The Frighteners (1996)

	Directed by: Peter Jackson	COUNTRY USA/New Zealand Genre Comedy/Horror NORWEGIAN TITLE The Frighteners RUNNING TIME 105 minutes
	Produced by: Peter Jackson Jamie Selkirk
	Written by: Frances Walsh Peter Jackson

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Frank Bannister	Michael J. Fox
Lucy Lynskey	Trini Alvarado	-
Ray Lynskey	Peter Dobson	-
Judge	John Astin	-
Patricia Bradley	Dee Wallace-Stone	-
Hiles	R. Lee Ermey	-
Museum Curator	Stuart Devenie	-
Man with Pietcings	Peter Jackson	-

Review

Peter Jackson has demonstrated his creativity and boldness over the last few years, not least with his gory masterpiece Braindead. With Frighteners, he continues along similar thematic lines, but the comedy here is slighter and the story much less clever and edgy. This is closer to Ghostbusters than to Braindead. The film is visually impressive, but Jackson's Hollywood flirtations have resulted in too much of everything – not just blood.