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Mood:
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- 20th Century90s
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- USA
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- Boys' Night
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- Critically Acclaimed
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The Frighteners, 1996
English
New Zealand, USA
Profile of The Frighteners
The mood of The Frighteners is offbeat, atmospheric, and stylized. The plot centers around a false accusation, antiheroes, and ghosts. It features dark humor. The Frighteners is a comedy, thriller, and horror movie. Stylistically, it involves twists and turns. In approach, it is fantastical. The pacing of The Frighteners is fast. The setting is the USA. It happens in the 1990s. Visually, The Frighteners involves special effects. The movie is known for being critically acclaimed. It is especially suggested for a boys' night. Note that The Frighteners includes mild violent content.
Summary of The Frighteners
When his hometown is struck by a series of mysterious deaths that appears to be the work of a malicious supernatural killer, a psychic investigator who is able to communicate with the dead attempts to get to the bottom of things and put a stop to the murders. But even with the help of three ghostly friends, he soon discovers that defeating the deadly fiend is a task much easier said than done. With its mix of humor and suspense, The Frighteners is spooky good fun from cult horror director Peter Jackson.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | New Zealand, USA |
| Release date: | 19 July 1996 |
| Runtime: | 110 min |
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as Frank Bannister
as Dr. Lucy Lynskey
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