Jack Frost (1998)

Jack Frost is the lead singer in a rock band based in the fictional town of Medford, Colorado. He focuses on his music and hopes that the band will sign a record deal leading him to spend less time with his family, including his 11-year-old son Charlie. While traveling to a gig that could make or break his career, Jack crashes his car in a snowstorm and is killed. A year later, Charlie has fallen into depression over his father's death. One night, he makes another snowman that bears as much resemblance to Jack as he can remember and plays Jack's harmonica just before going to sleep. The harmonica turns out to be magical after all, as it revives Jack, transferring his spirit into the snowman. Jack attempts to greet Charlie, but initially terrifies him instead. The next day, Jack finds himself helping Charlie escape a group of bullies chasing after him, and Charlie realizes that the snowman is his father after Jack uses his nickname "Charlie boy". Jack reconnects with Charlie and teaches him the values that he never got when he was alive, eventually convincing Charlie to rejoin his hockey team instead of continuing to grieve over his death. On a warm Christmas Eve, Jack begins melting and struggles to get to Charlie's hockey game, but ultimately makes it at the same time Charlie wins the game for his team. Afterward, Charlie decides to take Jack to the mountains where it is colder, but has a difficult time convincing Gabby. Charlie then attempts to convince his main bully Rory to help him, and after learning about Jack's identity as a snowman, Rory agrees to help, sympathizing with Charlie over not having a father. With Rory's help, Jack and Charlie arrive at the isolated cabin that the family was going to stay at for Christmas before Jack's death. Jack calls Gabby, nonchalantly asking her to come to the cabin to pick up Charlie; Gabby is shocked, but recognizes his voice and obliges. Jack tells a disheartened Charlie that he must leave. When Gabby arrives, the snowman shell dissipates, revealing a human Jack in an ethereal form. Jack tells Charlie he will always hear him and, after bidding his wife and son farewell, returns to the afterlife.