Rotten
Story was originally conceived as an episode of "Tales From the Crypt," and that is perhaps what it should have remained, as the thinness of the conceit shows throughout, painfully so in the first half.
Todd McCarthy, Variety
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Peter Jackson Director
- Michael J. Fox as Frank Bannister
- Jeffrey Combs as Milton Dammers
- Jake Busey as Johnny Charles Bartlett
- Chi McBride as Cyrus
- Trini Alvarado as Dr. Lucy Lynskey
- Peter Dobson as Ray Lynskey
- John Astin as The Judge
- Jim Fyfe as Stuart
- Troy Evans as Sheriff Walt Perry
- Julianna McCarthy as Old Lady Bradley
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
67%
Tomatometer
Fresh
At times the relentless special effects and tangled plotting veer towards visual and narrative overkill, but the final tonal swerve is shocking and effective.
Nigel Floyd, Time Out
Rotten
The actors can't keep the film's mood from verging on hysteria as the story roams all over the map. "The Frighteners" has flitted everywhere, even to heaven and hell, before it's over.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Fresh
Fortunately director Jackson, at home with all kinds of excess, keeps everything spinning nicely, not even losing a step when the mood turns increasingly disturbing.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
Incredible, the amount of work that went into ``The Frighteners.'' And appalling.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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