Directed by:
Peter JacksonCinematography:
Alun BollingerComposer:
Danny ElfmanCast:
Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson, John Astin, Jeffrey Combs, Dee Wallace, Jake Busey, Chi McBride, Troy Evans, R. Lee Ermey, Melanie Lynskey (more)VOD (3)
Plots(1)
THE FRIGHTENERS, part horror-comedy, part supernatural thriller, stars Michael J. Fox as psychic investigator Frank Bannister. Bannister is able to see and communicate with spirits as a result of the trauma of witnessing his wife die in a car accident. Now a series of mysterious deaths in Frank's hometown has left authorities at wit's end. The deaths appear to be caused by heart attacks, but eventually it is revealed that they are actually the work of a menacing, Grim Reaper-like phantom. Bannister becomes a suspect after several deaths occur in his presence, and in order to prove his innocence, he and a team of three friendly ghosts attempt to unravel the mystery surrounding the murderous specter. But what emerges is far more than they bargained for, and soon a psychotic killer's lust for revenge from beyond the grave threatens the lives of both Bannister and his new love interest (Trini Alvarado). (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Michael J. Fox](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267538_3c4863.jpg)
Michael J. Fox
Canada
Best movies:
Stranger Things (2016) (series)
Back to the Future (1985)
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
![Trini Alvarado](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267539_b922ed.jpg)
Trini Alvarado
USA
Best movies:
Little Women (1994)
Little Children (2006)
The Staircase (2022) (series)
![Peter Dobson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/143/058/143058475_d364e9.jpg)
Peter Dobson
USA
Best movies:
Forrest Gump (1994)
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)
The Frighteners (1996)
![John Astin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267540_9d0af6.jpg)
John Astin
USA
Best movies:
West Side Story (1961)
Harrison Bergeron (1995) (TV movie)
Move Over, Darling (1963)
![Jeffrey Combs](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267541_39d29a.jpg)
Jeffrey Combs
USA
Best movies:
Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
Transformers Prime Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising (2013) (TV movie)
Watchmen: Chapter I (2024)
![Dee Wallace](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269368_8c3f84.jpg)
Dee Wallace
USA
Best movies:
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) - a.f.
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009)
![Jake Busey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267542_606819.jpg)
Jake Busey
USA
Best movies:
Stranger Things (2016) (series)
Enemy of the State (1998)
Contact (1997)
![Chi McBride](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/157/160157379_c1a620.jpg)
Chi McBride
USA
Best movies:
I, Robot (2004)
What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)
The Terminal (2004)
![Troy Evans](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/372/166372052_c5baf4.jpg)
Troy Evans
USA
Best movies:
Demolition Man (1993)
Phenomenon (1996)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
![R. Lee Ermey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270584_321da2.jpg)
R. Lee Ermey
USA
Best movies:
Se7en (1995)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
![Melanie Lynskey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/421/162421245_363dcd.png)
Melanie Lynskey
New Zealand
Best movies:
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
Up in the Air (2009)
Don't Look Up (2021)
Stuart Devenie
Best movies:
Dead Alive (1992)
Meet the Feebles (1989)
The Brokenwood Mysteries (2014) (series)
![Peter Jackson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267332_69c50d.jpg)
Peter Jackson
New Zealand
Best movies:
Charlie McClellan
Best movies:
The Frighteners (1996)
Billy Jackson
New Zealand
Best movies:
Anthony Ray Parker
USA
Best movies:
The Matrix (1999)
The Frighteners (1996)
Every Woman's Dream (1996) (TV movie)
Danny Lineham
Best movies:
The Frighteners (1996)
![Elizabeth Hawthorne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279179_e52bf0.jpg)
Elizabeth Hawthorne
New Zealand
Best movies:
The Light Between Oceans (2016)
30 Days of Night (2007)
The Frighteners (1996)
![Matthew Chamberlain](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/462/462431_fceaee.jpg)
Matthew Chamberlain
Best movies:
In My Father's Den (2004)
King Kong (2005)
The Frighteners (1996)
John Leigh
New Zealand
Best movies:
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
The Brokenwood Mysteries (2014) (series)
Stickmen (2001)