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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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10 | It 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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