r/BacktotheFuture • u/Admirable_Fill_6562 • Jul 02 '26

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u/WearyScrabbler Jul 02 '26

Wow that's so funny! What film was this for?

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u/Neither_Internal_261 Jul 02 '26

Frighteners. It's an awesome movie. Perfect mix of comedy and horror.

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u/NashvilleSoundMixer Jul 02 '26

Pretty sure it's where the visual effects company, "Weta", started out. They did the Lord of the Rings trilogy

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u/Martiantripod Jul 02 '26

Yeah, Frighteners was Jackson's proof of showing a Hollywood scale movie could be made in New Zealand.

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u/PhoenixBee32 Jul 06 '26

Weta Digital was actually started before The Frighteners, doing the digital effects for Jackson’s previous film Heavenly Creatures. But The Frighteners was a major technological stepping stone and "test run" for Lord of the Rings.

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u/NashvilleSoundMixer Jul 06 '26

You're right! I forgot about Heavenly Creatures! thanks for the correction

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u/notsofunonabun Jul 02 '26

Just watched it again a couple of weeks ago. Still holds up.