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‘Jack Frost’ Director Talks Crazy Third Installment That Never Was; “Jackzilla!”
Courtesy of the fine folks over at Vinegar Syndrome, the 1997 cult horror-comedy Jack Frost hit Blu-ray for the first time this past Tuesday, and if I wasn’t holding the release in my hands right now, I’m still not sure I’d actually believe it. Yes, we are living in a world where the killer snowman flick is actually now on Blu-ray, and I don’t know about you, but that pleases me greatly.
In celebration of the release, horror community staple Justin Beahm just dug up an interview he did with the film’s writer/director a couple years back. As he explains, the interview was originally conducted for Fangoria, but it never ended up making it to print. Feeling now was the right time, Beahm posted the interview in full on his website, and it’s a pretty interesting read.
Michael Cooney opens up about the hardships he faced making Jack Frost – he originally planned on making a more serious killer snowman movie! – and he also talks about a second sequel that never came to fruition. As you may remember, Jack Frost 2 ends with the implication that the snowman has become kaiju-sized, which was supposed to lead into Jack Frost 3.
Cooney explains:
I started writing [Jack Frost 3]. There is about 20 pages somewhere. It was going to be a giant Jack Frost. At the end of part 2 there is this screaming ‘Jackzilla! Jackzilla!’ and this giant carrot drops on the boat. The [next] one started off ten years later and the kid is all grown up. It was going to be set in the city, and Jackzilla, this giant snowman, attacks a skyscraper, enveloping it and killing people by coming in through the vents and all of that.
As of a few years ago, Cooney was still interested in making the third film:
Digital effects have come down in price by now and I think we could do it. If someone wants to make it I would adore the opportunity. It holds such a special place in my heart.
Be sure to read the full interview on JustinBeahm.com!
Adam Wingard (You’re Next, The Guest) is getting back to his roots with A24‘s Onslaught, and many fans have been wondering if the events of the upcoming film connect in any way to one of Wingard’s previous movies, The Guest. After all, they do seem to be cut from a similar cloth, with some speculating that they might take place in the same universe.
But is there any truth to that speculation? In a new interview out of San Diego Comic-Con this week, Adam Wingard has revealed that the fans are definitely onto something!
Wingard explains, “I look at this as a cap in the trilogy between The Guest and You’re Next. It’s not like a direct sequel, in the sense that it’s a continuation of those characters, but it takes place in the same town as The Guest. The idea is that the secret programs we’re seeing going on here are other little aspects of the same thing David’s character came from in The Guest.”
“So you could actually technically call this a sequel,” Wingard admits. “It’s in the same universe.”
‘The Guest’
Releasing in theaters on September 4, Adam Wingard’s Onslaught is Rated ‘R’ for “Strong bloody violence, some gore, sexual material/nudity, and language.”
Watch the previously released Onslaught trailer below.
The duo behind The Guest, director Adam Wingard and writer Simon Barrett, are re-teaming for the upcoming Onslaught, which stars Adria Arjona in the leading role.
Here’s the synopsis: “When a rogue squad of genetically engineered super soldiers break loose in the desert, a badass Army sniper must unleash hell to protect her young daughter.”
Rebecca Hall (The Night House, Godzilla x Kong) and Dan Stevens (The Guest) also star in Adam Wingard’s upcoming new movie Onslaught alongside Michael Biehn, Reginald VelJohnson, Eric Wareheim, Drew Starkey, and Alex “Poatan” Pereira.
Dan Stevens starred alongside Maika Monroe in 2014 action-thriller The Guest. He played a mysterious ex-soldier with a secret agenda who wreaks havoc on a small town.
‘Onslaught’
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