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About
Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more people dying in the small town where he lives. As he tries to piece together the supernatural mystery of these killings, he falls in love with the wife of one of the victims and deals with a crazy FBI agent.
Theatrical
Jul 19, 1996
Box Office
$29.4M
Budget
$30.0M
Return
1.0x
DVD / Blu-ray
Aug 18, 1998
Theaters
3
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
WingNut Films, Universal Pictures
Keywords
mother
sheriff
judge
small town
fbi
architect
con man
halloween
poltergeist
funeral
widow
black humor
lovers
daughter
supernatural
hell
murder
serial killer
grim reaper
scam
reporter
doctor
car accident
investigator
widower
threat
psychotic
recluse
ghost
graveyard
multiple murder
army sergeant
haunted
playful
hilarious
Quotes
See all →The Challenge of a Life Beyond Death
Taglines
Death is no way to make a living!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Inevitability of Fate
Taglines
When your number's up, its up.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →M
Michael J. Fox
Frank Bannister
T
Trini Alvarado
Lucy Lynskey
P
Peter Dobson
Ray Lynskey
J
John Astin
The Judge
J
Jeffrey Combs
Milton Dammers
D
Dee Wallace
Patricia Bradley
J
Jake Busey
Johnny Bartlett
C
Chi McBride
Cyrus
J
Jim Fyfe
Stuart
T
Troy Evans
Sheriff Perry
J
Julianna McCarthy
Old Lady Bradley
R
R. Lee Ermey
Hiles
E
Elizabeth Hawthorne
Magda Rees-Jones
A
Angela Bloomfield
Debra Bannister
D
Desmond Kelly
Harry Sinclair
J
Jonathan Blick
Steve Bayliss
T
Todd Rippon
Deputy
J
John Sumner
Deputy
M
Michael Robinson
Deputy
J
Jim McLarty
Deputy
