In an interesting story about that architect named Frank Panister. Frank passes by himself as an exorcist. Perhaps Frank will do a great job when Satanic spirit emerges, where he is the only person who can prevent her from killing the living and the dead in a terrible way. It is the most terrifying issue in Frank's life and perhaps in the lives of everyone who fears that Evil will appear.
30 April 1947, New Zealand
15 June 1971, Los Angeles, California, USA
29 January 1994, Wellington, New Zealand
19 July 1964, Red Bank, New Jersey, USA
30 March 1930, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
1970
1955, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
13 May 1958, Saginaw, Michigan, USA
30 August 1960
1965, New Zealand
1935
1995, Wellington, New Zealand
14 October 1951, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
9 June 1961, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
16 May 1977, New Plymouth, New Zealand
December 15, 2010
Violent, frenzied, foul-mouthed ghost comedy.
May 20, 2003
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.
February 14, 2001
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.
March 26, 2009
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.
January 01, 2000
An object lesson in what to avoid when making the transition from low-budget films to studio productions.
July 14, 2003
An incredibly underrated scare-comedy from Peter Jackson that deserves a much wider audience.
March 18, 2003
Quirky Peter Jackson film that's half comedy and half horror/gore-fest. Mostly enjoyable results, although Fox a bit miscast.
December 04, 2003
It actually works up till its last few minutes.
January 23, 2006
Despite being awful in almost every respect, The Frighteners does offer one small pleasure: R. Lee Ermey parodying his Full Metal Jacket drill sergeant character.
March 07, 2003
Woulda been five stars, but the cop-out ending smacks of the test-screening process.
January 26, 2006
At times the relentless special effects and tangled plotting veer towards visual and narrative overkill, but the final tonal swerve is shocking and effective.
January 01, 2000
A mess with sporadic flashes of creativity.

