Episode 491: The Frighteners (1996)

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The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2020

⏱️ 158 minutes

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Summary

We conclude #Shocktober2020 with a look at Peter Jackson’s The Frighteners. Made between Heavenly Creatures and the Lord of the Rings series, the film was a signal to Hollywood that Peter Jackson could play by the rules. It’s the story of Frank Bannister (Michael J. Fox), a man with a gift that he can commune with the dead. He uses this to bilk the people of Fairwater out of money by haunting houses via his dead friends. Unfortunately for Frank and the rest of Fairwater there’s a serial killer who plagues the city in hopes of scoring a record number of kills.

Chris Stachiw and Jeff Meyers discuss the film with Mike while Production Designer Grant Major and co-star Jeffrey Combs talk about the making of the movie.
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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:04.5	Christopher Media. Let's make some noise.
0:11.2	Hold your ears, folks. It's showtime. People pay good money to see this movie. When they go out to a theater, they want cold sodas, hot popcorn,
0:21.4	and no monsters in the projection booth.
0:23.8	Everyone pretend podcasting isn't boring.
0:26.6	Turn it off.
0:32.1	Turn it off.
0:56.0	And... There has been a destructive force unleashed on this town such as I have never seen.
1:03.0	Oh my God, I don't believe this is not happening! We have got a poltergeist!
1:06.0	Okay, well, folks, I can do a clearance, but it's not going to be cheap.
1:12.6	Although I do want for a six-month guarantee.
1:17.3	That fellow takes us totally for granted.
1:20.1	Hey, Stuart, interround, huh?
1:23.8	Frank Bannister had a remarkable ability.
1:25.1	Psychic investigator?
1:26.8	To communicate with the dead.
1:29.3	You could see spirits? Deminations are normally confined to cemetery.
1:31.3	You cannot push spirits around.
1:33.3	Although they do escape.
1:35.3	And an uncanny knack.
1:37.3	We're gonna scare to live in daylights out of your parents.
1:40.3	Or making a profit off the living.
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