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Movie Info

When a local ice cream man who has a love for nostalgia starts to kill some of her neighbors, Mary is torn between her mature instincts that something is wrong and the distracting memories of her younger days.

Genre:

horror, comedy, mystery and thriller
Original Language:

English
Director:

Megan Freels Johnston
Producer:

Megan Freels Johnston, Yumee Jang, Omid Shamsoddini
Writer:

Megan Freels Johnston
Release Date (Theaters):

Aug 18, 2017 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Aug 18, 2017
Runtime:

1h 36m
Production Co:

Look At Me Films

Cast & Crew

Deanna Russo
Mary

Emil Johnsen
The Ice Cream Man

John Redlinger
Max

Sam Schweikert
Nick

Hilary Barraford
Jessica

Bailey Anne Borders
Tracy

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Critic Reviews for The Ice Cream Truck

All Critics (21) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (15) | Rotten (6)

While writer-director Megan Freels Johnston makes some unusual choices that set her film apart from run-of-the-mill low-budget horror, too much of her movie feels warmed-over.

August 17, 2017 | Full Review…

Noel Murray
Los Angeles Times
''Ice Cream Truck" goes down rather easy, the clashing tactics holding a perverse charm when the pacing or story focus seems to drift for minutes at a time.

August 11, 2017 | Full Review…

Dennis Harvey
Variety
This truck never gets into gear, and will have a very hard time tempting moviegoers on either large or small screens.

August 10, 2017 | Full Review…

John DeFore
Hollywood Reporter
It has some scares, some blood, some complicated romance, and a few more things making it worth a watch.

March 8, 2021 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Emilie Black
Cinema Crazed
The Ice Cream Truck is just an incredibly bland film and quite frankly that is the worst thing a horror film can be because you can't hope to scare people when they're too bored to care.

March 1, 2021 | Full Review…

Graeme Robertson
Flickering Myth
it is far more interested in tracking Mary's confused hiatus (and hot-and-cold feelings about small-town living) than in making any sense of the neighbourhood purveyor of chilled confectionery and even frostier kills.

February 22, 2021 | Full Review…

Anton Bitel
Projected Figures
At times a fairly classic horror film and at other times a thought-provoking psychological thriller.

September 11, 2020 | Rating: 3.0/4.0 | Full Review…

Richard Propes
TheIndependentCritic.com
Russo is effective enough as the lead, though her performance is uneven. The writing wasn't quite as tight as it needed to be... But the ideas at the core of the movie are strong, and it's an intense thriller.

October 10, 2019 | Full Review…

Patrick King
Cultured Vultures
An insidious little pulse-pounder that slowly but surely worms its way under your skin!

October 19, 2018 | Full Review…

Staci Layne Wilson
Fantastica Daily
Overall, Johnston has crafted an engaging and easily relatable dark comedy in The Ice Cream Truck that made for a very enjoyable watch for this writer.

November 28, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Heather Wixson
Daily Dead
With a highly distinctive style and a pleasing resistance to narrative convention, The Ice Cream Truck is a potent, moody, highly entertaining little film that you'll want to watch at least twice.

October 27, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Jennie Kermode
Eye for Film
There's immense charm to the film's engagement with hoary slasher film tropes played mostly sincerely, but with a sense of humor about it.

October 16, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Tim Brayton
Alternate Ending

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Audience Reviews for The Ice Cream Truck

Sep 19, 2017

Some great throwback tone and an almost surrealist approach to suburban life I can really get behind. I won't pretend that The Ice Cream Truck will have universal appeal, the understated nature will bore some people, and the ending will aggravate some too. But it doesn't take the directions I was sure it would, and that little surprise is always nice, plus the acting was far better than what you would expect in this kind of indie Horror fare.

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