The Frighteners (1996)

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R | Comedy, Thriller, Horror | Released: 7/19/1996 |Box Office Total: $16.5M

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Synopsis:

Frank Bannister is a psychic swindler with the perfect business partners. They work cheap... they're dedicated... and they're dead. Possessed with a genuine ability to communicate with the dearly departed, Bannister earns a stiff living by setting up "spirit clearance" scams with his trio of ghostly cronies. But Frank may not be the only one in the small town of Fairwater working the paranormal side of the street. A series of inexplicable deaths and bizarre occurrences suggests the presence of a malevolent poltergeist. With the suspicious finger of a zealous FBI agent pointing directly at him, and the woman he cares for in danger, Bannister attempts to unravel the supernatural crime spree by venturing into a realm where all fears are realized... and true evil does not die.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
7/19/1996

Studio	Credit
Universal	Studio
Director	Credit
Peter Jackson	Director
John Blick	Director (2nd Unit)
Cast	Credit
Michael J Fox	Frank Bannister
Trini Alvarado	Lucy Lynskey
Peter Dobson	Ray Lynskey
John Astin	The Judge
Jeffrey Combs	Milton Dammers
Dee Wallace Stone	Patrica Bradley
Jake Busey	Johnny Bartlett
Chi McBride	Cyrus
Jim Fyfe	Stuart
Troy Evans	Sheriff Perry
Juliana McCarthy	Old Lady Bradley
R Lee Ermey	Hiles
Elizabeth Hawthorne	Magda Rees-Jones
Angela Bloomfield	Debra Bannister
Desmond Kelly	Harry Sinclair
Jonathan Blick	Steve Boyliss
Todd Rippon	Deputy
John Sumner	Deputy
Michael Robinson	Deputy
Jim McLarty	Deputy
Anthony Ray Parker	Deputy
Paul Yates	Deputy
Melanie Lynskey	Deputy
John Leigh	Bryce Campbell
Nicola Cliff	Young Patricia
Ken Blackburn	Dr Kamins
Stuart Devenie	Museum Curator
Genevieve Westcott	TV Presenter
K C Kelly	Doctor
Leslie Wing	Mrs Waterhouse
Leslie Klein	Maid
Frank Edwards	Resuscitating Man
Alan O'Leary	Waiter
Danny Lineham	Barry
Charlie McClellan	Reporter
William Pomeroy	Jacob Platz
George Port	Orderly
Billy Jackson	Baby in Bouncer
Sophie Watkins	Nursery Baby
Taea Hartwell	Nursery Baby
Max Grover	Nursery Baby
George Grover	Nursery Baby
Tony Hopkins	Hospital Patient
Lewis Martin	Hospital Patient
Clay Nelson	Passerby
Robert Duncan McNeill	Passerby
Matthew Chamberlain	Passerby
Vivienne Kaplan	Nun
Liz Mullane	Nun
Production Credits	Credit
Tim Sanders	Co-Producer
Fran Walsh	Associate Producer
Peter Jackson	Producer
Robert Zemeckis	Executive Producer
Jamie Selkirk	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
WingNut Films	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Universal	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Universal Studios Home Entertainment	Domestic Video Distributor
Locations
Wellington, New Zealand
Writer	Credit
Peter Jackson	Screenplay
Fran Walsh	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Stephen Bayliss	Assistant Accountant
Linda Klein-Nixon	Production Accountant
Michael B Beaudin	Assistant Accountant
Animal Training Handling	Credit
Paul Fleming	Animal Wrangler - assistant wrangler
Art Department	Credit
Grant Major	Production Designer
Mark Hill	Scenic Artist
Tanea Chapman	Art Assistant - art department assistant
Christian Rivers	Conceptual Illustrator
William Pomeroy	Art Department - art department advisor
Chris Hennah	Art Department Coordinator
Jill Cormack	Set Dresser
Dan Hennah	Art Director
Chris Ramsay	Art Department - assistant set finisher
Simon Bright	Art Assistant - art department assistant
Jean-Paul Eeckhoudt	Art Assistant - art department assistant
Dave Cleary	Art Department - assistant set finisher
Valentine Maher	Art Department - assistant set finisher
Mark Hawthorne	Art Assistant - art department assistant
Brian Campbell	Art Department - assistant set finisher
Clayton Sheridan	Art Department - assistant set finisher
Casting	Credit
Liz Mullane	Casting
Victoria Burrows	Casting
Craft Services	Credit
Mel Anton	Catering - caterer
Kim Garland	Catering - caterer
Craig Guthrie	Catering - caterer
Joanna Gould	Catering - caterer
Seru Mar	Catering - caterer
Film Camera	Credit
Alun Bollinger	Director of Photography
Bryce Swainson	Video - video split operator
Ian McCarroll	Camera Assistant
Richard Bluck	Steadicam Operator
Pierre Vinet	Photography - stills photographer
Alun Bollinger	Camera Operator
Richard Bluck	Camera Operator
Rick Allender	Steadicam Operator
Andrew Stroud	Camera Assistant (2nd Unit)
Tim Capper	Video - video compositor
John Blick	Director of Photography
Peter Fletcher	Video - video split operator (2nd Unit)
Rachel Anderson	Camera Assistant (2nd Unit)
Richard Scott	Camera Operator (2nd Unit)
Simon Riera	Camera Operator (2nd Unit)
Mike Fuller	Camera Operator (2nd Unit)
Legal	Credit
Peter Nelson	Legal Services
David Gascoigne	Legal Services
Management	Credit
Mark Ashworth	Manager - set manager
Music	Credit
Artie Kane	Music Conductor - conductor
Edgardo Simone	Orchestrations
Ellen Segal	Music Editor
Danny Elfman	Music
Steve Bartek	Music Arranger - orchestrator
Patti Zimmitti	Music Contractor
Shawn Murphy	Music - music scoring mixer
Zachary Cahn	Music Editor - music editor assistant
Mark McKenzie	Orchestrations
Marc Mann	Orchestrations
Physical Effects	Credit
Charles Croughwell	Stunt Man
Bruce Brown	Stunt Coordinator
Aaron Lupton	Stunts
Mark Prowse	Stunts
Joanne Strong	Stunts
Jenny Harris	Stunts
Steve Doherty	Stunts
Production Management	Credit
Karyn Childs	Production Coordinator
Chris Short	Assistant Director
John Neill	Facilities Supervisor - facility manager
Karen Alexander	Continuity (2nd Unit)
Bryce Campbell	Location Manager
Rick Porras	Post-Production Supervisor
Merrin Ruck	Script Supervisor
Bridget Bourke	Production Manager
Andrew Hampton	Unit Manager
Alyson McRae	Production Manager - digital production manager
Gragham Thompson	Location Manager
Michelle Priest	Assistant Director
Jacqui Wood	Production Coordinator
Martin Walsh	Assistant Director
Carey Carter	Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
Publicity	Credit
Jeremy Peet	Publicity - assistant publicist
Sue Rogers	Publicity - publicist
Sound	Credit
Corrin Ellingford	Boom Operator
John Boswell	Rerecording Mixer - assistant re-recording mixer
Richard Hymns	ADR Supervisor
Chris Ward	Foley Editor
Beth Tredray	Foley Artist
Helen Luttrell	Foley Recordist
David Boulton	ADR Mixer
Phil Benson	Sound Editor
Randy Thom	Sound Designer
Brent Burge	Sound Effects Editor
Hammond Peek	Sound - sound recorder
Randy Thom	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Michael Hedges	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Grant Lawry	Sound - sound recorder (2nd Unit)
Mike Jones	Sound Effects Editor
Mike Hopkins	Sound Editor
Charleen Richards	ADR Mixer
Chris Burt	ADR Mixer
Tim Prebble	Sound Effects Editor
Sam Spicer	Sound - sound recorder (2nd Unit)
Gethin Creagh	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
John Neill	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Susan Sanford	Sound - assistant sound designer
Craig Tomlinson	Sound Effects Editor
Steve Boeddeker	Sound Effects Editor
Scott Guitteau	Sound - assistant sound designer
Katy Wood	Sound - sound assistant
Jeremy P Geor	Sound - sound assistant
Peter Mills	Sound - sound assistant
Janet Roddick	Sound - sound coordinator
Visual Effects	Credit
Sandy Houston	Rotoscope Animator - rotoscope paint artist
John Baster	Miniatures
Blair Foord	Special Effects Assistant
Charlie McClellan	Visual Effects - digital effects producer
Matt Holmes	Effects Coordinator - digital effects film coordinator
Christian Rivers	Animator - character animator
Steve Ingram	Special Effects Coordinator
Wes Takahashi	Visual Effects Supervisor
Peter Bailey	Animator - character animator
Janice Jones	Visual Effects - digital compositor
Clint Ingram	Special Effects Assistant
Yvonne Cuthbert	Effects Coordinator - rotoscope coordinator
Mary McLachan	Miniatures
Michael Hyndman	Rotoscope Animator - rotoscope artist
Bruce McNaught	Miniatures
Alan Bauchop	Rotoscope Animator - rotoscope artist
Darryl Richards	Special Effects Assistant
Kyle Balda	Animator - character animator
James Bell	Visual Effects - digital compositor
Lynne Cartwright	Animator - character animator
Melany James	Visual Effects - digital compositor
Mike Hansen ('Outlaw')	Miniatures
Elliot Rock	Rotoscope Animator - rotoscope artist
Paul Story	Rotoscope Animator - rotoscope artist
Simon Jones	Miniatures
Dale McBeath	Animator - character animator
Simon Allen	Visual Effects - digital compositor
Lee Bramwell	Visual Effects - digital compositor
Paul Hunt	Animator - character animator
James Benson	Miniatures
Mark Bowen	Rotoscope Animator - rotoscope artist
Cameron McKechnie	Rotoscope Animator - rotoscope artist
Peter Hutchinson	Miniatures
Emily Scher-Goodman	Animator - character animator
Alex McLeod	Visual Effects - digital paint artist
Dan Andeson	Miniatures
Kara Vandeleur	Rotoscope Animator - rotoscope artist
Joyce Young	Rotoscope Animator - rotoscope artist
Stephen Ruscoe	Miniatures
Adam Larkin	Rotoscope Animator - rotoscope artist
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Barbara Darragh	Costume Designer
Rachael Broad	Costumes - costume assistant
Sarah Hope	Wardrobe Assistant
Gail Wilson	Hair Stylist
Marjory Hamlin	Makeup Supervisor
Gabrielle Jones	Makeup Assistant - make-up assistant
Emma Harre	Wardrobe - stand-by wardrobe
Bron Roylance	Makeup
Brent Baker	Makeup - special makeup effects
Jane O'Kane	Hair Stylist
Marion Olsen	Costumes - costume cutter
Peter Rigby	Costumes - costume cutter
Roger Borelli	Makeup - special makeup effects
Mitch DeVane	Makeup - special makeup effects
Jurgen Heimann	Makeup - special makeup effects
Todd Heindel	Makeup - special makeup effects
Denise Leibee	Makeup - special makeup effects
Jim McLoughlin	Makeup - special makeup effects
Gary Pawlowski	Makeup - special makeup effects
Brian Penikas	Makeup - special makeup effects
Mark Setrakian	Makeup - special makeup effects
Bill Sturgeon	Makeup - special makeup effects

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