The Frighteners (1996) First Time Watching! Full Movie Reaction!!
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RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD should have been in this poll, but I do love me some FRIGHTENERS.
Philip Davetas
2024-10-27 13:11:59 +0000 UTCMichael J Fox movies...outside of Back to the Future, some core movies are Teen Wolf and Secret of My Success, and he's got a really great supporting role in the American President. For some deeper cuts, you've got Casualties of War, Bright Lights Big City, Greedy, and the Hard Way! Personally, I think Teen Wolf is an absolute must!
Gary Giaimo
2024-10-23 10:52:00 +0000 UTCOne of my favourite movies growing up. Another good Peter Jackson movie is The Lovely Bones.
Odd Thomas
2024-10-22 20:06:41 +0000 UTCJeffery Combs also plays the central character in the Re-Animator movies.
Lee N.
2024-10-22 15:24:07 +0000 UTCI love Greedy. Phil Hartman, in particular, was great in that movie.
Sean Barbante
2024-10-22 07:22:48 +0000 UTCPeter Jackson broke into filmmaking in New Zealand with various wild, gross-out, splatter-filled genre comedies. His debut film is called Bad Taste, about cannibal aliens. Other movies he made in the lead up to The Frighteners included Meet the Feebles, an R-rated, sex-and-violence comedy involving what are equivalent to The Muppets, and Dead-Alive, the New Zealand equivalent of The Evil Dead. In 1994 he made his first mainstream dramatic movie, called Heavenly Creatures, which was based on a true story of two schoolgirls who got tied up in a murder, starring Kate Winslet and Melanie Lynskey. That was a critical and commercial success that got him a higher profile in America, which he used to make The Frighteners. (He also named this movie's Dr. Lynskey after Melanie, who has a silent cameo as a female police officer here.) It was while working on this movie that he thought visual effects might be advanced enough that he would be able to realize his biggest dream of adapting Lord of the Rings. Speaking of Back to the Future, there are a bunch of outtakes where Michael J. Fox would be doing a scene with John Astin as Judge and call him Doc by accident. I think it had to do in part with Zemeckis and also because he felt like the sci-fi/action/comedy antic tone was akin to the Back to the Future movies. I have seen this movie many times, but mostly as a teenager, and I think when you're young and you like parts of what you're seeing, you're a little less likely to think critically. As an adult, I understand the confusion. However, I still think the pieces are technically there, they're just not explained very well. Frank loses his wife and then he discovers he has this gift where he can see the dead. However, he is still essentially sort of broken by the fact that he let his wife down and then she died, so he continues to live in the unfinished house and just sort of scrapes by doing the con. That's why he encourages Judge to keep going, because if he leaves conning behind then he'll have to figure out something real to do with his gift or his life. Conning is easy, it's something that will just barely sustain him -- and the need to keep grinding also turns it into a perpetual distraction. As the Sheriff mentions, Dammers spent most of his FBI years undercover in cults and sects. He acts weird because he has clearly built up years and years of trauma from pretending to be part of various dangerous groups of oddballs and creeps. Over time, he's come to resent them, and so he resents Frank too. When he dumps Johnny's ashes, he has a comment about how allowing Frank to complete his task would, in his mind, feed Frank's megalomania. He also believes that Frank is harming other people, so I guess he feels it's justified to use lethal force to stop him. Anyway, I'd call this a horror-comedy. I think the truth is just that not all of the comedy in the movie is as effective as it should be. However, here are some recommendations that are definitely more funny than horror: • Critters (1986) and Critters 2: The Main Course (1988) -- ridiculous stuff. Personally, I like the sequel better than the original. There are two further sequels, including one starring a very young Leonardo DiCaprio, but even though I like them I can't say they're essential. • Little Shop of Horrors (1986) -- personally, I think the Director's Cut is the definitive way to go, but FWIW the difference between the two versions is a solid chunk with no other edits throughout the movie; the two cuts are identical up to one cut and then they diverge cleanly into a Y, so you could watch the Director's Cut and then simply go back to that point and watch the theatrical ending, and easily cover both in one video. • Beetlejuice (1988) -- I forget if this was on the polls. If it wasn't, I'm guessing it's because you've already seen it, but if not, well, this is a true comedy. • Child's Play 2 (1990)/Bride of Chucky (1998)/Seed of Chucky (2004)/Curse of Chucky (2013)/Cult of Chucky (2017)/"Chucky" (2021-2024) -- The Chucky movies turn more comedic as they go along, reaching their absurd peak with Seed of Chucky in 2004, and then becoming creepier again with Curse and Cult. The TV show is a blend of comedy and horror. • Addams Family, The (1991)/Addams Family Values (1993) -- So obviously comedies, they might not even qualify as horror! • Dr. Giggles (1992) -- really stupid, but hey, I laughed. • Serial Mom (1994) -- A John Waters classic, one of his more mainstream comedies. Watch it for Mother's Day. • Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995) -- Great cast, great fun. • Slither (2006) -- Disgusting fun from the director of Guardians of the Galaxy. • Drag Me to Hell (2009) -- Raimi's return to Evil Dead-esque territory. Much like those movies, it's kind of making fun of its protagonist. • The Final Girls (2015) -- a meta-slasher with some surprisingly moving stuff at the heart of it. • One Cut of the Dead (2017) -- a zombie movie unlike anything you've ever seen. A joy. • Happy Death Day (2017)/Happy Death Day 2U (2019) -- time-loop shenanigans, but also a slasher movie. • Extra Ordinary (2019) -- an incredibly sweet indie Irish ghost comedy with some absurd humor and real heart. Also, a few less conventional picks: • House (1977) -- if you thought The Frighteners was weird, well, check this Japanese horror movie out. BANANAS! • Return of the Living Dead, The (1985) -- this one's down here because it starts out funny and becomes more horrific as it goes on, but it's a pretty great movie regardless. • Vampire's Kiss (1989) -- I'd definitely call this more comedy than horror but it's also demented. • Freaked (1993) -- an incredible cult gem of a comedy that might gross you out a little but I think will also make you laugh. You'll never guess who plays Ortiz the Dog Boy. • Cannibal! The Musical (1996) -- before there was "South Park," there was this movie with Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and several other people who would go onto work on the show. • Bubba Ho-Tep (2002) -- Imagine if Elvis hadn't died, and instead was in a nursing home that was besieged by mummies, and he had JFK there to help him. • Detention (2011) -- I love this bizarre slasher teen movie from the director of Torque.
Tyler Foster
2024-10-22 06:27:19 +0000 UTCFor dramatic role..Casualties of War with Michael J.Fox and directed by Brian De Palma is great.
Brian Anthony
2024-10-22 04:31:44 +0000 UTCGreedy is the one I want them to get to the most. I love that movie.
Kyle
2024-10-22 03:10:35 +0000 UTCAnd he was the principal of Twin Peaks High School!
Michael G. Munz
2024-10-22 02:51:59 +0000 UTCif you want to watch a funny buddy cop action movie watch The Hard Way with Michael J. Fox. A very underrated action comedy that gets overlooked
James
2024-10-22 02:29:00 +0000 UTCThis is one of my favorite movies that nobody seems to know about. Also, Dee Wallace Stone (aka Dee Wallace) played the mom in E.T., among...many other things.
Michael G. Munz
2024-10-22 02:16:26 +0000 UTCJeffrey Combs, who played Milton Danvers the FBI agent, always plays such great weirdos. The actor who played the sheriff also played a police officer in one of my favorite Christian Slater movies "Kuffs", and he played fairly much the same character.
Vwlss Nvwls
2024-10-22 01:48:39 +0000 UTCas far a Michael J Fox movies go, I have always been partial to Doc Hollywood, a comedy romance. Others include The Secret of My Success and Greedy. I would also recommend The American President though he only had a supporting role in that one.
Opie Wan
2024-10-22 00:30:12 +0000 UTCI saw this one in the theater, and I have always loved it. I feel like it is a highly underappreciated movie, because it is such a neat idea, and did a great job with the dark comedy with a little thrills. I have probably said this many times, but if you guys could react to the movie "Near Dark" which is from the late 80s. It is such a good movie with a great cast, and it is good for any time, but especially during the spooky season.
Vwlss Nvwls
2024-10-21 23:59:05 +0000 UTCI used to watch this over and over back in the day. A perfect mix of goofy, horror, mystery, and magic. It’s actually very dark in content but still Disney (ish) aspects clashing against it, such a strange and rare mix. Looking forward to your thoughts.
PIG
2024-10-21 23:14:18 +0000 UTC
