http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/screengrab/archive/2008/06/27/when-good-directors-go-bad-the-frighteners-1996-peter-jackson.aspxToday, Peter Jackson is best known to most audiences as one of Hollywood’s big-ticker filmmakers, the New Zealand visionary who was responsible for bringing Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings to the big screen in rousing, ambitious fashion. But in 1996, he wasenCommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20910.1126)http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/screengrab/archive/2008/06/27/when-good-directors-go-bad-the-frighteners-1996-peter-jackson.aspx#105376Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:46:25 GMTbd485f5c-a45b-491f-8e52-c79e7f680fc3:105376Vermin<p>I was in high school when The Frighteners was released, and I remember I watched it 4 times in its opening week. &nbsp;Very entertaining, definitely under-appreciated. &nbsp;</p> <img src="http://www.nerve.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=105376" width="1" height="1">http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/screengrab/archive/2008/06/27/when-good-directors-go-bad-the-frighteners-1996-peter-jackson.aspx#105230Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:57:04 GMTbd485f5c-a45b-491f-8e52-c79e7f680fc3:105230adam christ<p>phew i thought from the title of the post you were saying frighteners was pj's lowpoint! &nbsp;</p> <p>talk about control - jackson effortlessly shifts between scared and funny throughout and he gets insanely consistent performances out of his entire cast, which admittedly has a much deeper bench than most.</p> <img src="http://www.nerve.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=105230" width="1" height="1">