Working-class couple Shirley and Cyril are in conflict over whether they should have children, their problems with ‘yuppies’ moving into the neighbourhood and outpricing them, and the advent of Cyril’s ageing mother’s seventieth birthday.
Part Michael J. Fox comedy, part gruesome ghost story, Peter Jackson’s 1996 cult classic 'The Frighteners' flopped at the summer box office—but built the foundation for Weta and 'The Lord of the Rings'. Here is why it still rips.