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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 345455" data-attributes="member: 23">The Frighteners (1996)

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I have fond memories of watching this with a friend some 25 years ago and thinking it was great fun, and I watched it a number of times in the few years that followed. As time&#039;s gone on, I&#039;ve found myself not particularly wanting to rewatch it. Probably for the same reason I&#039;ve no desire to rewatch Ghostbusters. There&#039;s something about the comedy-horror genre I can find a little off-putting. I also feared it might have dated horribly.

Recently I revisited Danny Elfman&#039;s film score and enjoyed it, but also realised I&#039;d forgotten enough details of the film that I couldn&#039;t correlate a lot of the tracks with a specific scene. This must have planted the seed for my spontaneous rewatch last night which, as it turns out, really hit the spot.

It&#039;s good fun, genuinely funny at times (especially Jeffrey Combs&#039;s eccentric, obsessive-compulsive F.B.I. agent who is triggered by angry women), and the effects mostly still looked pretty good and with a nice cast blend of character actors, marginally familiar faces and likeable, refreshing leads&nbsp; (Michael J. Fox in between his Back To The Future prime and Spin City and Trini Alvarado - who I remember best as Bette Midler&#039;s daughter in the remake of Stella Dallas).

The creative team is very impressive: Executive Produced by Robert Zemeckis and written, produced and directed by the Lord Of The Rings team of Fran Walsh, Jamie Selkirk and Peter Jackson.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 345455, member: 23"] [CENTER][B][SIZE=6]The Frighteners[/SIZE][/B] (1996) [IMG width="574px"]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.impawards.com%2F1996%2Fposters%2Ffrighteners_ver1_xlg.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=d0075bb8de78e4a5baad5ff1b7b2e5b3bf33747b6d8bf012c2fe9ec1cba86976&ipo=images[/IMG] I have fond memories of watching this with a friend some 25 years ago and thinking it was great fun, and I watched it a number of times in the few years that followed. As time's gone on, I've found myself not particularly wanting to rewatch it. Probably for the same reason I've no desire to rewatch [I]Ghostbusters[/I]. There's something about the comedy-horror genre I can find a little off-putting. I also feared it might have dated horribly. Recently I revisited Danny Elfman's film score and enjoyed it, but also realised I'd forgotten enough details of the film that I couldn't correlate a lot of the tracks with a specific scene. This must have planted the seed for my spontaneous rewatch last night which, as it turns out, really hit the spot. It's good fun, genuinely funny at times (especially Jeffrey Combs's eccentric, obsessive-compulsive F.B.I. agent who is triggered by angry women), and the effects mostly still looked pretty good and with a nice cast blend of character actors, marginally familiar faces and likeable, refreshing leads (Michael J. Fox in between his [I]Back To The Future[/I] prime and[I] Spin City[/I] and Trini Alvarado - who I remember best as Bette Midler's daughter in the remake of [I]Stella Dallas[/I]). The creative team is very impressive: Executive Produced by Robert Zemeckis and written, produced and directed by the [I]Lord Of The Rings [/I]team of Fran Walsh, Jamie Selkirk and Peter Jackson.[/CENTER] [/QUOTE]

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