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The Frighteners

1996 ·1h 50m · ★ 6.9 (1,701)

Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more people dying in the small town where he lives. As he tries to piece together the supernatural mystery of these killings, he falls in love with the wife of one of the victims and deals with a crazy FBI agent.

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5 horror films in catalog

Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
57
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
17
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
71
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
100
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
18
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
33
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
100
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
28
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
50
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Body Horror
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TMDB Keywords

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