The Frighteners (1996)
The Frighteners (1996)



Plot.
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Cast & Crew.

Michael J. Fox
Frank Bannister

Trini Alvarado
Lucy Lynskey

Peter Dobson
Ray Lynskey

John Astin
The Judge

Jeffrey Combs
Milton Dammers

Dee Wallace
Patricia Bradley

Jake Busey
Johnny Bartlett

Chi McBride
Cyrus

Jim Fyfe
Stuart

Troy Evans
Sheriff Perry

Julianna McCarthy
Old Lady Bradley

R. Lee Ermey
Hiles

Elizabeth Hawthorne
Magda Rees-Jones

Angela Bloomfield
Debra Bannister

Desmond Kelly
Harry Sinclair

Jonathan Blick
Steve Bayliss

Todd Rippon
Deputy

John Sumner
Deputy

Michael Robinson
Deputy

Jim McLarty
Deputy

Anthony Ray Parker
Deputy

Paul Yates
Deputy

Melanie Lynskey
Deputy

John Leigh
Bryce Campbell

Nicola Cliff
Young Patricia

Ken Blackburn
Dr. Kamins

Stuart Devenie
Museum Curator

Genevieve Westcott
TV Presenter

K.C. Kelly
Doctor

Leslie Wing
Mrs. Waterhouse

Leslie Klein
Maid

Frank Edwards
Resuscitating Man

Alan O'Leary
The Waiter

Danny Lineham
Barry

Charlie McClellan
Reporter

William Pomeroy
Jacob Platz

George Port
Orderly

Billy Jackson
Baby in Bouncer

Sophie Watkins
Nursery Baby

Taea Hartwell
Nursery Baby

Max Grover
Nursery Baby

George Grover
Nursery Baby

Tony Hopkins
Hospital Patient

Lewis Martin
Hospital Patient

Clay Nelson
Passerby

Matthew Chamberlain
Passerby

Vivienne Kaplan
Nun / Casting

Liz Mullane
Nun / Casting Associate

Matt Aitken
Cowboy Ghost (uncredited) / CG Supervisor

Grae Burton
Guest (uncredited)

Michael Elsworth
Undertaker (uncredited)

Nic Farra
Ray's Friend (uncredited)

Peter Jackson
Man with Piercings (uncredited) / Director / Screenplay / Producer

Fran Walsh
Passerby (uncredited) / Screenplay / Associate Producer

Jamie Selkirk
Editor / Producer

John Blick
Director of Photography

Danny Elfman
Original Music Composer

Alun Bollinger
Director of Photography

Matt Holmes
Visual Effects Coordinator

Wes Takahashi
Visual Effects Supervisor

Marjory Hamlin
Makeup Department Head

Grant Major
Production Design

John Sheils
CG Supervisor

Dan Hennah
Art Direction

Cheryl Newton
Wigmaker

Steve Ingram
Special Effects Coordinator / Special Effects Supervisor

Jane O'Kane
Hairstylist

Merrin Ruck
Script Supervisor

Bron Roylance
Makeup Artist

Gail Wilson
Hairstylist

Ellen Segal
Music Editor

Victoria Burrows
Casting

Barbara Darragh
Costume Design

Jane Holland
Assistant Costume Designer

Steve Bartek
Orchestrator

Chris Hennah
Art Department Coordinator

Pierre Vinet
Still Photographer

Brian Scadden
Visual Effects

Vance Hartwell
Makeup Effects

Robert Zemeckis
Executive Producer

Chris Burt
ADR Mixer

Bridget Bourke
Production Manager

Michele Priest
Second Assistant Director

Rick Porras
Post Production Supervisor

Ed Mulholand
Construction Manager

Charles Croughwell
Stunt Double

Ross A. Chambers
Dialogue Editor

Gethin Creagh
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Aaron Lupton
Stunts

Harry Harrison
Key Grip

Jurgen Heimann
Makeup Effects

Corrin Ellingford
Boom Operator

Michael Hedges
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Charleen Richards-Steeves
ADR Mixer

Ian Nicholls
Electrician

Eric De Beus
Assistant Editor

Simon Higgins
Best Boy Electric

Carey Carter
First Assistant Director

Hammond Peek
Sound Recordist

Craig Tomlinson
Sound Effects Editor

Brett Jarman
Gaffer

Norman Willerton
Construction Foreman

Steve Doherty
Stunts

Phil Benson
Supervising Sound Editor

Andy Reid
Dolly Grip

Kim Shaw-Williams
Boom Operator

Richard Bluck
Camera Operator

Emma Haughton
First Assistant Editor

Steve Boeddeker
Sound Effects Editor

Chris Ward
Foley Editor

Aaron Cowan
Electrician

Rick Allender
Steadicam Operator

Troy Stephens
Scenic Artist

Mark Prowse
Stunts

Joanne Strong
Stunts

Ian McCarroll
Assistant Camera

Hansel Verkerk
Electrician

Mark Newnham
Electrician

Mike Hopkins
Supervising Sound Editor

Randy Thom
Sound Designer

Bruce brown
Stunt Coordinator

Beth Tredray
Foley Artist

Richard Hymns
ADR Supervisor

Ants Farrell
Electrician

David Boulton
ADR Mixer

Brent Burge
Sound Effects Editor

Scott Guitteau
Assistant Sound Designer

Tim Prebble
Sound Effects Editor

Josie McClutchie
Assistant Editor

Jo Priest
Assistant Editor

Karyn Childs
Production Coordinator

Nina Saxon
Title Designer

Jacqui Wood
Production Coordinator

Hamiora Williams
Assistant Editor

Rick Baker
Makeup Artist

Paul Story
Rotoscoping Artist
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Details.
Release DateJuly 18, 1996
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 50m
Content RatingR
Budget$30,000,000
Box Office$29,359,216
Filming LocationsNew Zealand
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
The Frighteners is a 1996 supernatural comedy horror film directed by Peter Jackson and co-written with Fran Walsh. The film stars Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson, John Astin, Dee Wallace Stone, Jeffrey Combs, R. Lee Ermey and Jake Busey. The Frighteners tells the story of Frank Bannister (Fox), an architect who develops psychic abilities allowing him to see, hear, and communicate with ghosts after his wife's murder. He initially uses his new abilities to befriend ghosts, whom he sends to haunt people so that he can charge them handsome fees for "exorcising" the ghosts. However, the spirit of a mass murderer appears posing as the Grim Reaper, able to attack the living and the dead, prompting Frank to investigate the supernatural presence.
Jackson and Walsh conceived the idea for The Frighteners during the script-writing phase of Heavenly Creatures. Executive producer Robert Zemeckis hired the duo to write the script, with the original intention of Zemeckis directing The Frighteners as a spin-off film of the television series, Tales from the Crypt. With Jackson and Walsh's first draft submitted in January 1994, Zemeckis believed the film would be better off directed by Jackson, produced by Zemeckis and funded/distributed by Universal Studios. The visual effects were created by Jackson's Weta Digital, which had only been in existence for three years. This, plus the fact that The Frighteners required more digital effects shots than almost any movie made until that time, resulted in the eighteen-month period for effects work by Weta Digital being largely stressed.
Despite a rushed post-production schedule, Universal was so impressed with Jackson's rough cut on The Frighteners, the studio moved the theatrical release date up by three months. The film was not a box office success, but received generally positive reviews from critics. The film gained a cult following and is considered an overlooked work in Jackson's catalog.
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