Curse Of Jack Frost

Christmas weekend, the most wonderful time of the year. It depends on who you ask of course, because there are people who don´t look forward to all the stress, decorating the home, fixing all the Christmas food for the whole family, and making sure all gifts are arranged. Personally i have no problem with Christmas, as long as it´s about gathering family and enjoying food together. I feel that this is more important than getting gifts to the whole family. Kids should get some gifts ( without doing it too extreme, where some parents spend too much money ), but Christmas itself is meant to be a gathering with the people you love. One thing i love to do at Christmas Eve, is to watch a classic Christmas movie. Does not matter if it is a comedy, a drama, an action film or even a horror film. One of my personal favourite Christmas movies of all time, is the 1989 comedy known as National Lampoon´s Christmas Vacation with legendary comedian Chevy Chase. I watch this film every Christmas, because it takes me back to my youth in the early 90´s. Did you know that it actually took two years to get this film released in Germany, not until December 12 1991? There must have been a reason of course, but the film did well at the box office. At a budget of 25 million dollars, it made over 70 million dollars worldwide, not bad for a comedy from the 80´s. National Lampoon´s Christmas Vacation continue the story from the previous film about the Griswold family, this time as they begin to prepare to celebrate Christmas with relatives. Chevy Chase as Clark Griswold is as always brilliant, and i actually think this is his best performance in this film as this character. Wonderful actress Beverly D´Angelo as Ellen Griswold, delivers another solid performance with great comedy timing. Then you also have Cousin Eddie Johnson ( played by Randy Quaid ), who is one of the funniest characters in this film. National Lampoon´s Christmas Vacation is not only one of the best Christmas comedies of all time, it´s also a film that everyone can watch together. You may have read in Christmas books about Jack Frost, a personification of frost, ice, snow, sleet, winter and freezing cold. He have been included in both books, movie adaptations and cartoons as well. The film i especially remember is the 1998 Christmas comedy Jack Frost with Michael Keaton. Not one of his better films in his career, but a charming family comedy ( if you can accept the cheesy 90´s CGI effects ). The film was a box office bomb, so found it´s audience on VHS instead. If you enjoy Christmas comedies, you might want to check it out. Speaking of Jack Frost, this year we had an independent horror film released simply called Curse Of Jack Frost. This is the first full feature film from director Liana Failla ( who directed a couple of short films in the past ), and i thought the trailer looked like fun. Since i am a fan of Christmas horror films, is Curse Of Jack Frost a film you should watch on Christmas Eve, or should you watch the 80´s classic Silent Night, Deadly Night instead?

The Christmas demon Jack Frost ( Stephen Saley ) is out in a winter wonderland, terrorizing a family to make sure he finds new victims. No matter what it takes, they need to stop this Christmas demon, once and for all.....

When it comes to horror films with a Christmas story to tell, you can go the easy way and just tell a story that everyone knows, or you can try a different path and still bring in a well known Christmas character. In the case of Curse Of Jack Frost, this is a different adaptation of Jack Frost than what we have seen before. I personally don´t mind traditional stories, or if you change certain details. As long as the film is entertaining and actually deliver something tasteful, im pretty much up for anything. Curse Of The Jack Frost have especially 2 fun details that makes this film fun to watch. The character´s look is quite amusing, imagine if Carrot Top have been frozen down in the Sylvester Stallone classic Demolition Man machines from 1993 and someone messed up and the body was extremely frozen, you would pretty much have that face look as you have here. And i have to say, that this version of Jack Frost feels more like a comedy than scary. I know this is supposed to be a horror film, but it is a bit hard taking this character seriously. And i have no problem with that, since he is actually the highlight of this film. The second detail i enjoy in this film is to see what Jack Frost does with each victim. We only see a limited amount of violence, but it is entertaining enough. I have to mention that i really enjoy seeing actress Nicola Wright ( who i really enjoyed in the independent horror film The Curse Of Humpty Dumpty ) in this film as the character Alba. There is something magical about Nicola on the big screen, i just love her screen presence. Anything negative to say about Curse Of Jack Frost? Maybe that there are a bit too many dialogue scenes, and we could have used those scenes more to watch Jack Frost have fun with his victims. Some dialogue scenes are quite frankly boring, and that´s something you don´t want in a Christmas horror film. Otherwise i would say i find this film entertaining, as long as Jack Frost makes sure we have a Christmas party of blood. Director Liana Failla have made a simple but enjoyable Christmas horror film that might be enjoyed if you appreciate independent horror. Tired of romantic Hallmark Christmas movies on TV? Then this might be what you are looking for. After all, Jack Frost knows how to welcome everone, just don´t expect a warm welcome.

Rating: DDD

P.S. You can watch Curse Of Jack Frost on the YouTube channel V Horror on the following link:

https://youtu.be/nabPHfb6nP0