This Day in Horror History: Clint Howard Was Born in 1959
Mike Sprague
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On this day in horror, Ice Cream Man actor Clint Howard was born in 1959. For those of you out there that might not know, he is the younger brother of American Graffiti actor and Willow director Ron Howard and has appeared in many films his films as well as many low-budget cult films.
On top of starring in Ice Cream Man, Howard has had roles in such killer cult classic fright flicks as Evilspeak, The Wraith, Disturbed, Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation, Carnosaur, Ticks, Leprechaun 2, The Dentist 2, House of the Dead, Halloween, The Haunted World of El Superbeasto, BloodRayne: The Third Reich, The Lords of Salem, and The Funhouse Massacre.
Most recently, Howard starred as Mr. Baggy Britches in Rob Zombie’s 3 From Hell.
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Ice Cream Man begins with a young boy who witnesses the murder of an ice cream man in a small town. Years later, the boy (Clint Howard), returns to the town to become an ice cream man himself, having spent the intervening years in a mental hospital. He is not entirely well after his release, however, and murders a garbage picker who triggers memories of his time in the hospital. He kills some people (and a dog), all while doing his duties as ice cream man, leading to suspicion from local kids and the police. He even goes so far as to graphically mix parts of people he has killed into his frozen treats, making his customers unwitting cannibals.
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Howard’s co-stars include Olivia Hussey (Black Christmas, Stephen King’s It), David Naughton (An American Werewolf in London), Jan-Michael Vincent (Airwolf), and David Warner (Time Bandits).
It was directed by Norman Apstein from a screenplay written by Sven Davison & David Dobkin. Paul Norman produced and Ardustry Home Entertainment LLC unleashed it back on May 9, 1995.
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