Official Score = 2 1/2 Devils[/caption]I first got in to work of acting legend, Michael J. Fox (Back To The Future) near the tale end of the TV series that really helped get him started on his road to superstardom, this series being, 'Family Ties' (1982 - 1989), and since then I have been hooked!
I mean this guy is one of the few actors that I can genuinely say that I have literally grown up following his career, what with following his work at the end of the 1980s, and all the way through the 90s and even up to his semi-retirement after he ended his time on, 'Spin City'!
Why is he so great? Well... I can give you a great many reasons if you want, but when it comes down to it, one of the great things that I found that he brings to his role... Besides the level of believability (which is there in a strong way...) He also brings an element of comedy that really works well in comedy films, and compliments the more serious movies or TV Shows that I have seen him in, and one of those of course being: The Frightners (1996)!
Written by: Fran Walsh (Meet The Feebles), Peter Jackson (The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring) & Directed by: Peter Jackson. Starring: Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado (Little Women), Peter Dobson (Forrest Gump), John Astin (The Addams Family), Jeffery Combs (Re-Animator), Dee Wallace (The Hills have Eyes), Jake Busey (Starship Troopers) & Troy Evans (Ace Ventura: Pet Detective).
This hilarious movie tells the story of, 'Frank Bannister' (Michael J. Fox)... Now Mr. Bannister used to be a fairly well known architect, and was successful enough that he and his wife had at the time of her death been building their dream home...
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Frank Bannister & Associates...[/caption]Well one day during a fight and the ensuing car accident, his wife ends up dying, but she ends up dying in such a way that even with out any evidence to prove it, most people believe that he did it... This traumatized him so much that he ended up starting to see ghosts (he got so adept at it that he would often use the haunted graveyard as a sort of pool of undead help when running cons to make money!)
Well years later a malevolent force from the town past comes back to finish his work... The only thing is, is that he is dead (But that won't stop him from becoming the most prolific serial killer of all time... )
So with the Police unable to do anything, it will be up to Bannister to not just stop this force on his own, but to protect his latest victim from it, as well as save a skeptical town from this, 'Phantom Menace' before this entity ends up getting his dying wish!
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The living and the dead will team up in an effort to become the most prolific serial killer team, both living and dead![/caption]In the end I could say a lot about how good this movie is, but the best parts for me are the fact that this movie had a truly awesome cast of mid-90s entertainers, also it had fun special effects, and it didn't get to cheesy, (a problem that would happen in the late 90s with movies of this nature...) But it was cheesy fun, and I liked that!
Is this the best most poignant award winning film in the world... No... But it doesn't need to be, and that is just cool, and if you check it out you might find the same thing as well!
http://youtu.be/0yqhND5i05M
