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The Frighteners   1996         R, 106 min. Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller Director: Peter Jackson   Cast: Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson, John Astin, Jeffrey Combs, Dee Wallace, Chi McBride, Jim Fyfe, Julianna McCarthy, R. Lee Ermey, Jake Busey, Troy Evans, Elizabeth Hawthorne, Angela Bloomfield, Desmond Kelly   When citizens of Fairwater realize they have a problem with ghosts, they call on the services of ghostbuster Frank Bannister (Michael J. Fox) who has psychic powers that enable him to see ghosts. There have been many mysterious murders in the town, and Bannister joins forces with one victim's widow, Lucy Lunskey (Trini Alvarado), and follows the trail leading to invalid Patricia Bradley (Dee Wallace) and her mother (Julianna McCarthy) to uncover the mystery. Cast Michael J. Fox Frank Bannister Trini Alvarado Dr. Lucy Lynskey Peter Dobson Ray Lynskey John Astin The Judge Jeffrey Combs Milton Dammers Dee Wallace Patricia Ann Bradley Chi McBride Cyrus Jim Fyfe Stuart Julianna McCarthy Old Lady Bradley R. Lee Ermey Sgt. Hiles Jake Busey Johnny Charles Bartlett Troy Evans Sheriff Walt Perry Elizabeth Hawthorne Magda Rees-Jones Angela Bloomfield Debra Bannister Desmond Kelly Harry Sinclair