Runtime:
89 minutes
Release
Date: November 18, 1997
Rating:
R
Director:
Michael Cooney
Once
upon a time in a not so far away land, I lived in my parents' house
with my older brother. As we both loved horror movies, we would often
head to Blockbuster to surprise each other with bad horror movies and
watch them together. Jack Frost is one of the movies that I remember
watching with him, but watching it now, I'm not entirely sure how we
ever got through it!
I could
give you a whole big plot synopsis, but do you really need one? Jack
Frost, who had the poor misfortune of actually growing up with that
name, killed multiple people before a small town sheriff captured
him. Cut to police later transporting him to another prison for his
execution because I guess they somehow let a serial killer roam free
at a minimum security prison or something. While on the way, a truck
filled with toxic acid hits them. Jack winds up getting hit full on
with the toxic waste, which leads to him melting away into the snow.
He then comes back as a living snowman to murder anyone who gets in
his way.
With a
plot like that, how could this movie ever be bad? Toss in Shannon
Elizabeth in one of her first movie roles as a stereotypical dumb hot
girl, and this movie should be gold. Did I mention that the sheriff
who captured Jack is now living in the same town and has a daughter?
Seriously, this should be cheesy gold. Note how I kept using the word
should?
There
are a few moments in the movie worth mentioning. At one point, Jack
somehow manages to wed his massive snowman body into a police car,
which results in him running through the streets of town in the car.
Sadly, he only gets to mow down one person. I'd love to see him
chasing people Twisted Metal style through the streets.
We also
get a great scene with Shannon Elizabeth. While lounging her slutty
self in the tub, she feels something in the water with her and
naturally assumes that it's her boyfriend, so she encourages him to
keep going. Just as she's really getting into it, she finally opens
her eyes and sees Jack Frost. Before he kills her, he finishes what
he started. Hey! The guy was in minimum security prison for like two
whole hours, what did you expect him to do?
There
are also a few funny moments with the sheriff and his crew trying to
hunt Jack down and kill him. You would think killing a snowman would
be easy but apparently not. They try shooting him, which is probably
how they take down other serial killers, but it just goes right
through him. The best is when they decide to just melt him with a
bunch of hairdryers. I guess they couldn't find heaters in a town
filled with snow.
Sigh. I
think this is a case of seeing a movie years ago and thinking it was
all in good cheesy fun only to later find that it's just awful.
Watching Jack Frost now makes we wonder how that horrible movie Uncle
Sam will hold up...
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