Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman
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| Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman |
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| Directed by | Michael Cooney |
| Produced by | Robert E. Baruc, Jeremy Paige, Vicki Slotnick |
| Written by | Michael Cooney |
| Starring | Christopher Allport Eileen Seeley Chip Heller Marsha Clark Ray Cooney David Allen Brooks Sean Patrick Murphy Tai Bennet Jennifer Lyons Shonda Farr Granger Green with Ian Abercrombie and Scott MacDonald |
| Music by | Chris Anderson |
| Distributed by | A-Pix Entertainment Inc. |
| Release date(s) | November 21, 2000 (USA) |
| Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman is the 2000 sequel to the 1996 horror/comedy film Jack Frost. It has since attracted cult status for its poor special effects and comical death scenes.
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[edit] Plot
Sam Tiler (Christopher Allport reprising his role) has been struggling to recover from the encounter with the Mutated Snowman known as Jack Frost (much to everyone else's disbelief and humor), ever since he rampaged through his hometown last Christmas. To get away from the stress, Sam's wife, Anne (Eileen Seeley) suggests a tropical vacation in a cabana far away in the Pacific for the wedding of his deputy, Joe Foster (Chip Heller reprising his role) and his secretary Marla (Marsha Clark). Sam reluctantly agrees, after reinforcement from his doctor (Ian Abercrombie).
Meanwhile, the FBI has dug up the anti-freeze used to dissolve Jack in the first movie, attempting to test it for remains of the genetic material. One of the janitors (Brett A. Boydstun) accidentally spills a cup of coffee into the tank of antifreeze, waking Jack up and causing him to reform and break free. He heads for the tropics, due to the idea that since Sam was wounded by Jack (voiced by Scott MacDonald who reprises his role) in the first movie, and his blood dripped into the anti-freeze used to dissolve him, Jack is linked to Sam's psyche.
Sam, Anne, Marla and Joe, arrive at the tropics to a greeting by the eccentric Colonel Hickering (Ray Cooney) and his assistants Captain Fun (Sean Patrick Murphy) and Bobby (Tai Bennett). The festivities quickly begin, but things get deadly when Jack washes ashore and kills three ladies by: transforming himself into an ice anvil and crushing Ashlea (Shonda Farr), impaling his icicles into Paisley (Granger Green), and stabbing a pair of tongs into Rose (Jennifer Lyons)'s eyes. The next morning, the Colonel discovers the bodies and tries to cover up the whole mess, as he does not want this to ruin his resort. However, the island's manager, Agent Manners (David Allen Brooks), suspects that Jack has returned.
Jack continues his rampage, killing a beach model named Sarah (Melanie Good) by making her head explode (after she swallows him into her body as a piece of ice) and stabbing her cameraman (Paul H. Kim) to death with his carrot nose. Sam begins to suspect that something is amiss when he runs into Manners, who agrees to an alliance in order to stop Jack Frost. Sam, Manners, the Colonel, and Manners stage a trap to capture Jack. This fails as the snowman they capture was really the Colonel in costume.
Jack, after slaying another beach model named Cindy (Stephanie Chao) by drowning her in the pool by freezing it, decides that the tropics are a bit too warm and freezes the place, causing it to snow and freeze the lifeguard (Kerri V. Griffin). The party guests begin to play around in snowball fights when Jack enters the fray, killing at least another dozen. Sam, Anne, Marla, Manners and Joe lock themselves up in their room, using anti freeze to keep Jack at bay.
Sam and Manners decide to find help, and end up finding a room where the Colonel, Captain Fun, and Bobby have barricaded themselves in. Sam asks the three of them where they can find anti-freeze, to which Bobby suggests they use the coolant in the freezer (which uses the same material). Luring Jack into a trap, Sam once again tricks Jack into a pool of anti-freeze. Unfortunately, this does not work, as Jack has become much more resilient to the anti-freeze due to his time in the lab. Jack spits out a snowball and flees, followed by Manners, into the woods.
Sam, Anne, and the others observe a snowball. The snowball "hatches" and becomes a baby snowman, who kills Captain Fun. They trap the snowman in a blender and try many different ways of killing it, all of which fail. Meanwhile, Manners has followed Jack to a shed, where he sees that Jack has spit up many, many snowball children. He calls the others and tells them what he has seen, but before leaving he is attacked and devoured by the tiny snowmen.
Sam, in panic since the antifreeze does not work, is pushed to the side as Anne takes charge in order get Joe and Colonel to go around the island to trap as many of the snowmen as they can until the supply boat (which is coming to the island to drop off more supplies) comes, while Bobby, Marla and Sam wait back in the kitchen. During the search, the snowmen kill seven more tourists. Eventually, Anne realizes that they can be killed by bananas, due to Sam being allergic to bananas. As a result, Jack would share the same vulnerabilities, since he absorbed some of Sam's genetics in Snowmonton.
This angers Jack, who stabs Colonel through the head with an icicle from behind and slits Bobby's throat with another icicle. Marla and Joe flee and lock themselves in the freezer with Captain Fun's body, while Anne is attacked by Jack. Sam snaps out of his paranoia and shoots Jack with a banana attached to an arrow, causing him to explode. Anne and Sam embrace each other, and walk towards the ocean, prepared to leave the island with any of the other surviving guests.
During the credits the two sailors on the supply boat are crushed by a giant carrot, implying Jack is still alive and that there will be a sequel. After the credits roll, we're shown that Joe and Marla were accidentally left in the freezer by Sam and Anne, and it's implied that the couple froze to death in the freezer.
[edit] Cast
- Christopher Allport - Sam Tiler
- Eileen Seeley - Anne Tiler
- Chip Heller - Joe
- Marsha Clark - Marla
- Scott MacDonald - Jack Frost(voice)
- Ray Cooney - Colonel Hickering
- David Allen Brooks - Agent Manners
- Sean Patrick Murphy - Captain Fun
- Tai Bennet - Bobby
- Melanie Good - Sarah
- Jennifer Lyons - Rose
- Shonda Farr - Ashlea
- Stephanie Chao - Cindy
- Granger Green - Paisley
- Ian Abercrombie - Doctor Morton
- Doug Jones - Dave
- Stefan C. Marchand - Charlie
[edit] Sequel
Plans for a second sequel were made after the events of the film. However, due to the poor reception of the other two films, it was shelved and no plans regarding the project has been mentioned.
