Jack Frost (1996) vs Jack Frost (1998)

I never want to see either of these movies

http://videodetective.com/photos/201/008480_39.jpg

one features shannon elizabeth being violated by a snowman. the other features henry rollins as a kids' hockey coach.

btw, my favorite ebert pan of all time is for the keaton frost:

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19981211/REVIEWS/812110301/1023

I never want to see either of these movies

-- Curt1s Stephens, Wednesday, 14 May 2008 00:39 (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

lol letterbox

I've seen both of these.

Is this pole about which one is worse? Or which one is "better"? Or which one is worse in a good way?

it doesn't matter

when you stop caring, the polls will mean nothing

i guess it's "which one you like better"

* George Clooney was originally attached to the project but when he left to do Batman & Robin, ex-Batman Michael Keaton was re-cast into the lead role. This caused no end of trouble for the Jim Henson's Creature Shop because they had designed their snowman animatronic specifically to Clooney's facial features and acting style.

* Sam Raimi was once attached to the film as director and even wrote a draft of the script with his brother Ivan Raimi.

I wanna vote for the Steve Kilbey/Grant McLennan collab

there's also this one:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058374/

JF96 fo sho mostly cause the stupid 98 Jack Frost doesn't have a skull head

The Keaton one is revolting because it's vilely saccharine about a boy whose dad is a snowman. The 1996 one is revolting because the snowman's carrot moves down to his "crotch" area to make an erect penis, which I do not recall if he uses to fuck someone or not.

I have seen both of these and they are disparate in tone but equal in extreme lack of quality control.

oh i forgot to mention the sequel:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0239496/

In this sequel of the first Jack Frost movie, Sheriff Sam Tiler, his wife Anne, and Sam's two deputies (also husband and wife) decide to go on a Caribbean vacation to take their minds off the traumatic events of the previous movie in a place with absolutely no snow. Their holiday will be short-lived, however, as the thawed murderer gets inadvertantly re-frozen and brought back to life. As if that weren't bad enough, he now has the ability to remain frozen even in tropical temperatures, and he's headed south to settle some old scores.

the lone tidbit from the trivia section:

*It rained the entire four weeks of shooting the movie, resulting in a tropical island with an amazing lack of sun.

i vote for the rankin-bass one:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079357/

I wanna vote for the Steve Kilbey/Grant McLennan collab

haha. That's what I thought too!

I always thought the tagline for the 1996 Jack Frost was "ICE...to see you!"

Or is that Ahnold in Batman?

btw, my favorite ebert pan of all time is for the keaton frost:

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19981211/REVIEWS/812110301/1023

-- latebloomer, Tuesday, May 13, 2008 7:42 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Link

lol i just came here to post "to see the snowman is to dislike the snowman"

The 1996 one is revolting because the snowman's carrot moves down to his "crotch" area to make an erect penis, which I do not recall if he uses to fuck someone or not.

That's absolutely brilliant. Plus the "genetic mutation" accident, come on! I mean, where's the Troma love here?

i think its actually a rape scene

I left the room before any...penetration...or anything, so game's given away: I didn't see the whole movie.

His VOICE was so terrible.

I sat through 2/3rds of the Keaton one. A very painful hour of my life.

i think its actually a rape scene

-- gr8080

and doesn't he make a really bad pun that doesn't even make sense like "Christmas comes early this year!" ??

That was James Bond

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9f8_rpc3jmQ

not safe for work or your sanity

I have also seen both of these movies and the Keaton snowman is WAY scarier looking. Seriously, even on the boxes above - WAY creepier!

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The secular concept of reincarnation (into a SNOWMAN) set against the background of a Christian festival? What the hell?

At least the 1996 one looks mildly entertaining.

omg 96 is one of my all-time awful but hysterical and awesome horror movies!

The secular concept of reincarnation

Hain't no 'ligin I know what believes in it.

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Justice.