Jack Frost (1996)

User Rating:

4.2/10   

Director:

Michael Cooney

Writers:

Michael Cooney (writer)
Jeremy Paige (story)

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy | Horror

Tagline:

He's chillin...and killin

Plot:

A serial killer dies, comes back as a snowman, and wreacks havoc.

Plot Keywords:

Snowman | Escaped Convict | Axe Murder | Blood Splatter | Bloody Body Of Child

Cast

Scott MacDonald	...	Jack Frost
Christopher Allport	...	Sam
Stephen Mendel	...	Agent Manners
F. William Parker	...	Paul Davrow
Eileen Seeley	...	Anne
Rob LaBelle	...	Stone
Zack Eginton	...	Ryan Tiler
Jack Lindine	...	Jake Metzner
Kelly Jean Peters	...	Sally
Marsha Clark	...	Marla
Chip Heller	...	Deputy Foster
Brian Leckner	...	Deputy Pullman
Darren O. Campbell	...	Tommy
Shannon Elizabeth	...	Jill Metzner (as Shannon Elizabeth Fadal)
Paul Keith	...	Doc Peters

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and gore, language and some brief sexuality.

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

South Korea:15 | Germany:16 | Argentina:18 | Australia:M | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Big Bear Lake, California, USA

Trivia:

Shannon Elizabeth's first acting role.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Icicles on the church wobble as if made of rubber just before Jack Frost arrives.

Quotes:

Agent Manners: Have the MV's been moved?
Sam: Motor vehicles?
Agent Manners: Have the murder victims been moved yet?
Sam: No, uh, Jake and Sally Metzner have not been moved yet.
Agent Manners: Fine. First take me to the crime scene. 'Scuse me, Jake and Sally's place. If everything checks out as I think it will, I'll have a task force in here by midnight.
Sam: Does this mean this case is being taken out of my hands?
Agent Manners: It was never in them, Sheriff.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Svengoolie: Jack Frost" (2005)

Killer Snowman + Killian = Happy

Easily the greatest low budget horror film of all time. I first saw this movie when I was around nine years of age, and I have to say that it scared the hell out of me. Now that I'm all growed up, however, I see this movie for what it really is... a work of genius. Everyone, or at least everyone with any taste, has dreamed of seeing a snowman going around killing people, even if they won't admit it. I have always found something genuinely frightening about snowmen, so naturally, for a horror junkie such as myself, thismovie was a dream come true. Some people say that this movie is silly, or otherwise void of any intelligence... it's a movie about a serial killer snowman, what the hell did you expect? Anyone who gave this film a low score is obviously too uptight to sit back and have a good laugh at stupid one-liners and cheap gore. I love this movie for what it is, a comedy, and until the movie industry wises up and makes a serious horror flick about a killer snowman (which seems impossible, unfortunately) I will forever hold this great piece of indie horror close to my heart.