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A Post Feature - A Fright to Remember
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'Frighteners' Falters
Michael J. Fox plays a fraudulent ghost-cleanser named Frank Bannister. Bannister is a hearse-chaser in a small New England town called Fairweather, who shows up at funerals handing out cards to the newly bereaved; his partners are real ghosts, who put on paranormal displays to scare prospective clients. But when the town’s residents start displaying fiery numbers on their foreheads and dropping from exploded hearts, Bannister, the only person who can see the Grim Reaper, is accused of drumming up business.
As the architect-turned-con-man, Bannister is Byronically self-destructive; his wife died in a car crash when he was driving, and his own near-death experience left him with double-world vision. He also "dies" again to do battle with the real bad guy, played by the sincerely scary Jake Busey. -- Eve Zibart
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