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The Frighteners

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Original title

The Frighteners

Year

1996

Running time

110 min.

Country

New Zealand

Director

Peter Jackson

Screenwriter

Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson

Cast

Music

Danny Elfman

Cinematography

Alun Bollinger, John Blick

Producer

Universal Pictures

Genre

Comedy. Fantasy | Supernatural. Haunted Houses. Ghosts

Synopsis

After a car accident in which his wife, Debra, was killed and he was injured, Frank Bannister develops psychic abilities allowing him to see, hear, and communicate with ghosts. After losing his wife, he then gave up his job as an architect, letting his unfinished "dream house" sit incomplete for years, and put these skills to use by befriending a few ghosts and getting them to haunt houses in the area to drum up work for his ghostbusting business; Then Frank proceeds to "exorcise" the houses for a fee. But when he discovers that an entity resembling the Grim Reaper is killing people, marking numbers on their forehead beforehand, Frank tries to help the people whom the Reaper is after!

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Rankings Position

#26 Best New Zealand Movies

Awards: 1996: Sitges Fantasy Film Festival: Best Special Effects

1996: Saturn Awards (Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films): 8 nominations

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