Given my love of all things horror, of course I opted to watch the 2022 movie "Curse of Jack Frost" here in 2025, as I had the opportunity to do so. Sure, I had never heard about, and I can't claim that the movie's cover wasn't all that enticing. Yet, I still opted to check it out and see what writer Craig McLearie and director Liana Failla had to offer. And the fact that the movie had scored a staggering 2.9 rating here on IMDb when I sat down to watch it, didn't exactly promise well of a grand movie experience.
Writer Craig McLearie managed to put together a chilling tale of... wait, that was not the case here. In fact, he managed to put together a flaming dumpster fire of a storyline that is driven by an insanely slow paced and pointless narrative. So yeah, you're not in for anything grand, should you opt to brave the chill and sit down to watch "Curse of Jack Frost".
Of the entire cast ensemble, I was only familiar with actress Nicola Wright. Yeah, I've seen enough low budget horror movies to actually be familiar with her.
Dear god, the character design of Jack Frost in the movie was pretty stupid. Especially since his face was inarticulate, yet he was still able to talk. This just didn't play out well in favor of the movie, and it was so difficult to take it serious. It was nothing more than a stupid Halloween latex mask. But the problem with the Jack Frost character didn't end there, no, there were the long and rubbery fingers as well.
I will be generous here and say that the special effects in the movie were exactly that; special. But not in a satisfying manner.
If you enjoy horror movies, take heed and don't waste 80 minutes on watching "Curse of Jack Frost". Some of us suffered through this ordeal, so you don't have you; you're very welcome.
My rating of director Liana Failla's 2022 movie "Curse of Jack Frost" lands on a chilling two out of ten stars.
