The Frighteners
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… From TMDB
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60 of 205 · most liked firstThe Frighteners (1996) 🎬🖤 Directed by Peter Jackson
unlabelledView post →Revisiting The Frighteners and this movie doesn’t get onto nearly enough Halloween movie discussions and list.
unlabelledView post →The Frighteners (1996) Directors Cut 🎬 Danny Elfman’s quirky score sets the stage for a fun story! Great ghost effects, and the banter between Frank & the spirits feels like a fun sitcom I could watch for hours. Jeffrey Combs steals the show as the creepy agent. #100DaysOfHorror #Horror #FilmSky
unlabelledView post →🎬 30 years ago today Peter Jackson's brilliant Dark Comedy "The Frighteners" premiered in Universal City, California on July 17, 1996. The film stars Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Jeffrey Combs, Peter Dobson, John Astin, Dee Wallace & Jake Busey, to name a few! Any fans out there? 🧐
unlabelledView post →Friday night film is The Frighteners (1996). A Michael J. Fox film I’ve never seen before!
unlabelledView post →It's the spooky season, what are your recommended movies (and other media) for the season that aren't gory horror or kids movies?. My SO and I are always looking for good movies, shows, etc. to fill the month of October. We like things that are atmospheric, cerebral, or just fun. But a lot of the standard recommendations are your typical slasher movies and the like, disgusting body horror, kids movies that we have no interest in, and things that are just plain miserable. --- Here's some…
unlabelledView post →Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍 The Frighteners (1996) By Enzo Sciotti
unlabelledView post →I'm watching The Frighteners for the 1st time. I think... This movie is tickling bits of my brain... Maybe I've seen it before, but if I have, I've no memory.
unlabelledView post →Any fans of the 1996 film ‘The Frighteners’ with Michael J. Fox!
unlabelledView post →#NowWatching The Frighteners (1996), dir: Peter Jackson. I really love this film - absolutely an underrated gem. 😊 I'm loving this poster art by Dave Perillo too! 😁 #filmsky
unlabelledView post →🐸 Godzilla Minus One 2023 💃🏾 Losing Ground 1982 ⛏️ Man with a Movie Camera 1929 💍 The Frighteners 1996 #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #filmsky
unlabelledView post →Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍 The Frighteners (1996) By Enzo Sciotti
unlabelledView post →Braindead aka Dead Alive (1992). SOME THINGS WON'T STAY DOWN... EVEN AFTER THEY DIE. When a Sumatran rat-monkey bites Lionel Cosgrove's mother, she is transformed into a zombie and begins killing (and transforming) the entire town while Lionel races to keep things under control. An over-the-top horror comedy directed by Peter Jackson (Bad Taste, The Frighteners, etc.)
unlabelledView post →Global Horror: Australia and New Zealand With so many international co-productions, it can be hard to work out what counts as a “proper” Australian or New Zealand film (sorry, “The Frighteners”)… but with that caveat, here’s my take on 50 Aus/NZ horrors that are worth checking out! 💕 🌍 📽️ 👻 🇦🇺 🇳🇿
unlabelledView post →Tonight’s family movie: 1996’s The Frighteners. Which we’ve never seen. Although its reputation as a seriously under-appreciated film is most certainly intriguing …
unlabelledView post →What’s a movie that’s basically a masterpiece but no one talks about? 🎥 🖤 We're never talking enough about how great THE FRIGHTENERS is 😤
unlabelledView post →And here’s Combs in The Frighteners, you should never forget that film, or how hard the guy smashed this role.
unlabelledView post →#NowWatching The Frighteners (1996) Dir: Peter Jackson #Movies #Film #FilmSky #MovieSky
unlabelledView post →The best Peter Jackson movie is The Frighteners (1996) i don't make the rules
unlabelledView post →Watching 'The Frighteners' on Film4 and nothing will ever change my mind that Peter Jackson's second reason for making this movie, after simply wanting to, was to experiment with some proto-Wringwraith VFX for a future dream project.
unlabelledView post →TRIVIA: Director/Co-Writer Peter Jackson and co-writer Fran Walsh originally intended for ‘The Frighteners’ to be a big screen spin-off of ‘Tales From The Crypt’ but producer Robert Zemeckis was so impressed by their script that he decided it would work better as a standalone film. (Wikipedia) 🖤
unlabelledView post →The Frighteners is a wonderful film.
unlabelledView post →51. The Frighteners (dir. Peter Jackson, 1996). Once upon a time, before he (arguably) devastated New Zealand's film industry with his epic fantasy trilogy about hairy-footed little men, Peter Jackson used to make horror-comedies, and great ones at that. I miss *that* Peter Jackson.
unlabelledView post →I think Peter Jackson's The Frighteners didn't do well. I LOVE this movie!👻👻
unlabelledView post →Time for movie #2! The next randomly selected movie tonight is... Something I haven't seen in a long time! The Frighteners, 1996
unlabelledView post →The Frighteners 35mm: not a great film, but a good, and kind of strange one more importantly, it’s so sad that Peter Jackson forgot how to direct movies
unlabelledView post →Share a 90s movie you think deserves more love. Horror comedy is the hardest genre to carry off. The Frighteners strikes just the right balance both funny and creepy. Also, Michael J. Fox
unlabelledView post →“The Bikeriders” is an all time classic of weird lazy movie titles, right up there with “The Frighteners” From the people who brought you “The Gunshooters” and “The Emotionhavers”
unlabelledView post →My late wife had never read the Lord of the Rings before we saw Fellowship. Nope, she was there because it was the new film by the creator of Heavenly Creatures, The Frighteners…and Braindead. I can't express how much I miss her.
unlabelledView post →List of Surge approved "Youtube Movies" that are free with ads: Labyrinth The Frighteners The Godfather 1 & 2 Misery Hellboy Forrest Gump BLADE RUNNER! & 2049 Mary & the Witch's Flower The Terminator The Lost Boys Sonic 1 Silent of the Lambs First TMNT movie Monty Python & the Holy Grail
unlabelledView post →Watching The Frighteners. Again, this movie is like Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh made a better Tim Burton movie than Tim Burton could have in 1996.
unlabelledView post →Just watched The Frighteners for the first time in years. Such a fun movie, but boy those CG effects have aged horribly. The next time someone tells me "old movies always had better CG" I'm going to make them watch this front-to-back. Twice.
unlabelledView post →Ok going back to the 90s. This movies got everything it has comedy it has horror hell it's got legendary Michael J Fox. The Frighteners is just a fun underrated film to watch #filmsky #thefrightners #horrorcomedy #90s
unlabelledView post →In my unending quest to reconsider underrated films, I present Peter Jackson's THE FRIGHTENERS (1996). If you haven't seen it, it's so fucking much fun. It's comedy horror with hyper-creative use of special effects, splendid use of John Astin and Jeffrey Combs--but see the Director's Cut.
unlabelledView post →What DVD or Blu-ray special edition gives the most detailed and all-encompassing look at the creation of the movie? The LOTR editions? The FRIGHTENERS one with the four hour documentary?
unlabelledView post →Hey @benjaminahr.mobi if you're ever looking for a fun bonus episode movie, The Frighteners is a good choice. And it's canonical Trek because Jeffrey Combs
unlabelledView post →Rewatched THE FRIGHTENERS last night. 1996 Pater Jackson horror movie. I used to love this flick, but boy has it not aged well.
unlabelledView post →Tonight’s Film Selection🍿🎥🎬: “The Frighteners” (1996) I had forgotten all about this great Peter Jackson supernatural dark comedy from 30 years ago. (Ugh) Jackson’s got such fantastic style no matter what the genre. #TonightsFilmSelection
unlabelledView post →The 1994 version of Little Women is on and I'm questioning whether I ever actually watched it before!! Also was trying to work out where tf I knew the actress who played Meg from, and she was Lucy in The Frighteners (Peter Jackson's best film and it's not even close) 💖
unlabelledView post →Here they are. The four picks for our Halloween week movie marathon. Casper (95): My wife Halloween (78): My son Beetlejuice (87): my daughter The Frighteners (96): me!
unlabelledView post →[31 DAYS OF HORROR] DAY 5 - THE FRIGHTENERS. In 1996, just before LORD OF THE RINGS, Peter Jackson directed this supernatural horror comedy starring Michael J. Fox. The film is an entertaining ride with some familiar faces like John Astin, Dee Wallace, Jake Busey, Chi McBride and R. Lee Ermey.
unlabelledView post →For fans new to horror this New Zealand zombie comedy gorefest is a must watch. Peter Jackson would only make one more horror film after this, The Frighteners in 1996. #peterjackson #horrorsky #horrorlifestyle #zombies #deadalive
unlabelledView post →Think I might pop THE FRIGHTENERS BLU-RAY in. Haven’t watched that film in a bit.
unlabelledView post →Michael J. Fox forgets what film he was in while shooting The Frighteners..
unlabelledView post →Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie that came out when you were 20 years old? (The Frighteners)
unlabelledView post →Dee Wallace movie day: The Howling (1981) Cujo (1983) Critters (1986) The Frighteners (1996)
unlabelledView post →Next up: The Frighteners I have no method or order to this year's spooky movie viewing, just clicking around streaming catalogs and going "yeah sure, why not."
unlabelledView post →The Frighteners! What a FILM!
unlabelledView post →Classic! Perfect film. Just two fun facts about The Frighteners, among many others, obvi: Jeffrey Combs' performance is peak, god-tier The Reaper design was basically the prototype for the Ring Wraiths in LotR
unlabelledView post →I'm physically incapable of drawing things that dont appeal to my niche interests, so its blorbo from my Peter Jackson movie (Milton dammers from The Frighteners (1996)) as a labubu time // #labubu #sfwfurry #jeffreycombs
unlabelledView post →23. If THE FRIGHTENERS somehow got made in the '80s, it would be a cornerstone of horror film adoration. This should be an October staple.
unlabelledView post →This weekend, I’m going to rewatch The Frighteners. Love that movie!
unlabelledView post →The Mutton Birds - The Heater [1994]. What does "Alternative" mean? Obscurity? No Top 40 hits? Musical experimentation…something else? Can a band have "mainstream" success in one part of the world but be considered "alternative" somewhere else? Probably. What do you think? In the case of The Mutton Birds, this song spent six weeks at number one in New Zealand and several other songs and albums hit the Top 40 during their career. Abroad, there was almost no chart action, and I suspect that any…
unlabelledView post →Jeffrey Combs is great in everything, but he really did something special in "The Frighteners". The film overall is so good and has so many great actors doing great work. Shout out as well to John Astin's scene-stealing performance as "The Judge"
unlabelledView post →Favorite horror film from each year of the 1990’s: 1990: Arachnophobia 1991: Alligator II:The Mutation 1992: Army of Darkness 1993: Hocus Pocus 1994: Cemetery Man 1995: Village of the Damned 1996: The Frighteners 1997: Event Horizon 1998: The Faculty 1999: House on Haunted Hill #Moviesky #Horrorsky
unlabelledView post →Tonight's movie, the Frighteners. Peter Jacksons greatest.
unlabelledView post →Tonight’s viewing: The Frighteners (1996) #FilmSky 🎥 #Movies 🎬
unlabelledView post →Finally got around to watching The Frighteners (1996) and what a silly spooky delight of a film.
unlabelledView post →This warms my heart so much, I'm going to watch my favorite MJF movie tonight, The Frighteners.
unlabelledView post →Post a 90s movie that starts with the letter F? The Frighteners (1996) #moviesky #filmsky
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