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2[[caption-width-right:300:[- [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Ah, snowmen have peepers. Peepers to watch. To watch for a moment of weakness and then BAM comes the knock in the head and we're down!]]-] ]]
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4->'''Tommy:''' I said, who's there?
5->''[Jack Frost hits Tommy, and enters the house]''
6->'''Jack Frost:''' Well it ain't fucking Frosty!
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8''Jack Frost'' is a SlasherMovie duology about a serial killer (Creator/ScottMacDonald) who gets mutated into a snowman. Both films are campy direct-to-video efforts, but the first one is better known due to [[SimilarlyNamedWorks sharing its name]] with [[Film/JackFrost1998 a family film]] with a similar plot that came out a year later. They are NOT to be confused with each other.
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10It was given the ''Podcast/RiffTrax'' treatment in December 2017.
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13!!This film has examples of:
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15* AbusiveParent: Hinted at with Jill and Billy's dad and the mean way he talks to Jill.
16* AntagonistTitle: The protagonist is Sam, Jack is the BigBad.
17* ArchEnemy: Sam Tiler has Jack Frost, a SerialKiller he captured who returned as a snowman for revenge.
18* AttackOfTheKillerWhatever: Attack of the Mutant Killer Snowman.
19* AxCrazy: Jack Frost is very homicidal and deranged, especially in his methods of killing.
20* BewareTheNiceOnes: Jolly storekeeper Paul Davrow offers discounted bullets to the rest of the town the moment he hears there is a killer on the loose, and also starts smashing snowmen as soon as he witnesses a living snowman commit another murder. He also helps defeat Jack in the climax.
21* BigBad: Jack Frost, SerialKiller turned snowman.
22* BlackBraAndPanties: Jill is shown to be wearing dark underwear before getting in the bath.
23* BlackComedyRape: By a snowman.
24* BloodFromTheMouth: [[spoiler: Jill, after being raped and slammed against the wall, indicating it was probably fatal.]]
25* BodyHorror: As a result of [[spoiler:getting splashed with [[LogicalWeakness antifreeze]], Jack's head partially melts, revealing beating human organs inside his snowman body]].
26* {{Camp}}: It is a movie about a SerialKiller turned ''[[NinjaPirateZombieRobot mutant killer snowman]]'' who gets killed by antifreeze-laced oatmeal, and who kills people while making tons of snowman-related (and several not-remotely-snowman-related) puns.
27* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: Ryan's oats, that he laced with anti-freeze]].
28* CluelessDeputy: Joe, though none of the police force is particularly competent.
29* CoversAlwaysLie: Yeah, Jack Frost looks NOTHING like he does in the poster you see here. But he’s still scary.
30* DeadpanSnarker: The titular Jack Frost, as well as Chris and Marla.
31* DVDBonusContent: The original DVD release had [[VanillaEdition none]], but the 2016 20th anniversary Blu-ray/DVD set includes an audio commentary with the director Michael Cooney, an interview with Scott [=MacDonald=] (Jack Frost), and an interview with the director of photography Dean Lent.
32* TheEndOrIsIt: As our heroes bury what's left of Ol' Jack, little do they realize [[spoiler:that the antifreeze of which Jack is now a part is bubbling...]]
33* ExperiencedProtagonist: Unusually for a slasher film, Sheriff Tiller already has experience dealing with the killer (albeit before Jack got powers), after capturing him and ending his murder spree well before the first act.
34* GoodShepherd: The local priest helps gather people safely for an announcement.
35* HeelFaceTurn: The CIA Agent is openly antagonistic at the beginning but begins to work with Sam once he realizes how dangerous Jack Frost is.
36* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: Christmas.
37* ImMelting: Jack Frost, courtesy of an acid shower.
38* KickTheDog: Jack Frost raping a teenage girl to death with his carrot.
39* LaughablyEvil: Jack Frost is a twisted and sadistic monster who can be funny in his lines.
40* LethalChef: [[spoiler: It turns out Ryan [[TooDumbToLive put antifreeze in the oatmeal because he didn't want it to go cold]]. Fortunately, Sam doesn't eat any before realizing it can be used against Jack.]]
41* MadScientist: Stone, the scientist who created the acid that caused Jack to turn into a snowman in the first place.
42* MonsterMisogyny: The female characters' deaths are a lot more brutal than those of the male victims, including one getting raped to death.
43* NoMereWindmill: Paul running around town knocking off snowmen heads is initially viewed as him going crazy but he really did see a snowman kill someone.
44* OffWithHisHead: After the bully Billy mocks Ryan's supposed snowman (actually Jack Frost), he knocks its head off. Jack answers by arranging a sledding accident, that takes off Billy's head.
45* OhCrap: Jack, just before he has his fateful accident.
46* OurSoulsAreDifferent: Discussed in regards to Jack becoming a snowman. Agent Stone claims that this proves the soul exists as a chemical.
47* PungeonMaster: Jack overflows with Snowman puns.
48* ReincarnatedAsANonHumanoid: By way of strange science experiment and a vehicle crash, a snowman may be technically humanoid - but it certainly isn't fully human either.
49* SavedByATerriblePerformance: [[spoiler:Putting antifreeze in oatmeal is not a smart thing to do, but it does at least stop Jack from killing them by melting him.]]
50* SequelHook: [[spoiler:Jack bubbling in the antifreeze, buried in the ground.]]
51* SerialKiller: Jack himself, even before becoming a snowman.
52* ShoutOut:
53** The film's opening narration says Jack hid his victims' bodies by [[Theatre/SweeneyTodd baking them into pies]].
54** The end credits feature [[Film/{{Airplane}} many]] [[Film/TheNakedGun random]] [[Film/HotShots lines]].
55* {{Snowlems}}: Jack is Type III; a monster snowman.
56* TheSociopath: Jack Frost, a SerialKiller who doesn't let being turned into a snowman stop him from murdering and raping.
57* SoundtrackDissonance: All over the place, with the bathtub scene being a prime example.
58* StevenUlyssesPerhero: A serial killer named Jack Frost becomes AnIcePerson.
59* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Tommy makes a snow-woman with large breasts for a snowman contest, then his crush/girlfriend Jill walks up to flirt with him, and comments on the Snowman and its breasts, with Tommy quickly and abruptly saying that isn't supposed to be her.
60* TearOffYourFace: Jack does this to Agent Manners by growing icicle fangs and eating them.
61* ThisIsGonnaSuck: When the genetic material from the crashed truck is about to engulf Jack, all he has to say is “This is gonna hurt…”
62* TooDumbToLive: Ryan. Anyone who [[spoiler:puts antifreeze in oatmeal]] qualifies for this trope. Justified, as he is a kid.
63* TwistedChristmas: Suffice it to say, a killer snowman going on a murder spree should put a damper on the holidays.
64* WallBangHer: The aforementioned rape scene.
65* WouldHitAGirl: Two of Jack's victims are women and he goes out of his way to brutalize them. He even commits rape on one of them with his carrot nose.
66* WouldHurtAChild: Jack's still functioning severed snow arm tries to choke Ryan to death in the climax.
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68!!''Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman'' has examples of:
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70* AlasPoorVillain: The deaths of Jack's snowball children-- one of them dies in Jack's arms and causes him to cry a SingleTear and vow for vengeance.
71* AnArmAndALeg: Jack puts his stamp on a snowball fight by throwing his projectiles with such force that they take people's arms off.
72%% * CampGay: Sarah's camera man
73* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Agent Manners is EatenAlive by Jack's babies.]]
74* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Jack actually sheds a tear after his mutant snowball spawn are melted.
75%% * EyeScream: Happens at least ''3 times''.
76* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Jack's favorite method of killing people.
77* {{Kaiju}}: [[spoiler: Jack turns into a Franchise/{{Godzilla}}-sized monster at the end.]]
78* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Agent Manners who seemly died in the first one is brought back in this movie, only to be eaten alive by Jack Frost snowball babies and is pretty much a 100 percent dead by the end of this movie.]]
79* LogicalWeakness: Obviously, when dealing with a [[{{Snowlems}} sentient snowman]], [[spoiler:antifreeze]] is the way to go.
80* MoodWhiplash: Most of the movie is very campy (even more so then the previous film) but then near the end of the movie [[spoiler: you have a scene where Jack Frost is comforting his last remaining snowball baby who slowly dies that is actually sad to watch. Keep in mind just a few minutes before this, the characters had discovered that Jack and his babies' weakness are bananas. After that scene the tone of the movie is fairly more serious.]]
81* ResurrectedMurderer: While taking notorious murderer Jack Frost to be executed, the prison transport crashes into a truck containing DNA-altering chemicals. The chemicals melt Jack into nearby snow, but his consciousness molds the snow into a snowman to go after the cop who arrested him.
82* ReverseCerebusSyndrome: Compare this film to its sequel. You'll notice a major tonal shift.
83* RunningGag: For some reason, every time Agent Manners speaks, a generic dramatic {{sting}} plays.
84* SequelHook: [[spoiler:[[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Attack of the 50-Foot Snowman!]]]]
85* ShoutOut: The subtitle of the movie is remarkably similar to the ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' collection ''Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons''.
86* SomethingWeForgot: [[spoiler:Sam and Anne forget about Joe and Marla and accidentally leave them in the freezer]].
87* TongueTrauma: One of the party guest's gets [[TongueOnTheFlagpole his tongue stuck on a pole]]. Jack then rips it out of his mouth. This only happens in the uncut version. In the rated version, the tongue stays with said owner.
88* UnexplainedRecovery: In the first film, Agent Manners is presumably killed when Jack grows icicle fangs and [[TearOffYourFace tears the agent's face off]]. Here, the agent is played by a different actor and explains that his new face is the result of 15 different reconstruction operations. He also gets an EyepatchOfPower.
89* WeaksauceWeakness: In the first film, Jack's weakness was quite logically antifreeze; in here, Jack inherits Sam's allergy to bananas due to [[AppliedPhlebotinum some of his blood being mixed in after their last encounter]].
90%% * YourHeadASplode: Sarah's death.

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