Frank Bannister Quotes in The Frighteners (1996)

Frank Bannister: You are SUCH an asshole.

Milton Dammers: Yes I am. I'm an asshole... with an Uzi.

Dr. Lucy Lynskey: Tell me, why is it that you can see Ray and I can't?

Frank Bannister: I was in an accident. A car accident... about five years ago .I don't know they say that sometimes when you have a traumatic experience that it can alter your perception.

Sergeant Hiles: What in the hell are you doing in my graveyard? You have been told to stay away! Sound off like you've got a pair!

Frank Bannister: Yeah, well, Cemetary is a public place, Hiles.

Sergeant Hiles: I do not like you! You cannot bring your spooks here without my permission! Disappear, scumbag!

Frank Bannister: Catch you later, Hiles.

Sergeant Hiles: Hey, my tour of duty runs another 85 years! There's a piece of dirt up here with your name on it, Bannister! I'm waiting for you, you little maggot!

[last lines]

Dr. Lucy Lynskey: Boy that Dammers guy, he sure looks pissed.

Frank Bannister: [without realizing] Yeah.

[the penny suddenly drops and Frank looks back in surprise at Lucy]

Dr. Lucy Lynskey: Well sometimes Frank, you see when you go through a traumatic experience, it kind of alters your perception.

Frank Bannister: Johnny Bartlett. I thought guys like you fried in Hell.

Johnny Charles Bartlett: I got out Frank. I've been carrying on the good work. Got me a score of forty.

Frank Bannister: [to Stuart and Cyrus] Why is it that flies stick to you guys like shit to a blanket?

Cyrus: Ha ha, very funny. You're a funny guy, Frank. You know, all you think about is yourself. I could complain, too, you know. I would like some new clothes. You get to dress nice. Here I am still looking like Linc from The Mod Squad.

Frank Bannister: You died in the 70's. It's a bummer.

Frank Bannister: [after seeing the glowing number on her forehead] You're next.

Magda Rees-Jones: Are you threatening me?

Dr. Lucy Lynskey: Frank, Frank!

Dr. Kammins: C'mon Lucy, 10cc Lidocaine, Quick now.

Frank Bannister: LUCY! I CAN NOT GET HIM!

Dr. Lucy Lynskey: WHO? WHO can't you get, Frank?

Frank Bannister: JOHNNY BARTLETT! HE'S BACK!

Dr. Lucy Lynskey: WHAT?

Frank Bannister: And Lucy, He's killing again!

Dr. Lucy Lynskey: PATRICIA!

Frank Bannister: [leans towards Lucy] LUCY! YOU HAVE... HAVE TO... TAKE HER OUT... TAKE HER OUT OF THE HOUSE! GO ! GO!

Dr. Kammins: Lucy, just go now!

Frank Bannister: I'm just trying to make a living.

Magda Rees-Jones: Living? Not a word you'd know a lot about. Is it Mr. Bannister?

Dr. Lucy Lynskey: Frank! Frank! Are you okay? What happened?

Dammers: [Ordering arrest of Frank Bannister]

Dr. Lucy Lynskey: What do you do? Are you arresting him?

Dammers: Please leave, Mrs Lynskey!

Frank Bannister: Home, Lucy.

Dr. Lucy Lynskey: [Go towards Frank Bannister] Frank, you need a lawyer! Wait!

Frank Bannister: Home, Lucy.

Dr. Lucy Lynskey: But you haven't done anything!

[Towards polizei]

Dr. Lucy Lynskey: He hasn't done anything!

Frank Bannister: How could you know? Do you know me? Am I nice guy, Lucy?

Frank Bannister: That cozy scene of the Cuisine restaurant, EXCALIBUR, is a bullshit.

Frank Bannister: I was just doing my job.

[Think for a while]

Frank Bannister: I don't give a damn about you, I don't give a damn about anybody!

Dr. Lucy Lynskey: And what the hell are you saying?

Frank Bannister: Just go home...

Dr. Lucy Lynskey: [began to cry & left]

Sheriff Walt Perry: Lucy , are you okay to drive?

Dr. Lucy Lynskey: YEAH!

Sheriff Walt Perry: [SIGN]

Frank Bannister: The chicken was not scary, Stuart. The chicken was stupid.

Ray Lynskey: Oh, I've got the shakes now. I need some vitamin B.

Frank Bannister: You can't take vitamins anymore. You don't eat. You don't drink. You don't go to the bathroom. All that shit's over with.

Dr. Lucy Lynskey: What's happening in the cell? I felt something crushin my heart!

Frank Bannister: I cannot fight it Luce, I cannot protect you! So only one way to be with extinct. I can have an out-of-body-experiment.

Dr. Lucy Lynskey: What?

Frank Bannister: and I can have RIGHT NOW!

Dr. Lucy Lynskey: No, No!

Frank Bannister: Go along Lucy, swap in the WAY!

Dr. Lucy Lynskey: WAIT! WAIT!