New Zealand / USA,
1996, 110 min
(Director's cut: 122 min)
Directed by:
Peter JacksonCinematography:
Alun BollingerComposer:
Danny ElfmanCast:
Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson, John Astin, Jeffrey Combs, Dee Wallace, Jake Busey, Chi McBride, Troy Evans, R. Lee Ermey, Melanie Lynskey (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Frank Bannister (Michael J. Fox) is a psychic investigator in the town of Fairwater, aided by three friendly ghosts who create supernatural disturbances for him to 'solve'. However, when Frank begins to see numbers carved into the foreheads of people who subsequently die as a result of a bizarre heart failure, he realizes that an evil spirit is causing the deaths. As the last person to be seen near the victims Frank is suspected by eccentric Federal agent Milton Dammers (Jeffrey Combs) of being in some way responsible - especially when it is revealed that Frank's own wife died some years previously in mysterious circumstances. (Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
The Saturn Awards
- 1997 - Best Horror Film
- 1997 - Peter Jackson (Best Director)
- 1997 - Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson (Best Writing)
- 1997 - Michael J. Fox (Best Actor)
- 1997 - Jeffrey Combs (Best Supporting Actor)
- 1997 - Danny Elfman (Best Music)
- 1997 - Richard Taylor, Rick Baker (Best Make-Up)
- 1997 - Charlie McClellan, Richard Taylor, Wes Takahashi (Best Special / Visual Effects)
Sitges Film Festival
- 1996 - Richard Taylor (Best Special Effects)