The Frighteners 1996 Watch Free in HD

Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. And when a demonic spirit appears, he may be the only one who can stop it from killing the living and the dead.

Genre:

Comedy, Horror, Fantasy

Actors:

Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson, John Astin, Jeffrey Combs, Dee Wallace, Jake Busey, Chi McBride, Jim Fyfe, Troy Evans, Julianna McCarthy, ...»

Director:

Peter Jackson

Country:

United States

Release:

1996

IMDb:

7.1

Quality:

Duration:

110 min

New York Times

The actors can't keep the film's mood from verging on hysteria as the story roams all over the map. "The Frighteners" has flitted everywhere, even to heaven and hell, before it's over.

May 20, 2003

eFilmCritic.com

Quirky Peter Jackson film that's half comedy and half horror/gore-fest. Mostly enjoyable results, although Fox a bit miscast.

March 18, 2003

Common Sense Media

Violent, frenzied, foul-mouthed ghost comedy.

December 15, 2010

Time Out

At times the relentless special effects and tangled plotting veer towards visual and narrative overkill, but the final tonal swerve is shocking and effective.

January 26, 2006

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KFOR Channel 4 News

An incredibly underrated scare-comedy from Peter Jackson that deserves a much wider audience.

July 14, 2003

USA Today

A mess with sporadic flashes of creativity.

January 01, 2000

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

It actually works up till its last few minutes.

December 04, 2003

Los Angeles Times

Fortunately director Jackson, at home with all kinds of excess, keeps everything spinning nicely, not even losing a step when the mood turns increasingly disturbing.

February 14, 2001

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San Francisco Chronicle

An object lesson in what to avoid when making the transition from low-budget films to studio productions.

January 01, 2000

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New Times

Woulda been five stars, but the cop-out ending smacks of the test-screening process.

March 07, 2003

Fantastica Daily

Despite being awful in almost every respect, The Frighteners does offer one small pleasure: R. Lee Ermey parodying his Full Metal Jacket drill sergeant character.

January 23, 2006

Variety

Story was originally conceived as an episode of "Tales From the Crypt," and that is perhaps what it should have remained, as the thinness of the conceit shows throughout, painfully so in the first half.

March 26, 2009

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