Directed by Michael Cooney. Starring Christopher Allport, Stephen Mendel, Scott MacDonald, Eileen Seeley, Rob LaBelle, F. William Parker, Shannon Elizabeth, Marsha Clark, Jack Lindine. (R)
Remember when a serial killer magically transported his soul into a doll in "Child's Play"? Well, this is sort of like that, except it involves an experimental chemical fusing human DNA to snow. That's right, it's a slasher movie about a killer snowman; one whose puns are deadlier than anything he uses to kill his victims with (icicles, axes, carrots...but if seeing someone get killed by a carrot is on the ol' bucket list, rent "Shoot 'Em Up" instead). If the campy mood strikes, there are laughs to be had, but it's still a wretched excuse for a film. Not to be confused with the 1998 movie, "Jack Frost," with Michael Keaton returning from the dead as a snowman, but the only people stupid enough to make that mistake probably wrote or produced this movie (or, for that matter, the other "Jack Frost"). Feature debut for Shannon Elizabeth, and although she appears in the most memorable scene in the movie, it's doubtful she has it on her highlight reel. And, yes, there is a sequel.
19/100
Remember when a serial killer magically transported his soul into a doll in "Child's Play"? Well, this is sort of like that, except it involves an experimental chemical fusing human DNA to snow. That's right, it's a slasher movie about a killer snowman; one whose puns are deadlier than anything he uses to kill his victims with (icicles, axes, carrots...but if seeing someone get killed by a carrot is on the ol' bucket list, rent "Shoot 'Em Up" instead). If the campy mood strikes, there are laughs to be had, but it's still a wretched excuse for a film. Not to be confused with the 1998 movie, "Jack Frost," with Michael Keaton returning from the dead as a snowman, but the only people stupid enough to make that mistake probably wrote or produced this movie (or, for that matter, the other "Jack Frost"). Feature debut for Shannon Elizabeth, and although she appears in the most memorable scene in the movie, it's doubtful she has it on her highlight reel. And, yes, there is a sequel.
19/100