(Reviewed by Snake-666) - Entertaining but ridiculous cheesy horror.  For me ‘Jack Frost' is somewhat of a guilty pleasure. I know that it's a stupid idea and I shouldn't really like it, but I do. In fact I like ‘Jack Frost' a fair bit and watch it every now and again on DVD. I first sought out this film after the minute notoriety it gained for a short period of time when it was released on the same day as ‘Jack Frost' (1998) in the UK and unfortunate mix up's occurred. I know this is a fairly tame movie but I bet it could mess with a 6 year old's head. Anyway, I digress…

Jack Frost (Scott MacDonald) is a serial killer who is being transported to the place where he is to be executed for his crimes. On the way the prison van collides with a chemical transportation lorry which allows Jack to escape from the van. After being sprayed with the chemical from the lorry Jack melts and bonds with the snow turning him into a mutant snowman and allowing him to have the time of his life. Realising he's near the town where Sheriff Sam Tiler (Chris Allport) lives, the man who captured him, he decides to pay a visit and exact the revenge which he swore he'd take.

The plot is stupid and the premise ludicrous but this film still has a sort of camp and cheesy charm to it. Luckily the makers of this film decided not to try and make a serious film about a killer snowman and so opted to turn this into a comedy, and I personally think they did that rather well. The soundtrack and direction create some particularly humorous moments and while not being on a par with horror comedies like ‘Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn' it manages to create some originality and some truly funny scenes. Some people may be offended by some of the humour in the film, like the infamous implied rape scene that has featured on many TV shows like ‘Out THERE' and ‘Weird TV' but in context the film isn't particularly vile or offensive, it's just different.

Don't look for award winning special effects, the snowman is quite obviously fake, but some of the make up effects are fairly well done and deserve a little credit. The acting is pretty poor throughout the movie but that is pretty irrelevant as all this movie is meant to be is a fun, cheesy horror harking back to the days of the equally ludicrous B-movies, and it succeeds at that attempt.

Would I recommend this? If you're a fan of horror comedy cheese yes, but be warned this movie is that little bit extra silly and is probably not to everyone's taste. I wouldn't really recommend it to non-genre fans but I am sure that some out there will enjoy it. My rating for ‘Jack Frost' – 6/10