10 Questions about The Frighteners | Movies

Answer: architect

Frank quit being an architect (and constructing his dream home) after his wife was killed in a car accident. The accident ended up giving him psychic powers and an idea for a new career as a psychic investigator.

Answer: Manson

This happens when Lucy and Ray are sitting in the bedroom watching a video about the murders in Fairwater. Ray learns that his wife, a local doctor, recently visited the Bradley estate on a house call.
Lucy mentions meeting the Bradleys' daughter, who was implicated in the long ago killings. To which Ray replies, "Great. We've been in town for 3 months and you've started making friends with the Manson family."

Answer: women yelling

During a scene in which Dammers attempts to interrogate Lucy, Lucy loses her temper and shouts at him. Dammers makes a hasty retreat to vomit in the mens' room. The sheriff follows, wanting to know if Dammers is all right. Dammers states that he threw up because he has a problem with women yelling.

Answer: an unidentified heart condition

Twenty-eight unexplained deaths from 1990 onward were written off as heart attacks, but locals are convinced that something more sinister is going on. The murder spree that occured in the 1960s caused many to believe the town of Fairwater is cursed.

Answer: Fairwater Sanitorium

In 1964, Bartlett was an orderly at the hospital. He used a gurney to smuggle a rifle into the building. On that morning, he opened fire. His motive for killing 12 strangers was never revealed.

Answer: Johnny Bartlett's

Patricia claims the ashes are her father's. He was the administrator of the Fairwater Sanitorium and committed suicide after he found out his daughter participated in the massacre that took place there. Patricia also states that her mother has her keep the ashes in her room as punishment, then leaves to make coffee for her mother. During Patricia's absence, Frank discovers an inscription on the urn that reads: John Charles Bartlett.

It is never explained why Patricia lied.

Answer: Ray's dog

While pulling up to Ray's house, Frank ruptures the lawn and smashes the fence. As he backs out of the driveway, he hits the fence again and also crushes the gnomes. To the best of the audience's knowledge, Ray and his wife do not own a dog.

Answer: Patricia Bradley

Though only she was 15 years old at the time of the incident, Patricia clearly had a bloodlust equal to that of her much-older boyfriend. Because of her age, Patricia was spared the death penalty and spent quite some time in a mental hospital instead. She is later remanded to the custody of her mother.

Answer: a utility knife

In a flashback, we saw Patricia steal Frank's knife after his car went off the road. She used it to mark the body of Frank's dead wife Debra and kept it as a souvenir. The absence of the weapon convinced everyone in Fairwater that Frank was responsible for his wife's death.

Answer: Johnny Bartlett

Even death couldn't stop this psychopath's compulsion to kill. In death as in life, Johnny is aided and abetted by his girlfriend Patricia. Both end up paying the ultimate price for their actions.