Christmas is a time of giving and a time of joy. It’s a time of present giving, waking up early on Christmas morning to try and catch Santa coming down the chimney and a time for building the world’s best snowman using the fallen snow in your neighbourhood.
Thanks to this age old tradition and the fable about Frosty the Snowman, the idea of snowmen has become almost as popular good ole Saint Nic himself. And thanks to the darker story tellers out there, there have been plenty of works of fiction that have depicted Evil Snowmen. From the creepy and vicious Snowmen in Doctor Who to Jack Frost in the 1997 horror comedy film of the same name.
We’ve picked 8 of the best and most evil Snowmen in fiction – from comics to books to film to tv shows. One look at this list and chances are: you’ll recognise at least one of these maniacal snowmen and where they come from.
1. The Snowmen in ‘Krampus’ (2015)
Krampus is dark horror comedy with outstanding practical effects. Which is a surprise given you don’t see much in the way of practical effects when it comes to monsters anymore.
After an unforeseen blizzard blows through town, a large snowman appears in Max and his family’s yard facing their house. No one knows who built the snowman, but only Max really seems concerned about it. By nightfall, a small army of these suspicious snowmen have sprouted in the front yard, and what happens next will give your frostbite it’s own set of frostbite!
2. The Snowmen in ‘The Snowman’ (2017)
Although, not really about a Snowman in the loveable supernatural character sense of the word, The Snowman is a dark thriller about a serial killer who lives Snowmen at the scene of every kill. But he does creative with the snowmen he leaves behind.
With some of the snowmen having dismembered limbs and heads attached to the snowman figures. Almost like dead, scarecrow body parts made out of snow. If you’re into creepy murder scenes then this is the snowman story for you.
3. The Snowmen in ‘Doctor Who Christmas Special’ (2012)
Doctor Who is known for its strange and bizarre sci-fi tales meets eerie horror – and the Christmas Specials are no exception. Set in the early 1890s, this group of Evil Snowmen terrorise the Doctor’s companion, Clara Oswald.
Vicious, maniacal and evil looking, the Snowmen were eventually downgraded to just being a visual based problem. Despite this, the blow isn’t softened any less when the Snowmen are this evil and bloodthirsty looking.
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4. The Evil Snowman in ‘Beware, the Snowman’ Goosebumps Novel
Every millennial and his dog remembers Goosebumps. Goosebumps dealt all sorts of creepy and fear inducing stories that gnawed at you. ‘Beware the Snowman’ was one of those such books.
What starts as an innocent tale where snowmen start popping up all over town soon becomes a fight for the town as the protagonist and her long lost father lead the fight that have popped up all over town are pitted against an evil snowman.
5. Snow Queen in ‘Frozen’, ‘Once Upon A Time’ and More
The Snow Queen is the main antagonist in the Han Christian Anderson classic 1844 fairytale of the same name. A morally ambiguous witch, she possesses the power of ‘cryomancy’ which is the ability to manipulate ice and the cold.
The Snow Queen has appeared as many different versions of the character over the last hundred years. Most famous of which is Elsa (Frozen), Ingrid (Once Upon A Time), Lumi (Fables) and Freya (The Huntsman: Winter’s War).
6. The Sinister Snowman in ‘Scooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays’ (2012)
The Scooby Doo cartoon has been delivering on creepy cadavers and ghostly ghouls for decades. In fact, it’s probably the most consistent work of fiction on this list.
Thankfully, the Mystery Machine squad even got their fair sharing of creepy looking snowmen thanks to 2012’s Scooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays. The evil snowman haunts the streets surrounding a toy store and summons a blizzard to shut down the store and ruin Christmas. Then there’s the shape shifting from snowy spiders to Slimer-wannabes. Oh lord, the shapeshifting. It’s enough to make you scream “Jinkies!”
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7. Blue Snowman in DC Comics
Blue Snowman is easily one of the most ridiculous and awesome C-rated characters that DC Comics has to offer. For some reason, once upon a time, DC Comics saw it in their infinite wisdom to commission a character which is part robot and part snow. Huuuuuuh?
Depsite this ridiculous foray, Blue Snowman does make for a cool display of bad arsery when the need for bad snowmen is in high demand.
8. Jack Frost in ‘Jack Frost’ (1997)
Do not mistake the 1998 Jack Frost film for the 1997. Yes that’s right there were two films with the same name that came out in two separate years concerning a character with the same name. No, we’re not talking about the feel-good christmas film starring Michael Keaton from 1998. We’re talking about the B-grade horror film where a criminal is turned into a snowman.
That’s right kids, when Jack Frost is on the way to be executed his prison bus collides with a truck which is transporting bio-materials which causes Jack to mutate, taking on the characteristics of the snow on the road. Think of Spider-Man’s Sandman. Except snow.
What follows is a black-comedy horror slasher film which cements Jack Frost as the King of Evil Snowmen.
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