having sex with a mummy] I like it when they lie still like that.

    • Alternative Versionen
      When 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.
    • Verbindungen
      Edited into Heads Blow Up! (2011)
    • Soundtracks
      Don'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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    • Erscheinungsdatum
      • 1. Januar 1998 (Deutschland)
    • Herkunftsländer
      • Neuseeland
      • Vereinigte Staaten
    • Offizieller Standort
      • Official Facebook
    • Sprache
      • Englisch
    • Auch bekannt als
      • Muertos de miedo
    • Drehorte
      • Wellington, Neuseeland
    • Produktionsfirmen
      • Universal Pictures
      • WingNut Films
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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 $
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