An architect named Frank Panister, a brilliant man, passes by himself as a person capable of exorcism. Frank will do a great job when Satanic spirit appears, and perhaps he is the only person who can prevent her from killing the living and the dead in a terrible way. Frank's life changes when he begins that exciting task that threatens the lives of everyone who fears the emergence of that evil spirit.
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.
eFilmCritic.com
March 18, 2003
Quirky Peter Jackson film that's half comedy and half horror/gore-fest. Mostly enjoyable results, although Fox a bit miscast.
Common Sense Media
December 15, 2010
Violent, frenzied, foul-mouthed ghost comedy.
Time Out
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.
An incredibly underrated scare-comedy from Peter Jackson that deserves a much wider audience.
USA Today
January 01, 2000
A mess with sporadic flashes of creativity.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
December 04, 2003
It actually works up till its last few minutes.
Los Angeles Times
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.
Woulda been five stars, but the cop-out ending smacks of the test-screening process.
Fantastica Daily
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.
Variety
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.
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Annabelle: Creation
2017
IMDb: 7
109 min
Country: United States
Genre: Thriller, Horror, Mystery
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