So, lately, I've been seeing a lot of love for one my picks for "completely underrated movies of all time," and I thought I'd spread some of that love around myself.
The movie?
Directed by Peter Jackson (yes, THAT Peter Jackson) and starring Michael J. Fox, The
Frighteners is a very dark comedy/horror/thriller about a guy who sees ghosts, and makes friends with them. Together, they have a con going where the ghosts haunt a house, and Fox's character "exorcises" them for cash. However, Fox's character has somewhat of a dark past, and it's about to come back to bite him when people keep mysteriously dying in his small town, and keep dying after encountering him.Beyond a pretty neat plot, and pretty good SFX for it's day, and has one of the greatest oddball characters in film, Special Agent Milton Dammers (played by Jeffrey Combs). A complete
screwball with personal space issues who can't stand to hear a woman yell, he also has dubious interrogation techniques (the post subject is a question he asks to a woman who ate dinner with Fox's character, Frank Bannister).If you've seen it, give a shout out. If you haven't, take some time and rent it whichever way you rent movies. I know it makes me miss Michael J. Fox that much more. Stupid Parkinson's Disease.
