Ice Cream Man

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Ice Cream Man

Aug 2026

1h 26m

Horror

Comedy

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Ice Cream Man follows an idyllic summer town descending into madness when an ice cream man serves kids sweet delights with horrifying results.

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Critics Consensus

Ice Cream Man mistakes self-aware excess for subversion, serving up an increasingly uninspired splatterfest whose half-melted social commentary can't disguise how little nutritional value lies beneath its gore.

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Tim Robey

Daily Telegraph (UK)

Aug 10, 2026

1/5

The laughably bad Ice Cream Man is rather like last year’s smash-hit horror Weapons, if you tried to spoof it with terrible production values and told it backwards.

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Ed Potton

The Times (UK)

Aug 7, 2026

2/5

This kind of thing needs a sharp script to go with the gore and there aren’t enough zingers here.

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John Nugent

Empire Magazine

Aug 7, 2026

1/5

Ugly, unpleasant and utterly insubstantial, this ice cream just leaves a bad taste in the mouth.

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Pablo O. Scholz

Clarín

4 days ago

1/4

[Eli Roth's] concern wasn’t creating more or less believable characters...but rather a blood-and-guts slaughterfest with cheap-looking gore, impossible dialogue, and bare-minimum production values. [Full review in Spanish]

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Desirée De Fez

Fotogramas

Sep 8, 2026

2/5

...the intersection of horror and macabre comedy is no easy feat, and in this film, Roth confuses dark humor with bad taste, misguided provocation, and vulgarity. [Full review in Spanish]

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Sammie Purcell

Rough Draft Atlanta

Sep 4, 2026

It’s only August, but I’m pretty sure Eli Roth’s "Ice Cream Man" will be the worst movie I see all year. And for the first time in my critical career, I’m a little unsure where to even begin.

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Syris

Aug 20, 2026

Great movie! I loved Thanksgiving and this one. Gotta watch more of his movies

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Jackson

Aug 17, 2026

Joke of a movie, saw it opening night with an empty theater. I was laughing at how ridiculous it was, so out of 10 as a movie it’s 1.5, but enjoyment wise it was a 7/10.

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Destini

Aug 16, 2026

Original and silly if you just like movies for the love of the game

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Emilie

Aug 16, 2026

good trash horror movie

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Jaimie

Aug 16, 2026

The trailer seemed to have more horror and suspense, however when we saw the film it was the complete opposite, more comical than anything.

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Ezra

Aug 16, 2026

Don’t get me wrong, this movie was inspiring. I feel like I, on my own, would be capable of writing, directing, and casting my own movie that would be significantly better than whatever I just watched. It is like someone thought the gore made the Terrifier movies well written and tried to do a poor copy and paste. The plot was overly predictable and the acting felt like I was watching an indie film on YouTube.

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Synopsis

Ice Cream Man follows an idyllic summer town descending into madness when an ice cream man serves kids sweet delights with horrifying results.

Director: Eli Roth
Producer: Eli Roth, Christopher Woodrow, Kate Harrison
Screenwriter: Eli Roth, Noah Belson
Distributor: Iconic Events
Production Co: Mass Appeal, Dentsu, Metrol Technology, Head Gear Films, MCT Studios
Genre: Horror, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 7, 2026, Wide
Runtime: 1h 26m
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1

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