Jack Frost

"He's chillin' and killin'"

Director: Michael Cooney Year: 1997 Runtime: 86 min IMDb: ⭐ 5.1
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Synopsis

On his way to be executed, the vehicle containing notorious serial killer Jack Frost collides with a hazardous chemical truck, turning him into a snow covered mutant and unleashing him on the unsuspecting town of Snomonton.

On a snowy December night, a state execution transfer vehicle crosses into the quiet backwater town of Snowmonton. Inside is serial killer Jack Frost, who eluded police for years and left a trail of thirty-eight bodies across eleven states before finally being arrested by Sam Tiler, the sheriff of Snowmonton. Jack is scheduled to be executed at midnight, but he kills the guard and the vehicle crashes into a genetic research truck. Jack is exposed to chemicals from inside the truck, causing him to dissolve and fuse with the snow. Despite news reports of Jack's demise, Sam cannot forget Jack's threats of vengeance. Old Man Harper is found murdered, and soon afterward a local bully named Billy is killed when he is pushed into the way of an oncoming sled, getting decapitated. According to Sam's son, Ryan, a snowman caused Billy's death. Billy's father, Jake, is murdered when the same snowman stuffs an axe into his throat. Billy's mother, Sally, is later killed when the snowman strangles her with Christmas lights, shoves her face into a box of glass ornaments, and slams a light-up snowflake into the top of her head. FBI Agents Manners and Stone arrive in Snowmonton and convince the Sheriff to put the town on 24-hour curfew, sending his officers out to gather all the townspeople. Deputy Chris Pullman is killed when the snowman runs the officer over with a police cruiser. Billy's older sister Jill and her boyfriend Tommy sneak into the sheriff's home to steal his wine and have sex, as revenge for her brother's death. The snowman kills Tommy with icicles and pretends to be bath water to lure in Jill. Jack then re-solidifies with Jill in the tub, trapping her arms in his shoulders, and rapes her with a carrot on his crotch while repeatedly slamming her head against the wall. The snowman returns with the police cruiser to the station, finally confronting Sam. Agent Stone reveals himself to be a representative of the genetic research company that created the chemicals and reveals that the snowman is a mutated Jack Frost. He also reveals that the human soul exists as a chemical and that the acid was going to be used to contain DNA in case of a nuclear holocaust. They attempt to destroy Jack by blowing him up by releasing aerosol cans in the police station and firing a bullet at him, but to no avail. They then use blowdryers to drive Jack into a furnace, which evaporates the snowman. Jack condenses, killing Stone and wounding Manners. Jack traps Sam and Ryan in his car, but Sam escapes by inadvertently throwing the oatmeal Ryan made him at Jack, burning the snowman's head. Ryan put antifreeze in the oatmeal, believing it could help keep his father from getting cold. Sam tells his friend, Paul Davrow, to fill the bed of his truck with antifreeze. Jack chases Sam through the halls of a church and finally catches him, driving an icicle into his chest and almost killing him. The truck full of antifreeze arrives just in time, however, and Jack and Sam crash through a window and into the truck's bed. Jack melts in the antifreeze, and the antifreeze is poured back into the containers and buried deep under the ground of Snowmonton. Sam's wife, Anne, realizes that the state police are on their way. When Paul asks Sam what they are going to tell them, Sam says, "We'll tell them that it's too late". However, one of the containers is shown to be bubbling, revealing Jack is still alive.

Summary adapted from TMDb and Wikipedia sources.

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Content Warnings

⭐ IMDb Parents Guide 🛡️ Common Sense Media

someone is sexually assaulted
spoiler It ends in her death and she is distressed
there's abusive parents
spoiler No, but in Jake’s grief, he grabs his daughter by the arms and is nasty to his wife, which felt quite aggressive.
someone is stalked
Yes
there's domestic violence
Yes
a woman is brutalized for spectacle
spoiler Misogynistic scene invoking a naked teenager and unwanted sexual. Skip the scene with Jill in the bathroom if this upsets you.
alcohol abuse
spoiler Light underage drinking (teen boy drinks a glass of champagne)
someone is sexually assaulted onscreen
spoiler A female teenager is raped on-screen, but it mostly looks like naked fighting/shaking back and forth. We later find out it was rape with quippy one-liners with the use of a carrot.
there's pedophilia
spoiler The main antagonist rapes a teenage girl
rape is mentioned
Yes
someone is drugged
Yes
someone is restrained
Yes
someone is held under water
Yes
a woman gets slapped
Yes
someone is beaten up by a bully
Yes
someone's mouth is covered
spoiler A child’s mouth is suffocated by a giant snowy glove.
there are hangings
Yes
someone asphyxiates
Yes
someone struggles to breathe
Yes
somebody is choked
Yes
Someone becomes unconscious
Yes
there's genital trauma/mutilation
spoiler Someone is raped to death with a large carrot
there's body horror
Yes
someone is burned alive
spoiler Jack Frost initially burns alive via acid. Characters set a police station on fire, which has the villain inside. We don’t see him on fire, but we do see him later burning to death in his equivalent of acid.
there's cannibalism
spoiler Small mention at the beginning of film
there's torture
spoiler Kinda? Face into box full of christmas baubles, I mean
there's amputation
spoiler A boy is decapitated at the 26 min. mark.
someone is crushed to death
Yes
someone's throat is mutilated
Yes
someone is stabbed
Yes
someone breaks a bone
spoiler There is a body with an obviously broken neck. You don't see it break.
there's excessive gore
Yes
there's decapitation
spoiler On-screen decapitation, head facing away, flying through the air.
heads get squashed
spoiler Not squashed, but decapitated by a sled at the 26 min. mark.
hands are damaged
Yes
a minor is sexualized
Yes
a kid dies
spoiler Young teenager and older teenagers die on-screen. Fairly graphic both times.
a non-human character dies
Yes
someone dies
Yes
someone sacrifices themselves
Yes
a major character dies
Yes
A child's dear toy is destroyed
spoiler Children’s drawings are ripped off the wall and scrunched up.
a family member dies
spoiler Teenage son death, teenage daughter death, father and mother death — all on-screen.
someone cheats
spoiler Easy to miss: in the hotel, Sam passes a hotel room and a woman’s voice inside says: “It’s my husband!”
a parent dies
spoiler Father and mother death, on-screen.
there are shower scenes
spoiler There is a bath scene that ends with sexual assualt
there's spitting
Yes
someone vomits
spoiler Man throws up snow
someone is eaten
Yes
there is copaganda
spoiler Toward the beginning (~12 minutes in), a sheriff is described glowingly as a hero. It feels exaggerated, like a conscious trope, but it happens.
there's incarceration
spoiler A serial killer is handcuffed in a van, heading toward his execution, at the start of the movie.
someone suffers from PTSD
spoiler i get the impression this is what they were going for with Sam, but it doesn’t really come across
reality is unstable or unhinged
Yes
someone has a mental illness
Yes
someone has a meltdown
spoiler 🥁🥁
shaky cam is used
spoiler Lots of shots in the film are unsteady and wobbly. The scene with the vehicle crash at the start of the film is incredibly shaky and includes spinning visuals.
there's flashing lights or images
spoiler At the start of the film, lights flash on and off. The rest of the film is mostly well-lit.
there are sudden loud noises
Yes
there's screaming
Yes
there's underwater scenes
Yes
there is obscene language/gestures
Yes
someone is watched without knowing
Yes
the fourth wall is broken
Yes
someone is misgendered
spoiler “It/it’s” pronouns used in a dehumanizing manner. Not towards a trans character.
there's ableist language or behavior
spoiler At the 26 min. mark, a child is clearly bullied and ridiculed by older boys.
the black guy dies first
spoiler the only black person in the film is killed in the first few minutes
religion is discussed
spoiler Jake, the father of Billy, mentions Christianity frequently in his scenes. We also see and have lines from a priest.
there is sexual content
Yes
there are nude scenes
Yes
someone is sexually objectified
Yes
a car honks or tires screech
spoiler Heard, not seen. Outside police station at about 25 min. mark.
a car crashes
spoiler A truck crashes into a chemical truck at the beginning of the film.
a person is hit by a car
spoiler At about the 47 min. mark, a man appears to be run over with a car, but is not shown.
someone drowns
Yes
there's gun violence
Yes
there's blood/gore
Yes

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