Revealing mistake: After Lucy discovers Mrs. Bradley in her bed, as she fights off and runs from Patricia, it is obvious that she wears knee pads for these shots.
The Frighteners (1996)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Peter Jackson
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Dee Wallace, Jake Busey, John Astin, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson
The Death figure that's been killing people is Johnny Bartlett (well, his ghost). Patricia has been helping Johnny with the murders. Milton gets shot and killed. Bartlett and Patricia go to Hell. Michael J. Fox goes to Heaven but his deceased wife tells him it's not his time, so he goes back to Earth. Michael J. Fox and Lucy hook up.
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Sergeant Hiles: I am not one of your shitty little emanations, Bannister.
Trivia: At the beginning of the film Lucy and Ray watch a videotape called 'Murders, Madmen and Psychopaths', with the news report of Johnny Charles Bartlett. The reporter is a genuine TV reporter in NZ (where the film was shot), cast presumably due to her real American accent. (00:11:10)
Question: How did the people behind the film achieve the effect of making the actors look like ghosts. I truly have no idea.
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Chosen answer: For the most part, the actors playing the ghosts were shot separately on blue-screens, and then comped into the scenes. (By removing the blue background through a process called "color keying", and placing them over the scenes) They were simply given a blueish glow and made semi-translucent to complete the effect. It was pretty cutting edge back in the 90's, but nowadays, it'd be very easy to make the exact same effect using a simple program like Adobe After Effects.
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