Ice Cream Man (1995)

Ice Cream Man

• I don’t know why I do this to myself. As much as I love horror, there’s a lot of stinkers out there, and this is one of them. It’s more of a spoof than an actual horror movie. I had my hopes up when I saw that Clint Howard was in it, but unfortunately, not even he was enough to save this movie. It’s just so stupid and horribly put together. The idea is there but the execution wasn’t. The whole thing felt like a super long episode of Goosebumps. Very hard to sit through. There were a couple moments that were genuinely funny and a little spooky, but there weren’t many. The entire story was so out there that I didn’t even know what to think. The writing was just off, with crappy dialogue and a weird backstory for some of the characters. The acting was also pretty awful, though none of the cast had much to work with. Clint Howard was funny though. I also did like the fun props and sets, which made the movie pop a little bit. Not by much, but enough to give it that cheesy 90s horror feel. Overall, this movie was slow, not well written, and just dumb. But, you may like it if you like crappy horror comedies, along the lines of ‘Killer Klowns from Outer Space’.