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From Academy Award®-winning director Peter Jackson (King Kong, The Lord of the Rings) comes this wicked comedy-thriller. Michael J. Fox stars as Frank Bannister, a small-town "ghostbuster" in league with the very spirits he's supposed to be exorcising. The scam works well until a powerful spirit goes on a murderous rampage, forcing Frank to find a way to stop the diabolical ghoul in this special-effects-packed supernatural chiller that's so fiendishly entertaining, it's frightening!Bonus Content:The Making of The FrightenersStoryboardingTheatrical TrailerBD-LiveMy ScenesPocket BLUD-BOXFeature Commentary with Director Peter JacksonPeter Jackson's 10th Anniversary Intro Review: This is how they all should do physical media! - This is how you do a Blu-ray! Aside from making a very entertaining movie, Peter Jackson also included an almost FOUR HOUR long making of documentary that goes into insanely minute detail about all the hard work that went into making the movie, from conception to post production and literally everything else in between. And he made this outstanding documentary even before DVDs were a thing! I love all the behind the scenes footage directors are willing to include on the physical media for their movies and Peter Jackson went above and beyond and then some!! If you love weird movies and extensive documentaries about the making of said movies, then you can’t do much better than this one. I really hope physical media isn’t dying, but this was an absolute joy to watch. Review: get yourself one today!!! - classic underrated movie from back in the day kinda comedy/spooky movie but worth the watch





| ASIN | B004I1K2NW |
| Actors | Jeffrey Combs, John Astin, Michael J. Fox, Peter Dobson, Trini Alvarado |
| Aspect Ratio | 2.35:1 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,174 in Movies & TV ( See Top 100 in Movies & TV ) #105 in Comedy (Movies & TV) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (8,230) |
| Director | Peter Jackson |
| Dubbed: | French |
| Item model number | 21164888 |
| Language | English (DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1), French (DTS 5.1) |
| MPAA rating | NR (Not Rated) |
| Media Format | AC-3, Blu-ray, DTS Surround Sound, Dolby, Dubbed, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen |
| Number of discs | 1 |
| Producers | Jamie Selkirk, Peter Jackson, Robert Zemeckis |
| Product Dimensions | 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.4 ounces |
| Release date | September 13, 2011 |
| Run time | 2 hours and 3 minutes |
| Studio | Universal Pictures Home Entertainment |
| Subtitles: | English, French, Spanish |
S**Y
This is how they all should do physical media!
This is how you do a Blu-ray! Aside from making a very entertaining movie, Peter Jackson also included an almost FOUR HOUR long making of documentary that goes into insanely minute detail about all the hard work that went into making the movie, from conception to post production and literally everything else in between. And he made this outstanding documentary even before DVDs were a thing! I love all the behind the scenes footage directors are willing to include on the physical media for their movies and Peter Jackson went above and beyond and then some!! If you love weird movies and extensive documentaries about the making of said movies, then you can’t do much better than this one. I really hope physical media isn’t dying, but this was an absolute joy to watch.
M**A
get yourself one today!!!
classic underrated movie from back in the day kinda comedy/spooky movie but worth the watch
T**E
Awesome visual effects, way ahead of it's time
I just got through watching the Director's Cut of "The Frighteners." I have to say first off that this is one of my favorite films of all time. I don't particularly like horror films (I don't like to be scared) and so when this movie came out at the theater my sister tried to get me to see it and I refused because I thought it would scare me. Needless to say when it came out on VHS she talked me into watching it and I regretted not going with her to see it in the theater. The story is unique and well told. I have to admit that there are some small gaps in the plot that may leave questions in your mind if you watch the original release (especially if you watch it more than once because you always catch more the second time around), but I never found it enough to be that distracting. Part of this comes from them trying to cut the film down to less than two hours. The Director's Cut answers a lot of these questions and I watched the entire thing. It was definitely worth buying and I enjoyed it. All the behind the scenes stuff was fantastic. I could go on about the story, but I'm more of a Visual Effects person and so I think that for me, that's also why I like this movie so much. At the time the effects that they used were revolutionary. Many of the effects, such as the ghost crawling under the carpet in the beginning utilized proprietary code that was written specifically for this movie. Also the compositing was awesome. There were only a couple of spots in the movie where I could tell that the lighting wasn't quite right, and that was out of well over five hundred visual effects shots. To keep this in perspective, this movie was being filmed around the same time the first "Toy Story" was released, so that was the level of computer generated imagery that they had to work with. I think that they had fewer errors in their work than "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" that was just released. I saw more incorrect lighting and bad animation in "Narnia" than in "The Frighteners." It just goes to show you that advanced technology does not always make a better movie. Also, the release of this movie was pushed up by four months, which caused them to rush with wrapping up production. The DVD is also well worth buying if you're at all interested in film making, visual effects or any similar field. The documentary has a ton of behind-the-scenes footage, a tour of the early WETA computer and props department, and three full compositing breakdowns that show how they put the special effects together. I wouldn't say that you should buy this movie if you haven't seen it because everyone's tastes are different, but I would definitely borrow or rent it so you can decide whether you want it or not. Before the Director's cut was released, the original release on DVD was selling on eBay for thirty dollars or more because it was out-of-print and people were desparate to find it. I wound up paying nearly twenty for a used copy. Obviously this movie has a big cult following at any rate and that makes me happy, because I think that this film has been overlooked and underrated. It is definitely on my list of best movies of all time.
E**Z
"I can have her locked up anytime I want to."
The story is the undoing of this film. The components are inconsistent, veering wildly from fantasy to comedy to horror, never truly doing justice to any of the ideas it tries desperately to showcase in the time allowed. If they had stuck with one premise instead of this scattershot approach then this might have been a great film. Instead, you have a ghost-buster Frank Bannister (Michael J. Fox), trying to bilk unsuspecting homeowners into thinking their homes are suddenly haunted (the joke being he provides the ghosts). It's at that point that another plot is shoehorned into the story, that of a vengeful (dead) serial killer anxious to have the highest body count ever achieved. Instead of gaining the credit though, the blame is placed on Frank. Then the movie becomes "the wronged-man on the loose" with Frank trying to clear his name. To complicate matters further, an insane FBI agent (an overwrought Jeffrey Combs) shows up with an instant vendetta against Bannister. Unfortunately, this proved to be one villain too many and it challenged the focus of the story about a faux grim reaper. It's at this point that a judicious rewrite should have taken place. They had one element too many and should have excised it from the story. Instead, they foisted this version on the public and it was a not a financial success (which they blamed on the film Independence Day, the Summer Olympics, and a lack of marketing). The critics were torn; Siskel and Ebert gave it two thumbs down. Word of mouth could have saved it if it had been a film worth bragging about. Obviously, that didn't happen. Years later, I'm still torn. I love/hate this movie. At times it's brilliant, the humor is mostly great, the special affects a wow. Trini Alvarado was perfect (as the only rational character in the film). Michael J. Fox was fun. Dee Wallace was appropriately creepy. Loved the faux grim reaper. But. Just bits and pieces of this film work, the rest is just annoyingly extraneous. It always leaves me wanting more/better from the likes of Peter Jackson.
T**!
A must have in your collection
One of the best Movies for people that like semi scary movies with lots of funny moments. A Classic movie you will add to your collection once you see it! Michael J Fox and Peter Jackson nail this fun scary movie. Def recommend if you haven't seen it. If you have you know its worth another watch
T**.
A really good movie
I love this movie. I had it on VHS an watched it so much I killed the tape. I was absolutely thrilled to see it was on dvd. Of course I had to buy it. The disc made it here in one piece and played perfectly.
J**.
Worth buying
Great Horror/ Comedy
C**O
Gran película. El disco llegó en perfecto estado y con funcionalidades muy útiles..
M**M
小学生の子どもが「バックトゥザフューチャー」を観て見事にマイケル・j・フォックスのファンになり、他の作品も観たいとそわそわするので(笑)買ってみました。 親の自分も初見です。パッケージと解説の雰囲気から、なんとなくホーンテッドマンションとか、キャスパー的な内容を想像して気楽に見始めたら、物凄く面白い‼︎ 子どもと夢中で観てしまいました。 これ、公開時の記憶がありません…当時、こんなに面白い映画をなぜスルーしてしまったんだろう? 序盤は霊が見え、実際に触れることも出来る主人公がコメディタッチで幽霊の友達たちと荒稼ぎをする部分がメイン風なのですが、街の謎の連続不審死と主人公フランクが絡む辺りからトーンが変わってきます。 オカルトテイストな場面も多く、どういう結末になるのかと、最後まで目が離せませんでした。 ベリーショートヘアのマイケルがとても格好良いです。他の作品の時に比べて顔がシャープな感じで、若々しくて素敵でした。 どろどろしたストーリーを、彼の爽やかさが中和してくれています。 (というかDVDパッケージの画像はなんなのですかね…変えたほうが良くないですか?あの写真でスルーする人、絶対いると思いますよ!超勿体無い) また、マイケルの作品に出る女性はいつもすっきりした清楚系な美人ばかりで、今作もとてもきれいな女性です。 善の側にいる主人公たち(幽霊含む)の絆、街で起きた過去の連続殺人と現在の連続不審死の謎解き、幽霊などの映像的な要素など観るべきものが多く、本当に観てよかったです。死者との心の交流は、同監督のラブリーボーンにも繋がるところがあり胸を打ちます。 観てない方はパッケージに騙されず?是非ご鑑賞を。おすすめです。 追記: ディスク購入の際のアドバイスです。 おすすめはBlu-ray版です。 自分ははじめに出品者から未開封DVDを注文しましたが、なんと盤面が剥離しており返品。 次はデラックス・エディションDVDを別の出品者から注文したところ、通常盤が届き返品を依頼したら出品者が非を認めずこちらを脅してきたり、フィードバック返信でこちらのフルネームを晒してきたり、本当にえらい目に遭いました! 最後にプライム配送のBlu-rayを購入。 ディスクを手に入れるまでの苦労が凄かったです… おそらく作品の知名度的にDVDの数があまり出回っていないので、こういうトラブルが起きたのかと。 状態の良いものを手に入れるならBlu-rayだと思います。
S**V
Excelente película, se juntan un grandísimo actor, Michael J. Fox, un gran director Peter Jackson y un gran compositor Danny Elfman ( creador de la música de la película Beetlejuice y Eduardo Manostijeras entre otras. Muy bien lograda, efectos especiales, música, guión, entretenidísima, altamente recomendable. La calidad de la película en Blu Ray es muy buena, un pero, en esta edición, que me extrañó bastante, en los extras no hay audio ni doblaje al castellano, sólo en ingles. El servicio muy bien, me llegó en 1 día.
F**.
Grâce aux internautes , j'ai acheté l'édition US et je ne le regrette pas.La version habituelle est en français et la director's cut en vo sous titrée . A noter quand même sur cette dernière, deux coupures de son de 5 mn. Dommage.
C**E
Great film. Genuinely scary and original.
T**3
The Frighteners wollte ich nur einmal sehen, da es ein Frühwerk von Herr der Ringe-Regisseur Peter Jackson ist. Ich war deswegen auch sehr glücklich, dass der Film wirklich gut ist. Frank Bannister ist Geisterjäger. Wenn Geister in einer Wohnung herumspuken, ruft man ihn und lässt sie einfangen. Keiner weiß aber, dass er ein Abkommen mit diesen Geistern hat. Eines Tages taucht aber plötzlich ein mordender Geist auf, den nun einzufangen gilt. Dies erweist sich aber als äusserst schwierig und gefährlich. Auf The Frighteners bin ich schon vor einiger Zeit gestoßen, hatte aber irgendwie nie wirklich Lust ihn zu sehen, da ich vermutete, dass er zu sehr ein Horror-Film sein würde und ich kein Fan solcher Filme bin. Letztendlich ist dies aber eine Komödie mit Horror-Elementen, eine Horror-Komödie. Als erstes fielen mir die Charaktere auf, die Peter Jackson hier schon zusammen mit seiner Frau Fran Walsh geschaffen hat. Michael J. Fox (Zurück in die Zukunft-Trilogie) in seiner letzten großen Rolle als abgehalfteter Geisterjäger, der plötzlich einen echten Geist fangen muss, ist wirklich eine Freude. Er spielt diesen Charakter wirklich gut und sehr sehr sympathisch und erinnerte mich öfters an seinen Marty McFly-Charakter. Größtes Highlight für mich war aber Jeffrey Combs (Re-Animator) als völlig verrückter Bundesagent mit so vielen Macken, dass man gar nicht weiß, wo man anfangen soll. Er sorgt mit einigen bizarren Momenten für die Highlights im Film und liefert hier wirklich eine denkwürdige Performance. Aber auch Jake Busey (Starship Troopers) in seiner kleinen Rolle und Elizabeth Hawthorne (Underworld – Aufstieg der Lykaner) als exzentrische Chefin einer Zeitung setzen ihre Akzente und machen den Film sehr unterhaltsam. Dies liegt vor allem an der Art, wie sie geschrieben und gespielt werden. Die Charaktere sind oft überzeichnet, was bei diesem Film absolut Sinn macht, wirken aber nie fehl am Platz, sondern machen den Film erst zu dem, was er ist. Die Charaktere haben einige Super Dialoge und lassen nie Langeweile aufkommen. Langeweile kann auch gar nicht aufkommen, da Peter Jackson sich hier schon auf seine fantastische Inszenierung verlassen konnte. Er baut gekonnt einige Szenen in den Film mit ein, die man als Ode an etwaige Horrorklassiker verstehen kann. Diese Szenen sind zwar aufgrund der Art des Films weder gruselig noch erschreckend, passen aber sehr gut. Auch die Szenen mit den Geistern haben etwas gruselig schauriges, ohne dabei den Zuschauer irgendwie verstören zu wollen. Es passieren absolut wahnwitzige Dinge mit den Geistern, die aber eher spaßig sind, als abgefahren verdreht. Noch dazu sehen die Geister auch noch sehr gut aus. Hier waren schon Richard Taylor und sein WETA-Team, mit denen Jackson dann auch Der Herr der Ringe und Der Hobbit gestaltete, für die Effekte verantwortlich, die auch heute noch absolut sehenswert sind. Das Design ist wirklich gut und die reine technische Leistung dahinter ist auch immer noch bemerkenswert. Bemerkenswert finde ich auch den Humor. Jackson beweist hier, dass er einen wirklich großartigen Sinn für Humor hat, was man in jeder Szene sieht. Seien es die Dialoge oder die Geschehnisse an sich, alles hat einen lockeren Ton ohne dabei zu lächerlich zu sein. Jackson schaffte es hier wirklich sehr gut, humorvoll zu sein ohne dabei über das Ziel hinauszuschießen. Er will hier keine Parodie auf Horror-Filme zeigen, sondern eben eine originelle Komödie mit Horror-Elementen. Und dies gelingt ihm wirklich sehr sehr gut. Ich war die ganze Zeit, von der ersten bis zur allerletzten Sekunde, wirklich sehr gut unterhalten und konnte gar nicht genug von dieser Welt kriegen. Kleiner Hinweis: bitte mal darauf achten, Peter Jackson hat einen kleinen Cameo-Auftritt, den man nicht nur im Extended Cut sieht. Fazit: The Frighteners ist eine schaurig schöne, unglaublich unterhaltsame Horror-Komödie mit sehr starken Bildern. Die Charaktere sind allesamt sehr unterhaltsam, genauso wie die Geschehnisse an sich. Peter Jackson erzählt hier eine unterhaltsame Geschichte mit einigen verstörenden, aber sehr lustigen Bildern. Dies ist eine der besten Komödien, die seit Langem gesehen habe. Für mich ein frühes Meisterstück des neuseeländischen Regisseurs.
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