# The Frighteners (1996)

> A fraudulent small-town ghostbuster must turn his psychic gift toward stopping a numbered-killing specter while confronting the grief he has kept frozen in place.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/5832

## Facts

- Runtime: 110 min
- Genres: Horror, Comedy
- Director: Peter Jackson
- Cast: Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson, John Astin, Jeffrey Combs, Dee Wallace, Jake Busey, Chi McBride
- TMDB rating: 7.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116365/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: witty, macabre, frantic, halloween viewing, late night genre marathon

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- [Ghostbusters II (1989)](https://ember.film/movie/1945)
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- [Ghostbusters (1984)](https://ember.film/movie/498)

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