Review of Ice Cream Man (1995) by Alex R — 26 Jan 2014

Awful mess of a horror film, one that had an interesting idea, but is squandered due to poor performances, lack of genuine scares and over the top execution. The thing with this film is that, this film really could have been a disturbing, memorable horror film, one that could have had genuine scares, ands truly frightening scenes.

However, everything plays out for laughs, and the somewhat interesting idea just ends up being very stupid. The performances here are horrible, and this is standard low budget trash that never succeeds at being entertaining.

Sure, it might entertain a few, but for genre fans looking for great horror, you sure won't find it. Ice Cream Man just lacks in terms of everything that makes horror such a good genre. Clint Howard is a good choice to play the character, but everything else is so underwhelming, and just not satisfying.

If the Script would have been thought out more, then maybe this film would have had a chance. As it is, it's a train wreck, one that fails on its interesting premise of a psychotic ice cream vendor who terrorizes kids.

This film just doesn't have what it takes to be a fun, entertaining and memorable horror film. Fans of cheesy low budget affairs will probably enjoy it, but for the rest, they may want to skip this one if they're looking for effective terror.

Ice Cream Man really could have been a good film, unfortunately took the easy way out, and made everything more ridiculous, thus it lost any chance of being truly terrifying. Don't waste your time with this film; you'll be better off watching something else.

Ice Cream Man is yet another genre film that wastes its potential on stupid visuals and over the top acting that it's laughable.