Article by Markup
on 12/04/2000.
Sadly, we never get to see this evolution of Jack in the movie.. but it is still pretty traumatizing to little kids when they see it in the movie store.
..And So It Ends.
When last we saw our snowman, he was having sex with a young girl in the sheriff's house. Well, while Jack was getting his carrot off, the town was TALKING. And after a while, they come up with a plan to kill our frosty friend..
The townsfolk decide to give Frosty a perm.
..hair dryers! That's right! After luring Jack into a trap, the citizens use hair dryers to partially melt him and..
Jack Frost peeks out of the furnace as he melts.
..force him into a furnace. Poor Jack feels 350 degrees of PAIN as he boils into nothingness, and thus is once more defeated by a small-town hick sheriff. Dang! Sometimes crime just doesn't pay.
Did you know you have something stuck in your
teeth?
Or does it?! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Jack is still kicking! Those of you that took chemistry in high school should know that Jack only experienced a PHYSICAL change, not a CHEMICAL one. In other words: He melts, escapes the furnace through the venting, and then reforms outside. But now he's REALLY, REALLY MAD! And he can transform into Super-Ultra-Mega-Frosty-Snowman! After biting the head off of a government agent..
Sure, Dave Thomas can drink 10 Frosties in one sitting, but this is what happens to the rest of us when we try it...
..Jack enters his liquid
form and hides inside someone else! Oh, the horror! But Mr. Hick Sheriff
knows something is wrong, and after thinking up a final plan, he once more
goes toe-to-toe with his arch-nemesis in a last battle to the death. The
two wrestle around a brothel, and Jack seems to get the upper hand when
he jabs the sheriff in the chest with an icicle. But then a horn blows..
98% of the film's budget seems to have been spent on this stunt. GAZE IN AWE AT THIS GREAT SEQUENCE!
..and the sheriff pushes
Jack out of a second story window, into a truck filled with anti-freeze!
After a brief struggle (and Jack's dismembered hand attempting to strange
the sheriff's son), THE SNOWMAN IS FINALLY PUT DOWN!
"Yeah, let's not only trap the mutant snowman in cheap plastic jugs, let's bury the jugs in the ground so that they can deteriorate and release him in a few years!"
There is a solemn burial
as the remaining members of the town lay Jack to rest. But is it really
over..?
Only Anti-Frost brand anti-freeze can take out
KILLER SNOWMEN.
NO! As soon as they are buried, the jugs begin to glow and bubble! Jack Frost can come back for a sequel. YEAH!
This movie is definitely a cult classic. Of course, you'll be fast forwarding through big chunks of the film to get to the Freddy Krueger-style lines, but that doesn't mean it isn't worth watching. We enjoyed it! So sometime this winter, sit back with a snow cone and pop this nugget into the video player - you won't regret it (too much).
Amazon.com shopping:
VHS Video version of Jack Frost.
The superior DVD version of the movie.