The Frighteners poster
Director Peter Jackson
Screenplay Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh

The Frighteners

Tagline: No rest for the wicked.

Release Date: 1996-07-18

Duration: 110 minutes

Synopsis

Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more people dying in the small town where he lives. As he tries to piece together the supernatural mystery of these killings, he falls in love with the wife of one of the victims and deals with a crazy FBI agent.

Casting

  • Trini Alvarado
    Lucy Lynskey
  • Melanie Lynskey
    Deputy
  • Jake Busey
    Johnny Bartlett
  • Michael J. Fox
    Frank Bannister
  • Peter Jackson
    Man with Piercings (uncredited)
  • John Sumner
    Deputy
  • Dee Wallace
    Patricia Bradley
  • Jeffrey Combs
    Milton Dammers
  • Chi McBride
    Cyrus
  • John Astin
    The Judge