A
serial killer named Jack Frost (Scott
MacDonald), who has killed 38 people in
five states, is on his way to an
execution but a freak accident happens
during a snowstorm while he is in a
truckload of genetic material as it
mutates Jack into a killer mutant killer
snowman with icicle fangs.
A family man police officer named Sam
(Christopher Allport) fears of Jack Frost
and hopes the execution goes well but
suddenly he is displayed on his front
step as a snowman and his son Ryan (Zack
Egington) starts to decorate the snowman
and a bully named Billy Metzner (Nathan
Hague) tries to destroy this snowman and
his head is chopped off.
His family blames Ryan for his murder but
Ryan tries to convince him that the
snowman did all of this.
Then Jack Frost goes on a killing spree
in the neighborhood with his icicle's
killing the neighbors and horny teens as
Sam's nightmare has come true as he forms
an army to try and find a way of killing
Jack Frost which he mentls into liquid
and rising into his snowman form when he
goes through door to door.
I would say this
film is like a ripoff between Child's
Play and Shocker
as it's not at all scary like they try to
make it out to be plus the killer snowman
looks so fake and not the least but
creepy at all.
Some scene's I really laughed as although
the writing is quite bad the dark humor
with Jack Frost killing his vicitims was
hilarious.
The film can be fun if you're in the mood
for it but quite a bore if you're looking
for some great suspense and a strong plot
which this one lacks.
It's surprising that this film received a
limited theatrical release as it was made
on quite a low budget but not Z-grade
video quality along with a poor plot and
performances.
The acting is
quite bad for the most part as lead actor
Christopher Allport as a cop but
looks too plain but he is not over the
top terrible. He needed more charisma to
his character though.
Stephen Mendel however had the right
looks as a tough FBI agent and performed
it well too with his stern words and
aggressive behavior.
Eileen Seely seemed to breeze
through not too badly as the family wife
as she passed her part just fine.
Rob Labelle seemes to stand out with
his oddball appearnce in the flick but he
is a little silly with his role in it.
Scott MacDonald could not act his
way of a wet paper bag when it came to a
horror character like Jack Frost as his
expressions seemed too comedic but he was
funny with his words in the film but is
better at doing dark comedy than horror.
Jack Frost's flesh
melts into the snow
A bully's decapitated head fly's in the
air
A person is stabbed by an icicle
A side of Jack Frost's head as a killer
snowman is melted in half showing some
gory results
Michael Cooney
does a sloppy job with his work in this
film as we have a corny beginning with
supporting actors Todd Conner and
Richard Whiten driving in a prison
truck discussing Jack Frost being execute
with tons of fake snow falling which
doesn't leave much of an impression for a
start of a horror flick
There's a good camera shot on Scott
MacDonald sitting in the back truck
looking crazy with his big eyes and then
a shot on Harley Zumbrum smoking
a cigarette.
We have many close up shots on
MacDonald with his insane
expressions but he looks way to
mellodramatic due to a lack of direction.
We have an interesting shot on the truck
in slow motion sliding into another
vehicle and spinning over but at the same
time looks a little phony.
We have a corny dialogue between Zumbrum
and MacDonald outside in the
blizzard but a good shot on some liquid
coming out of the truck and splashing him
with his body melting into the snow.
There's a bland scene between Stephen
Mendel and Eileen Seely as
husband and wife in a car discussing Jack
Frost's death sentence which does not at
all leave an impression.
There is an almost convincing moment with
all Mendel, Seely and Zack
Enginton mingling together as a
family which almost looked heartwarming
but in a cheesy type of fashion.
We have a scene between supporting actor Nathan
Hague bullying Engington
which looked way too acted out.
Engington looked very phony as he
shows a shocked reaction after Jack Frost
decapitates his enemy.
There's a quarrelling dispute between
supporting actors Jack Lindine as
the father and Shannon Elizabeth
as it tried to look disturbing and
intense but it fails big time.
We have an interesting shot on Jack Frost
wrapping a cord around supporting actress
Kelly Jean Peters as it looked
more funny than scary especially with MacDonald's
voice over on what he says who is
more hilarious than Chucky or Freddy
Krueger put together.
There's good shots on both actors
Elizabeth and supporting actor Darren
O' Campbell quickly taking their
winter clothes off and making out inside
of a house.
We have an interesting moment and camera
shots on O'Campbell stooping
down and crawling near the door to see
what is going on outside after a snowball
hit a window which almost looked creepy.
There's a good shot on O'Campbell pinned
to a wall with icicle's stabbing him and
showing fearful expressions.
There's a good shot with the camera
underwater in a bathtub looking up on
Elizabeth as well as shots on her
taking off her clothes but no nudity
folks.
We have a hilarious shot on Jack Frost
grabbing Elizabeth and crushing
her to death with her corny screaming.
There's a corny shot on Stephen
Mendel punching out supporting actor
F. William Parker after he
panicks and then getting stern with MacDonald
and giving him an idle threat.
There's a good moment with both MacDonald
and Parker quarrelling
about Jack Frost along with Rob
Labelle explaining about the
situation.
There's good chasing sequences in a
factory that involves MacDonald,
Parker and Marsha Clark
from Jack Frost.
We have great shots on MacDonald
trying to be slow and cautious to try and
grab a key from some water that will
develop into Jack Frost.
A good shot on Jack Frost's teeth while
approaching Labelle with him
trying to reason with him acting
frightened but it looks very comedic.
There's a good look on Labelle walking
out looking possessed and throwing up
snow.
There's a good shot on Jack Frost slowly
putting an icicle towards MacDonald
and torturing him as you wonder if he
will survive.
We have a good look with MacDonald
scrambling in antifreeze liquid in a
truck.
We have some classical jazz
piano playing during the beginning of the
movie with the prison truck riding along
in the blizzard as it sounds not too bad.
We also hear some music of "Old Town
of Bethlehem" after a bully is
slayed and the police are there.
There's also some classical guitar
playing on "12 Days of
Christmas" while two teens are
stripping their winter clothes off which
sounds a bit hokey but however we get
some wild electric guitar playing during
many killing scene's with Jack Frost as
well as during the closing credits which
is composed by both Chris Anderson and Carl
Schurtz.
Jack
Frost: Gosh. I only axed you for a
smoke.
Sally:
She's only talking back to you because
she's upset.
Jake: Sally, when I want
philosophy, I'll turn on
"Oprah."
Tommy:
What the hell are you?
Jack Frost: The world's most
pissed-off snow cone!
Jack
Frost: Don't eat yellow snow!
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