Frighteners [Director's Cut]
Features:
- A special introduction to the film by Academy Award-winning director Peter Jackson
- Storyboarding of key scenes, including the Slimeface and Blobman sequence, with commentary by Peter Jackson
- In-depth feature commentary by Peter Jackson, his first feature commentary ever!
- The Making of teh Frighteners, a full-length documentary on the making of the film, directed by Peter Jackson and featuring interviews with Michael J. Fox, trini Alvarado, Dee Wallace Stone, Jake Busey and Chi McBride
- Outrageous Bloopers
- Lost Footage Found: The Gatekeeper, The Judge and other deleted scenes
- Ghost Stories: Peter Jackson and actor Tom Fyfe share their actual, personal close encounters with ghosts
- Script Development: Jackson describes taking an idea from the treatment stage to a full shooting script
- Behind-the-scenes cast rehearsal
- Extensive exploration of the spectacular special effects, motion control and the blue-screen techniques
- Introduction to Jackson's visual-effects facility, WETA
- Close-up llok at the use of miniatures
- And more!
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- Disc #1, Side A -- The Frighteners
- 1. Peter Jackson's Intro [:01]
- 2. Main Titles: The Curse of Fairwater [6:07]
- 3. You've Ruptured My Lawn [1:09]
- 4. Patricia Never Leaves the House [2:07]
- 5. Newsflash, 1964 [3:15]
- 6. Calling Mr. Bannister [4:30]
- 7. What's With the Number? [:52]
- 8. The Ectoplasmic Associates [1:58]
- 9. Stuck in the Door [1:07]
- 10. Two in the Shower [4:00]
- 11. Time to Get Seriously Scary [1:24]
- 12. Airborne Babies [1:59]
- 13. Too Many Funerals: Not Enough Trafic Lights [2:37]
- 14. You Appear to Be Dead, Ray! [2:43]
- 15. Drill Sergeant Hiles [1:25]
- 16. The Premature Burial [3:47]
- 17. Three for Dinner [3:48]
- 18. The Soul Collector [3:52]
- 19. Special Agent Dammers [2:51]
- 20. Debra's Death [2:42]
- 21. Dark Business in Fairwater [:49]
- 22. Museum Mayhem [4:05]
- 23. The Reaper Strikes [1:19]
- 24. Magda Passes Over [1:20]
- 25. The Prime Suspect [1:32]
- 26. Back Seat Passenger [:34]
- 27. The Interrogation [4:50]
- 28. He Doesn't Believe Anymore [1:42]
- 29. A Cry for Help [6:04]
- 30. Ray Loses Face [1:01]
- 31. What Are You Afraid Of? [2:20]
- 32. Cyrus and Stuart to the Rescue [2:14]
- 33. An Out-of-Body Experience [:28]
- 34. Pain Has Its Rewards [4:34]
- 35. The Face of Death [5:03]
- 36. He's Back [2:14]
- 37. The Killer Couple [2:10]
- 38. Fun With Knives [2:00]
- 39. The Potrait Strikes [:44]
- 40. Kitchen Chase [2:03]
- 41. Guess That Makes You Number One [1:15]
- 42. Blasts From the Past [1:26]
- 43. Dammers Loses His Head [4:33]
- 44. Fun in the Morgue [2:04]
- 45. In the Mood for Vivisection [:35]
- 46. The Express Bus to Hell [2:35]
- 47. Time to Go Home [2:01]
- 48. Life After Death [1:42]
- 49. End Titles ("Don't Fear the Reaper") [1:53]
- Disc #1, Side B -- The Frighteners
- 1. Peter Jackson's Intro [:00]
- 2. Ghost Stories [:00]
- 3. Script Development [6:20]
- 4. Michael J. Fox & Trini Alvarado [6:06]
- 5. Jim Fyfe, Chi McBride, John Astin [6:43]
- 6. Rehearsing [8:01]
- 7. Lyttelton as Fairwater [6:36]
- 8. Introduction to WETA [3:17]
- 9. Scene 28 [4:35]
- 10. Ghost Effects [4:14]
- 11. Motion Control & Bluescreen [9:52]
- 12. The Jackson Boys, Peter's Cameo & Billy Jackson [7:57]
- 13. Stunts [5:01]
- 14. On the Set [4:52]
- 15. The Reaper [25:58]
- 16. Rustler [12:56]
- 17. The Gatekeeper [:01]
- 18. Jeffrey Combs [3:05]
- 19. Miniatures [1:49]
- 20. Dee Wallace Stone & Jake Busey [7:22]
- 21. Trini's Bruises [2:51]
- 22. Slimeface & Blobman [6:52]
- 23. Wallpaperman & Portraitman [2:04]
- 24. Acceleration [7:13]
- 25. The Worm [4:12]
- 26. The Gatekeeper, The Judge & Other Deleted Stories [3:30]
- 27. Music [3:37]
- 28. Bloopers [17:07]
- 29. Ratings & Final Thoughts [24:11]
- 30. Credits [16:14]
Year released: 1996
MPAA Rating: [ R ]
Format: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV/COLOR
Length: 123
Sound: DD5.1
Subtitles: Eng/Spa/Fre
Studio: Universal Studios