Bay Street Video presents: A JACK FROST Double Bill!
The Royal Cinema
608 College St, Toronto, ON M6G 1B4, Canada
Ontario
43.6553504
-79.41458169999999
Description
"While Michael Keaton may be immortalized in the minds of many for his turns as Beetlejuice or Batman, there’s a whole generation of ‘90s kids who remember him fondly as a sardonic, rock star snowman in the 1998 seasonal effects extravaganza, Jack Frost!
As the frontman of a Christmas themed rock band, Jack Frost (Keaton) is often on the road and away from his wife (Kelly Preston) and adolescent son (Joseph Cross), who just wants to spend more time with his cool, harmonica-shredding dad. On his way back home from a gig on Christmas Eve, however, Jack loses control of his car in a snowstorm and tragically dies. But one year later, through the power of a magic harmonica (for real), Jack is reincarnated in the body of a snowman, in order to finally bond and make things right with his family.
With an $85 million budget and the titular shuffling and talking snowman created by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, Jack Frost was primed to be 1998’s big holiday blockbuster. Unfortunately, scathing reviews – including from Roger Ebert, who famously declared that the snowman was “the most repulsive single creature in the history of special effects” – ensured that it would become a massive box office bomb, even banishing Keaton to the Hollywood wilderness for what seemed like an eternity until his critical re-emergence in Birdman.
But through the power of home video and nostalgia, Jack Frost continues to stay cool, featuring all the hallmarks of classic ‘90s family films – irresponsible fathers, sports, disturbingly traumatic events, and a soundtrack full of period-specific easy-rock and pop hits (including Christmas jams by none other than Hanson). Plus, Henry Rollins pops up as an overly enthusiastic children’s hockey league coach!
It’s time for Jack Frost to take its place in the pantheon of great holiday family flicks." - Mark Hanson, BSV Product Manager (not a member of Hanson)
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"Any kid growing up in video stores in the late ‘90s will remember that cover – the demonic green eyes, razor sharp teeth and oddly humongous tongue, all bulging out from a snow-covered skull. Never mind that the killer snowman in 1997’s Jack Frost doesn’t actually look anything like that – it was still an image that would horrifically burn itself into impressionable minds everywhere while serving as the gateway to an even crazier Christmas-themed slash-fest contained within.
On the outskirts of a town called Snowmonton, a serial killer named Jack Frost is being transferred for execution when the police transport vehicle crashes into a genetics truck. Presumed dead by the authorities, Frost’s body actually fuses with the snow on the ground, allowing him to morph into a snowman. Now in his new frosty state, Jack can get down to business – taking bloody revenge on the Snowmonton sheriff who put him away, not to mention anyone else who gets in his way, including Shannon Elizabeth in one of her first film roles!
Evolving from gimmicky holiday VHS title status to full blown cult classic over the last two decades, Jack Frost has rightfully earned its place among other holiday horror staples like Black Christmas and Silent Night, Deadly Night. The brainchild of screenwriter Michael Cooney (who wrote the ridiculously twisty John Cusack thriller, Identity), it boasts a sleigh-ride full of brutal kills, a stocking stuffed with amusingly lo-fi special effects, and a lovingly handmade evil snowman creature that spouts enough wintry one-liners to rival wisecracking horror icons like Freddy Krueger or Chucky.
As the tagline states, “He’s chillin’ and killin’, and if you don’t come out to see Jack Frost, he may just come find you." - Mark Hanson, BSV Product Manager
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Start:
2019-12-21T18:30:00-05:00
End:
2019-12-21T23:00:00-05:00
Category
Film
Tickets
Jack Frost - 6:30pm - Child
5.0
CAD
60
Jack Frost - 6:30pm - Adult
12.0
CAD
300
Jack Frost - 9:30pm - Adult
12.0
CAD
360
Double Bill
20.0
CAD
360