Product Details

• Actors: Scott MacDonald, Christopher Allport, Stephen Mendel, F. William Parker, Eileen Seeley
• Directors: Michael Cooney
• Writers: Michael Cooney, Jeremy Paige
• Producers: Barbara Javitz, Barry L. Collier, Jeremy Paige, Vicki Slotnick
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Simitar Ent.
• DVD Release Date: November 3, 1998
• Run Time: 89 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (91 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305199388
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #59,382 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Jack Frost" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
After a serial killer gets doused with some toxic, mutating ooze, a small town must deal with the terrible wrath of his new deep-freeze form (to say nothing of his horrific carrot nose and eyes made out of hellish coal). Although clearly indebted to the superior horror-comedy of Sam Raimi (the venerable director of The Evil Dead trilogy), this killer snowman movie is somewhat less than abominable (sorry), with a cheerful, wonky sense of humor, some intentionally cheesy special effects, and a creative enthusiasm that belies the obviously low budget. Good fun for the less-discriminating horror fan, although potential viewers should be warned in advance that a blatantly misogynist scene in a female victim's bathtub crosses the line between enjoyably tasteless and downright disgusting. --Andrew Wright

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More comedy than horror, February 3, 2000

By	Marc Black "stmm" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jack Frost [VHS] (VHS Tape)

A movie like this should be classed as comedy not horror all though there is a bit of blood and gore. So it should please gore fans. The movie is about a murderer on his way to The Chair, but the cops taking hem there encounter a problem. They crash into a truck carrying an new kind of acid, and it covers the prisoner and he melts into the snow, and turns into a snowman, and goes on a killing spree. Sort of a dumb idea, but they make it work with lots of dark humor.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A Second Chance to be the Coolest Dad...Whoops, Wrong Film!, February 20, 2004

By	Michael R Gates (Nampa, ID United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Although often touted as a horror comedy, the most amusing aspect of this 1997 direct-to-video clunker is the fact that it is often confused with its saccharine family-flick namesake, a commensurately clunky and similarly themed Michael Keaton vehicle released in theaters the following year. Interestingly, the titular character of each film is a snowman that has somehow come to life. However, those planning a nice evening with the youngsters will be in for quite a shock if they purchase or rent the wrong movie. The snowy dude in Keaton's film is a benevolent father figure who wants to help out his real-life family; the icy hombre in the 1997 horror flick is animated by the soul of an escaped convict with a penchant for rape and murder.

Outside of the amusing thought of 1997's JACK FROST getting an accidental showing at a kiddie party, this film has very little to offer. The special FX are amateurish, the script is so inane that it is nearly impossible to suspend one's disbelief for the duration, and much of the acting is horrid. While some films can be admired for their cheesiness--Sam Raimi's EVIL DEAD (1981) comes immediately to mind--JACK FROST falls way beneath even THAT standard. Writer-director Michael Cooney seems unable to decide if he wants to spoof the horror genre--there are scenes that mimic horror clichés but few, if any, that parody or satirize them--or simply make, á la Wes Craven's A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984), a scary film with humorous characters and an amusing premise. The film vacillates between both styles without gaining sufficient footing in either, and the result is a slushy thematic jumble that is neither scary nor entertaining.

JACK FROST is not without a few near-redeeming qualities, however. There are lots of amusing Python-esque puns and jokes sprinkled throughout the film, the kind of verbal gags that make you simultaneously chuckle and...well, GAG. And this film also marks the cinematic debut of gorgeous actress Shannon Elizabeth, who here has some, ah, revealing moments with the eponymous snowman. Unfortunately, these elements do not elevate the film enough to make it worth wasting an hour-and-a-half of one's life.

Don't be fooled by the artwork on the DVD's packaging--that cool skull made of snow does not appear in the film. In truth, 1997's JACK FROST is an ice-cold stinker that few discerning horror fans will want to add to their collections.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's not SUPPOSED to be scary!, November 24, 2001

By	Mr. Censored (Maine) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

This review is from: Jack Frost [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Flipping through a lot of the one-star reviews I noticed a lot of people saying it was fake and wasn't scary, and I'm sorry, but if that's what you were expecting, you obviously missed the whole point of this movie and what makes it so great. I mean, c'mon, a killer Snowman? You had to of known what you were getting into here. Personally, I love this movie. It is so hilarious and the fake effects only heighten the cheesy quality that makes it so enjoyable. I loved the scene where the kid gets killed by the sled, it was so fake and I couldn't stop laughing, "The snowman pushed him!" And who could forget the giant tub of anti-freeze where Jack met his demise? Nothing is funnier than watching the cop tear about white pieces of foam in a tub of green colored water. This movie is sure to be a cult classic in the years to come, and yes, it is along the same level of Evil Dead 2, minus the budget.

Also, look for Shannon Elizabeth in a very cool scene involving a carrot...