The Frighteners 35mm: not a great film, but a good, and kind of strange one more importantly, it’s so sad that Peter Jackson forgot how to direct movies - ThreadSky

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coreyatad.com • 11 days ago

The Frighteners 35mm: not a great film, but a good, and kind of strange one

more importantly, it’s so sad that Peter Jackson forgot how to direct movies

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rohmersimpson.bsky.social•11 days ago

He went from HEAVENLY CREATURES to this to LOTR! That’s a real SUGARLAND EXPRESS/JAWS kind of leap.

coreyatad.com•11 days ago

bigger tbh

theworstnun.bsky.social•11 days ago

Jeffery Combs’ whackadoo performance makes me blind to all of this films lesser parts

coreyatad.com•11 days ago

he somehow combined Agent Cooper, Agent Mulder, Dr. Strangelove, literal Hitler, and like 10 other kinds of crazy into one performance, and it’s incredible

lcosgrove.bsky.social•11 days ago

Wild to think this was intended as a late-summer tentpole, it's such a strange bird

coreyatad.com•11 days ago

there is that question while watching it, like who is this four? because it’s so Spielberg/Zemeckis childish, but then also rated R???

dronefloam.bsky.social•11 days ago

It’s plays now like an 8 episode Netflix series that is missing 6 episodes

kroutkm.bsky.social•11 days ago

If Uni gave it an early year release date, and was more modest in its marketing, the reception might have been warmer. A uniquely odd duck.

coreyatad.com•11 days ago

i’d remembered the movie being a giant effects demo, but god damn, the effects really are incredible to behold, especially for the time, but even now

dannyguts.bsky.social•11 days ago

I keep hoping he'll come back with a "Drag Me to Hell" type "Ive still got it" project, but he doesnt seem to want to

dustythecritic.bsky.social•11 days ago

It was one of those rare movies that starts out clunky and gradually gets better as it trucks along.

coreyatad.com•11 days ago

this is true, actually!

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