Oil Filter Frozen

I once had this problem and I tried the screwdriver trick and it was just ripping the filter. I then took a piece of PVC that is alittle bit bigger diameter than the filter and I drilled a hole straight through it and I slipped it over the filter and I screwed it onto the filter in about 4 places and then I ran my screwdriver through the hole so the PVC acted like a brace and wheni turned the screwdriver the filter had no choice but to turn