Parents Guide for
The Frighteners (1996) More at IMDbPro »

An elderly spirit says that his "juices have dried up." Later on, after he has implied sex with a mummy (in which we briefly see some non-explicit thrusting), he tells of how his "juices are flowing again."

A spirit asks a man (who is in the shower) "How's it hanging?" to which the man responds "You tell me." The spirit then says "By the looks of it, the ladies aren't missing much."

Some non-explicit references to orgies, a sex slave, and sado-masochism.

In flashbacks, a serial killer is seen brutally killing people; most of the time, the actual shootings are bloodless, but it is very intense nonetheless. Afterwards, the victims are seen lying in pools of blood with numbers carved into their heads (blood is seen).

Some people are shot, with blood in some cases. In one scene, a man's head is graphically shot off with a shotgun (his head explodes in a bloody mess).

A dead woman is seen lying in a bed after being stabbed.(blood is splattered everywhere).

A couple of ghosts are seen rotting (body parts falling off, etc.).

The cloaked- figure (The Soul Collector) goes after people who have a number carved into their heads (only seen by Frank, although they aren't graphic). He is then seen plunging his hand into the victims chests and squeezing their hearts (which kills them instantly).

The Soul Collector also slaughters other ghosts with an extremely large scythe, this slices them in half or kills them in another violent manner... but however, no red blood is seen, they usually just explode in a gooey mess.

There are other more comical scenes where ghosts get hit or ran over by cars and trucks, etc.

In a repeated flashback, we see a car fly off the road at high speed and then tumble down a hill Each time we see the falshabck, it reveals more. Like a dead woman's body lying on the ground with a number carved into her head, then we a girl holding the knife that did it, and we also see a ghost lying over her body and plunge his had into her chest (non-graphically).

A man is choked to death.

A man is shot in the arm by a small machine gun or uzi.

A woman's hand is cut by falling plates that smash in the kitchen.

A ghost takes the form of and hides in things such as carpet, the wallpaper and even portraits. He then reaches out and strangles people, leaving a large red rash on their neck.

We see two ghosts being graphically tortured by large snake-like creatures on the "express train to hell" at the end of the movie.

A ghost shoots The Soul Collector with two large machine guns. He is shot into little wet cloak pieces until just one little piece remains with his demon face on it. The ghost then bashes the face into a gravestone until it shows who he really is.

The F-word is mouthed. Pervasive (although fairly infrequent) mild language.

Some sexual references (see Sex & Nudity).

Some characters are seen drinking wine in a restaurant.

A couple of characters smoke.

The movie is a horror/comedy movie; as such, there are quite few intense scenes. On the other hand, some of the violence is played for laughs, and shouldn't be disturbing.

The Soul Collector is a kind of "Grim Reaper" type figure. He moves un-naturally, kills violently and is quite scary for a younger audience to look at.

The movie also deals with strong "Heaven and Hell" themes, and we see both of them.

Many "jump out of your seat" or "GOTCHA!" moments.

The opening scene and the last 20 minutes are very intense, and the last scene especially, is very violent.

The last 20 minutes involves people being chased and shot down by a shotgun in an abandoned hospital, it gets quite scary and bloody.

Overall, the movie shouldn't be taken seriously as there is much humour and twisted comedy to be seen but as soon as the film turns back to straight horror every now and then, it's full on.