History YMMV / JackFrost1997

* * AccidentalInnuendo: Invoked. The rape scene in the first film wasn't originally intended to be this; it was meant to just be Jack Frost smashing Jill into the wall until she died. But when the movie got into the editing phase, the editor told the director, "You know what this looks like, don't you?", due to the shot of the carrot floating to the surface of the water earlier in the scene, as well as Jack's carrot nose not being on his face during the scene. Rather than re-shoot the whole scene (which was difficult to achieve as it was), the director went with it, and quickly shot a few shots of Jack Frost making bad sex puns after Jill's death for continuity.

* BrokenBase: Some fans feel that BlackComedyRape by a mutant snowman scene and most of the preceding scene reduces the movie as a whole and would prefer to put it under FanonDiscontinuity. For others, the phrase JustHereForGodzilla applies to that scene.

* JustHereForGodzilla: The killer snowman is likely why people come instead of the plot and acting.

* NarmCharm: At one point in the sequel, one of the killer snowballs is lying on the ground, crying and near death. Jack picks it up and actually does his best to comfort it. It dies anyway and a single tear falls out of his eye. The way he utters "Now it's killing time." after that is nothing but pure rage. This moment should have been ridiculous if it wasn't for the voice acting and music.

** The death of Mrs. Metzner, followed by the reaction of the sheriff and his deputies at the crime scene. They're subdued, wondering how to tell Jill that her whole family is dead, quietly noting how "She's only 18." [[spoiler:Jack making Jill herself another victim can add to this, even if the scene ''is'' played for BlackComedy]].

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Jill and Tommy. Jill did seem upset over her brothers death and had some nice chemistry with Tommy (whose being the son of Paul, who went crazy and started destroying snowmen after witnessing an attack could have meant more). After losing her whole family to Jack, she and Tommy could have had the motivation to help the sheriff fight him in the climax. All in all, both had the potential to be prominent supporting characters and help in the climax instead of just turning into {{Hormone Addled Teenager}}s [[spoiler: who suffer a plot-irrelevant BlackComedy DeathBySex scene that is never referenced again.]]

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Why Jill and Tommy sneak into Sam's house for their romantic rendevousz makes no sense and is never explained and feels somewhat out of place. Jill's bubbly demeanor despite having lost her brother earlier that day (and been upset about it then) doesn't help, nor does how it's never referenced again. It could also could as an AssPull.

** Jack himself is portrayed with a low-budget costume that features a barely moving mouth.

** The [[spoiler:spawn of Frosty]] in the sequel are made of very primitive CGI or puppets.

* UncannyValley: The Snowman, due to the lack of CGI.

Captain Fun from the second film, for being annoying and trying to [[UnwantedAssistance force Sam to have fun]]. Some fans [[TakeThatScrappy laughed in their review]] of the second film when [[spoiler:the spawn stabs him in the eyes.]]

* TheScrappy: Captain Fun from the second film, for being annoying and trying to [[UnwantedAssistance force Sam to have fun]]. Some fans [[TakeThatScrappy laughed in their review]] of the second film when [[spoiler:the spawn stabs him in the eyes.]]

* HilariousInHindsight: This film was probably the reason why ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians'', a family movie starring Jack Frost, doesn't have the character's name in the title.

* MemeticMutation: As a way to troll the fans of a certain ship, some people have edited images of the VHS cover to replace the snowman with Jack Frost from Rise Of The Guardians.
** ''[[NonSequitur Made in America!]]''

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Not that—-if you saw the movie or looked at the cover—you'd mistake it for anything but a [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence Family-Unfriendly]] horror film, but it's ''very'' easy to end up confusing this with the family-friendly ''Film/JackFrost1998'' due to coming out only a year earlier and for having similar premises—that is, a man dying and reincarnating as a Snowman.

* ''{{Tearjerker}}'':

* AngstWhatAngst: Downplayed. Jill's seen crying when Billy's body is taken to the morgue wagon and when she leaves to meet her boyfriend her dad slut-shames her and accuses her of not caring about her brother. She says that she loved him but just needs to get out, away from him. When she meets Tommy she tells him this is to keep from succumbing to a morbid feeling about Billy but she seems more cheerful and coy than distraught and conflicted as she and Tommy start seducing each other.

* NeverLiveItDown: The snowman rape scene is a pretty famous/infamous legacy of both the film and the actress whose character experienced it (to whom that is an OldShame).

* AngstWhatAngst: Jill's seen crying when Billy's body is taken to the morgue wagon and when she leaves to meet her boyfriend her dad slut-shames her and accuses her of not caring about her brother. She says that she loved him but just needs to get out, away from him. When she meets Tommy she tells him this is to keep from succumbing to a morbid feeling about Billy but she seems more cheerful and coy than distraught and conflicted as she and Tommy start seducing each other.

** The death of Mrs. Metzner, followed by the reaction of the sheriff and his deputies at the crime scene. They're subdued, wondering how to tell Jill that her whole family is dead, quietly noting how "She's only 18." What Jack later does to Jill herself can add to this.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Jill and Tommy. Jill did seem upset over her brothers death and had some nice chemistry with Tommy (whose being the son of Paul, who went crazy and started destroying snowmen after witnessing an attack could have meant more). After losing her whole family to Jack, she and Tommy could have had the motivation to help the sheriff fight him in the climax. All in all, both had the potential to be prominent supporting characters and help in the climax instead of just turning into HormoneAddledTeenagers suffering a plot-irrelevant BlackComedy DeathBySex scene that is never referenced again.

* TheWoobie: Mrs. Metzner has it tough. She's constantly treated badly by her husband, she's hinted to have an AmbiguousDisorder, her son is killed and when she tries to turn on the Christmas lights to distract herself from the grief her husband accuses her of not respecting the boy's death, she has to watch her husband and daughter fight, and then Jack brutally kills her.

** Jill largely but not entirely because of BestKnownForTheFanservice.

** The death of Mrs. Metzner, followed by the reaction of the sheriff and his deputies at the crime scene. They're subdued, wondering how to tell Jill that her whole family is dead, quietly noting how "She's only 18." What Jack later does to Jill herself can add add to this.

* TheWoobie: Mrs. Metzner, she's constantly treated badly by her husband, she's hinted to have an AmbiguousDisorder, her son is killed and when she tries to turn on the Christmas lights to distract herself from the grief her husband accuses her of not respecting the boy's death, she has to watch her husband and daughter fight, and then Jack brutally kills her.

** In the sequel, the deaths of the baby snowmen, and Jai;s reaction to the loss of his "offspring" can evoke this in an AlasPoorVillain way.

** The death of Mrs. Metzner, followed by the reaction of the sheriff and his deputies at the crime scene. They're subdued, wondering how to tell Jill that her whole family is dead, quietly noting how "She's only 18."

* ''{{Tearjerker}}'': The death of Mrs. Metzner, followed by the reaction of the sheriff and his deputies at the crime scene. They're subdued, wondering how to tell Jill that her whole family is dead, quietly noting how "She's only 18."

* ''SugarWiki/{{Tearjerker}}''
** The death of Mrs. Metzner, followed by the reaction of the sheriff and his deputies at the crime scene. They're subdued, wondering how to tell Jill that her whole family is dead, quietly noting how "She's only 18." What happens to Jill herself later doesn't help.

* ''SugarWiki/Tearjerker''

** The baby snowmen dying in the sequel.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Not that—if you saw the movie or looked at the cover—you'd mistake it for anything but a [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence Family-Unfriendly]] horror film, but it's ''very'' easy to end up confusing this with the family-friendly ''Film/JackFrost1998'' due to coming out only a year earlier and for having similar premises—that is, a man dying and reincarnating as a Snowman.

* AngstWhatAngst: Zigzagged with Jill. She's seen crying when Billy's body is taken to the morgue wagon and when she leaves to meet her boyfriend her dad slut-shames her and accuses her of not caring about her brother. She says that she loved him but just needs to get out, away from him. When she meets Tommy she tells him this is to keep from succumbing to a morbid feeling about Billy but she seems more cheerful and coy than distraught and conflicted as she and Tommy start seducing each other.

* HesJustHiding: The injuries from [[spoiler:Jill's]] death ''could have been survivable. In the sequel it's nice to think that [[spoiler:Joe and marla]] might have been rescued from the freezer on time.

* JustHereForGodzilla: The killer snowman is likely why people come instead o the plot and acting.

* TheScrappy: Captain Fun from the second film, for being annoying and trying to [[UnwantedAssistance force Sam to have fun]], at least according to WebVideo/{{Phelous}}, who [[TakeThatScrappy laughed in his review]] of the second film when [[spoiler:the spawn stabs him in the eyes.]]
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Jill and Tommy. Jill did seem upset over her brothers death and had some nice chemistry with Tommy (whose being the son of Paul, who went crazy and started destroying snowmen after witnessing an attack could have meant more). After losing her whole family to Jack, she and Tommy could have had the motivation to help the sheriff fight him in the climax. All in all, both had the potential to be real supporting characters and help in the climax instead of just turning into HormoneAddledTeenagers suffering a plot-irrelevant BlackComedy DeathBySex scene that is never referenced again.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Why Jill and Tommy sneak into Sam's house for their romantic rendevousz makes no sense and is never explained and feels somewhat out of place, as does Jill's demeanor despite having lost her brother earlier that day.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Why Jill and Tommy sneak into Sam's house for their romantic rendevousz makes no sense and is never explained.