Rolling Stone
"...Flashes of twisted inspiration..." 08/22/1996 p.105Entertainment Weekly
"...Everything-goes....Consistently witty and often lewd and rude..." -- Rating: B 12/20/1996 p.84 Los Angeles Times
"...Saucy, scary and pleasantly unsettling....Jackson, at home with all kinds of excess, keeps everything spinning nicely..." 07/19/1996 p.F10 New York Times
"[A]s the filmmaker points out, THE FRIGHTENERS represents a major turning point in his career. This was the first time that Mr. Jackson worked for a Hollywood studio, cast a major star and made extensive use of computer-generated imagery..." 12/06/2005 p.E11 Sight and Sound
"Jackson's first Hollywood outing is a smash-and-grab horror-comedy....The ectoplasmic effects have aged fairly well..." 02/01/2006 p.89 | 
