But that's why they are actually nerds. That's what nerds do. They're the sort of people you quietly kind of like but also wish they'd shut the fuck up about nerdy shit so the bullies would stop picking on them and you could be open about your friendship with them. Or are we not in high school anymore?

My only problem with The Frighteners apart from the wildly inconsistent tone (from comedy to hospital patients getting shotgunned in their beds), is Jackson's propensity to shoot close-ups really close up. I guess it's one of his trademarks. I just find it somehow makes the film look a little cheap, like the actor…