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.

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
Fran Walsh	Associate Producer
Tim Sanders	Co-Producer
Robert Zemeckis	Executive Producer
Peter Jackson	Producer
Jamie Selkirk	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
WingNut Films	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Universal Studios Home Entertainment	Domestic Video Distributor
Universal	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Wellington, New Zealand
Writer	Credit
Peter Jackson	Screenplay
Fran Walsh	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Linda Klein-Nixon	Production Accountant
Stephen Bayliss	Assistant Accountant
Michael B Beaudin	Assistant Accountant
Animal Training Handling	Credit
Paul Fleming	Animal Wrangler - assistant wrangler
Art Department	Credit
Tanea Chapman	Art Assistant - art department assistant
Jill Cormack	Set Dresser
Dan Hennah	Art Director
Grant Major	Production Designer
Chris Hennah	Art Department Coordinator
Mark Hill	Scenic Artist
William Pomeroy	Art Department - art department advisor
Christian Rivers	Conceptual Illustrator
Chris Ramsay	Art Department - assistant set finisher
Simon Bright	Art Assistant - art department assistant
Dave Cleary	Art Department - assistant set finisher
Jean-Paul Eeckhoudt	Art Assistant - art department assistant
Mark Hawthorne	Art Assistant - art department assistant
Valentine Maher	Art Department - assistant set finisher
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
Bryce Swainson	Video - video split operator
Pierre Vinet	Photography - stills photographer
Ian McCarroll	Camera Assistant
Alun Bollinger	Director of Photography
Alun Bollinger	Camera Operator
Richard Bluck	Steadicam Operator
Richard Bluck	Camera Operator
John Blick	Director of Photography
Tim Capper	Video - video compositor
Rick Allender	Steadicam Operator
Andrew Stroud	Camera Assistant (2nd Unit)
Richard Scott	Camera Operator (2nd Unit)
Rachel Anderson	Camera Assistant (2nd Unit)
Peter Fletcher	Video - video split 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
Patti Zimmitti	Music Contractor
Ellen Segal	Music Editor
Edgardo Simone	Orchestrations
Danny Elfman	Music
Steve Bartek	Music Arranger - orchestrator
Artie Kane	Music Conductor - conductor
Mark McKenzie	Orchestrations
Shawn Murphy	Music - music scoring mixer
Zachary Cahn	Music Editor - music editor assistant
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
Rick Porras	Post-Production Supervisor
Bridget Bourke	Production Manager
Karen Alexander	Continuity (2nd Unit)
Karyn Childs	Production Coordinator
Bryce Campbell	Location Manager
Andrew Hampton	Unit Manager
John Neill	Facilities Supervisor - facility manager
Chris Short	Assistant Director
Merrin Ruck	Script Supervisor
Michelle Priest	Assistant Director
Gragham Thompson	Location Manager
Jacqui Wood	Production Coordinator
Alyson McRae	Production Manager - digital production manager
Martin Walsh	Assistant Director
Carey Carter	Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
Publicity	Credit
Jeremy Peet	Publicity - assistant publicist
Sue Rogers	Publicity - publicist
Sound	Credit
Chris Ward	Foley Editor
Beth Tredray	Foley Artist
Helen Luttrell	Foley Recordist
Corrin Ellingford	Boom Operator
John Boswell	Rerecording Mixer - assistant re-recording mixer
David Boulton	ADR Mixer
Brent Burge	Sound Effects Editor
Hammond Peek	Sound - sound recorder
Phil Benson	Sound Editor
Richard Hymns	ADR Supervisor
Randy Thom	Sound Designer
Randy Thom	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Grant Lawry	Sound - sound recorder (2nd Unit)
Michael Hedges	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Mike Hopkins	Sound Editor
Mike Jones	Sound Effects Editor
Charleen Richards	ADR Mixer
Tim Prebble	Sound Effects Editor
Sam Spicer	Sound - sound recorder (2nd Unit)
Chris Burt	ADR Mixer
Gethin Creagh	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
John Neill	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Susan Sanford	Sound - assistant sound designer
Craig Tomlinson	Sound Effects Editor
Scott Guitteau	Sound - assistant sound designer
Steve Boeddeker	Sound Effects Editor
Katy Wood	Sound - sound assistant
Jeremy P Geor	Sound - sound assistant
Peter Mills	Sound - sound ass