---
title: 'The Frighteners (1996)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Peter Jackson'
released: '1996-07-19'
runtime_minutes: 110
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'New Zealand'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-frighteners-1996'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116365/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Frighteners (1996)

1996 · R · 110 min · Drama, Fantasy, Comedy, Horror, Crime · New Zealand, United States


## Synopsis

The Frighteners is a 1996 supernatural comedy horror film directed by Peter Jackson and co-written with Fran Walsh. The film stars Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson, John Astin, Dee Wallace Stone, Jeffrey Combs, R. Lee Ermey and Jake Busey. The Frighteners tells the story of Frank Bannister (Fox), an architect who develops psychic abilities allowing him to see, hear, and communicate with ghosts after his wife's murder. He initially uses his new abilities to befriend ghosts, whom he sends to haunt people so that he can charge them handsome fees for "exorcising" the ghosts. However, the spirit of a mass murderer appears posing as the Grim Reaper, able to attack the living and the dead, prompting Frank to investigate the supernatural presence.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Peter Jackson](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-jackson)
- **Screenplay:** [Peter Jackson](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-jackson), [Fran Walsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/fran-walsh)
- **Producer:** [Peter Jackson](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-jackson), [Fran Walsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/fran-walsh), [Jamie Selkirk](https://cinepixo.com/people/jamie-selkirk), [Robert Zemeckis](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-zemeckis)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Danny Elfman](https://cinepixo.com/people/danny-elfman)
- **Editor:** [Jamie Selkirk](https://cinepixo.com/people/jamie-selkirk)
- **Director of Photography:** [Alun Bollinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/alun-bollinger)

## Cast

- [Trini Alvarado](https://cinepixo.com/people/trini-alvarado)
- [Chi McBride](https://cinepixo.com/people/chi-mcbride)
- [John Sumner](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-sumner)
- [Melanie Lynskey](https://cinepixo.com/people/melanie-lynskey)
- [Peter Dobson](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-dobson)
- [Jeffrey Combs](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeffrey-combs)
- [Elizabeth Hawthorne](https://cinepixo.com/people/elizabeth-hawthorne)
- [Angela Bloomfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/angela-bloomfield)
- [Jake Busey](https://cinepixo.com/people/jake-busey)
- [John Astin](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-astin)
- [John Leigh](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-leigh)
- [Michael J. Fox](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-j-fox)
- [R. Lee Ermey](https://cinepixo.com/people/r-lee-ermey)
- [Troy Evans](https://cinepixo.com/people/troy-evans)
- [Peter Jackson](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-jackson)

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