Director: Michael Cooney
Year: 1997
Country: USA/United Kingdom
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Supernatural Slasher; Horror/Comedy
Plot:
After getting killed in a freak accident, the sheriff of a small-town community finds the series of strange deaths to be the work of a reanimated serial killer able to transform into the shape of a killer snowman and sets out to stop his rampage before it includes his family.
Review:
This here was quite the fun and enjoyable cheesy slasher effort. One of the better features here is the fact that this one really plays well with those cheesy antics which are spread throughout here, giving this a lot to like. The opening accident starts off with that kind of silly nature as the idea that this one goes for in setting up the killers' motivation to return, which as an idea is just so goofy that the film manages to hold onto its intense tone quite well here even after asking us to buy this moment.
Likewise, there's a lot to like here with the cheesy nature of dealing with the different citizens of the town and getting to utilize the cheesiness of the fact along the way. Though obviously cheesy, these stalking scenes are quite a bit of fun here, where there's the first big sequence at the family's house, where he gets both parents in great individual scenes which not only feature the suspenseful stalking, the really creative deaths, and plenty of cheesy attitudes here, but also put on some great fun here with the start of the ultra-cheesy one-liners he spits out.
This culmination of antics is carried out throughout here in other great stalking scenes against the town, from the roadside encounter of him clearing out the leftover members in the sheriff's house including a nice exploitation element found in the attack on the daughter as well as the fine battle at the end where they confront him in the police station and leads through the church next door in the basement where the try several incredibly chilling stalking scenes trying to get him into their trap which is a solid action scene along with the rather cheesy antics along throughout.
This full-on cheese, along with the rather unique kills, including the method for defeating the killer, is what makes this one so much fun. Along with the fine effects work for the main snowman featured throughout here, this one really didn't have that many flaws. All of the flaws from this one come from its cheesiness and the fact that it could be taken as something that can turn off some out there. It's got an incredibly high level of cheese, with all the mentioned features turning up in really high amounts and giving this one a total that will turn off some. There's also the possibility that there are cheese-lovers who might find this one too much due to how high it is, and that's something that can make a viewing like this incredibly unpleasant to get through or even finish, and it's really the only thing wrong, as the problems all stem from it.
Overview: ****/5
A cheesy good time of a silly slasher effort, this was a really fun time and manages to get a lot of enjoyable elements here that are enough to hold this off from a series of expected and not-that-damaging flaws. Those with an appreciation for this kind of genre fare, who are curious about it, or who are hardcore fans of Christmas-set horror films will have the most to like while most others out there should heed caution.
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