The Frighteners
“No rest for the wicked.”
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.
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Cast
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Michael J. Fox
Frank Bannister
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Jeffrey Combs
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Dee Wallace
Patricia Bradley
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Jake Busey
Johnny Bartlett
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Chi McBride
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Jim Fyfe
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Julianna McCarthy
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Peter Jackson Director · Fran Walsh Screenplay Danny Elfman Composer
Worldwide gross $29M · Budget $30M · United States release July 19, 1996
Box office
Budget
$30,000,000
Worldwide gross
$29,359,216
Gross vs. budget
1.0×
Production
WingNut Films
Production
Universal Pictures
Production · Studio
New Zealand · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · July 17, 1996
Premiere
United States · July 19, 1996
Theatrical
Australia
March 13, 1997 · Theatrical
Czechia
August 27, 1997 · Physical
Finland
July 18, 1996 · Physical
France
January 29, 1997 · Theatrical
January 20, 2000 · Physical · DVD
November 15, 2011 · Physical · Blu-Ray
August 5, 2017 · Digital · VOD
Germany
December 31, 1997 · Theatrical
December 8, 2005 · Physical · Director's Cut
Hungary
November 13, 1997 · Theatrical
Ireland
January 24, 1997 · Theatrical
Netherlands
May 29, 1997 · Theatrical
August 31, 2002 · TV · SBS 6
September 4, 2003 · Physical · DVD
September 29, 2011 · Physical · Blu Ray
South Korea
July 19, 1997 · Theatrical
Spain
November 12, 1996 · Theatrical
Sweden
April 22, 1997 · Physical · VHS
February 16, 2000 · Physical · DVD
October 19, 2011 · Physical · Blu-ray
United Kingdom
January 24, 1997 · Theatrical
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