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.
- Director
- Peter Jackson
- Signature
- Tension · Craft · Humour
- Worldwide
- $29M
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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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Box Office & Release
The Frighteners returned 1.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $30M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $29M
- Release date
- Jul 19, 1996
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- New Zealand, United States of America
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