Ice Cream Man (1995)

User Rating:

4.2/10   

Director:

Paul Norman

Writers:

Sven Davison (writer)
David Dobkin (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Tagline:

I scream, you scream, we all scream for the...

Plot:

Poor Gregory! After being released from the Wishing Well Sanatorium, all he wants to do is make the children happy...

Plot Keywords:

Ice Cream | Eyeball | Rat | Dead Dog | Dog

Cast

Clint Howard	...	Ice Cream Man
Justin Isfeld	...	Johnny Spodak
Anndi McAfee	...	Heather Langley
JoJo Adams	...	Tuna Cassera
Mikey LeBeau	...	Small Paul
Sandahl Bergman	...	Marian Cassera
Andrea Evans	...	Wanda
Steve Garvey	...	Mr. Spodak
Olivia Hussey	...	Nurse Wharton
Doug Llewelyn	...	Store manager
Lee Majors II	...	Det. Maldwyn
David Naughton	...	Martin Cassera
Jan-Michael Vincent	...	Det. Gifford
David Warner	...	Rev. Langley
Zachary Benjamin	...	Roger Smith

MPAA:

Rated R for strong horror/terror and gore, and for a brief view of a sexual photo.

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Pasadena, California, USA

Company:

David M. Goldstein Productions

Trivia:

This movie was sponsored in part by the Converse shoe company. Many characters wear Converse shoes, especially the classic Chuck Taylor All-Stars. There is also an extraordinary number of shots of shoes throughout the entire film.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the beginning sequence, the ice cream truck reads (on the back doors): "Watch Out For Children." Later in the movie, we see that Gregory has painted over the word "For" so that it now says: "Watch Out Children." But, at times, the word "FOR" is mysteriously back on the van, sometimes from one shot to the next.

Quotes:

Ice Cream Man: You got any suspects?
Det. Maldwyn: That's classified ice cream man. Classified.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Svengoolie: Ice Cream Man" (1999)

The Best 80s B-Horror Movie from the 90s

A friend and I were down and needed a good 80s horror movie to perk us up. Ice Cream Man appeared to fulfill our needs down at the video store, esp. since our store only carried the version that lacked the blood on the outer box.

This movie was exactly what we expected, but better, a cheesey, histarically 80s horror movie with our favorite washed up stars, including Rebecca from Passions and the Proffesor from Teanage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2.

The only scary part of the movie was what we found out about it on imdb.com : 1) The movie was made in '95 although the entire thing is right out of the 80s, just look at what they are all wearing and the size of thier hair.

2) The director Paul Norman has directed over 100 films, with Ice Cream Man being the only film that was not pornographic.

All in all this is a great movie if you need a laugh, you will get more than one.