Jack Frost

Not to be mixed up with the family film of the same name (though that would be friggin' hilarious), this earlier "Jack Frost" is actually a goofy offbeat B-movie parody. Everything is present to give you a fantastic evening filled with pointing and laughing. The plot is insanely moronic, so moronic that it needs a buttload of deus ex machina just to get on the rails. The acting is also terrible, and I'm not sure whether the actors are doing it on purpose on not. Scott Macdonald's over-acting is clearly intentional, but all the other actors probably can't do any better than this. You know you're doing something wrong when Shannon Elizabeth (who, granted, looks totally hot in this one) is among your best performers. The greatest source of entertainment are the one-liners though. Many filmmakers believe in the age-old "quality over quantity"-idea, but Michael Cooney wants none of that and just has Jack Frost firing wisecracks with every chance he gets. Some of these are funny ("I only axed you for a cigarette!"), some fall flat (pretty much all the other ones), but it gives the Jack Frost character sort of a Freddie Krueger-like quality that is really fitting here. "Jack Frost" is an awful movie, but somehow I just can't grade it accordingly.

unfortunately this wasn't the worst movie I've ever seen (Troll 2 was), but it's still pretty bad. But this one is so bad, its funny which make this movie great.

Anyway, a snowman turned into water and goes under doors is so lame, and you will laugh along with the bad storyline and the awful acting, which make Jack Frost a must see piece of crap.

***

Alrighty...I've read on here lots of bad reviews about this film...and very few (rare) good reviews. Mine...is neutral. While I have to agree on how just overall "bad" this film was...I can't say that I DIDN'T enjoy it. It's really hard to diss a film that doesn't take itself seriously. I don't think Michael Cooney set out to make a brilliant, blockbuster slasher that stars A+ actors and has the best gore effects (or snowman effects) ever...although I can't say they were bad either. Jack Frost is just a brainless, fun film that doesn't require much from the viewer. It offers inventive ways of killing someone, as well as comedic one liners (mainly from Jack Frost). If you're looking for a harmless, think-free film with cool death scenes then this is a good film to watch. If you're looking for the next Texas Chainsaw Massacre then you're dreamin big dreams with this one. *wink* 5/10

Don't confuse this flick with the 1998 Michael Keaton film of the same name. This particular Jack Frost movie IS NOT for children, but it sure is hilarious.

One of my favorite scenes is where Jack Frost requests a smoke from a guy, then kills the guy with an axe, and says: "Gosh. I only axed you for a smoke." That line never fails to crack me up.

If you're looking for a good B-movie to watch, this is a good choice. But remember, to use Jack Frost's own words, it ain't f**king Frosty!

I like B-rated horror films, but this one really fell short. First off, has anyone heard of a thing called fire? Or a blow torch. The scene where they used blowdryers had me really rolling my eyes. Do you know how long it takes for a dryer to heat up or how close you would need it to be to the snowman to work?

I was really disappointed by all the tight shots of the snowman. They usually only showed his head, bot his entire body or when he is supposed to be killing someone, they never did a full view of what that would look like. The most turn off scene of the entire movie was the rape with the carrot, like seriously? And the gore was a bit over done. They really liked the long scenes of the gory kills. Did I really need to stare at it for that long?

The concept is cool, a snowman that kills. I loved that. But it wasn't delivered very well. And wouldn't the snowman struggle being in a nice warm building?