you can see that if the flick ain not direct by his brother and this be the best he can do . and sad to say and his best just doesn not cut it . ice cream man be a very bizarre horror film and that a real blast to watch if youre in the right mood . in the wrong mood and it have be know to cause people to lash out violently at love one and so please and watch with caution . clint howard star ( do anything really star clint howard though . ) a the evil psychotic bizarre ( yes all in quote and he not quite any of these and but he get close ) ice cream man and who torture the local child with bomb pop that be really melty and ice cream that have chop up human and dog in them . ick . anyway and the plot really just an excuse to show of the . well and the . um and well it a plot . oh wait and i know . it an excuse to show off all the loser actor cameo . there jan michael vincent and lee major ii ( the sequel . ) a cop track the elusive man o ice cream . and even doug lleyweln appear a a supermarket clerk . even good than that and be some of the bizarre goof in the film . i really like the fact that for some reason and instead of hire a fat actor to play the unhappy fat kid of the group and they just make this one kid wear pad under his clothes . and the entire premise that anyone would by scoop of ice cream from a ice cream man . who buy ice cream scoop from the ice cream man . then there the entire psychiatric ward scene and in which jan michael vincent act range from mildly interested and to bore beyond the state of consciousness . these be the cop who also scour the ice cream man place for clue but manage to complete gloss over the ice cream truck ( where and of course and the various body and such be keep ) . oh well and good luck next time troop . howard himself overact like he make sure people two town over can see and hear him . it all just plain dumb . and fairly fun to laugh at in the fine tradition of the pumaman or gymkata . you will have a good laugh with the right sense of humor . i love that one .