Christmas Icetastrophe

Christmas Icetastrophe
Genre Disaster film[1]
Written by David Sanderson
Directed by Jonathan Winfrey
Starring
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
Production
Executive producer(s)
Running time 80 minutes[2]
Production company(s)
Release
Original network Syfy
Original release
  • December 20, 2014 (2014-12-20)

Christmas Icetastrophe (also titled Icetastrophe) is a 2014 American made for television disaster film directed by Jonathan Winfrey. It first aired on Syfy on December 20, 2014. Victor Webster and Jennifer Spence star as survivors of a meteorite strike that causes their town to flash freeze.

Plot

A meteorite splits and one piece lands on a car in the small town of Lennox; the other piece in the mountains outside town creating a large crater. Some areas progressively flash freeze, and the effect spreads outward. Charlie Ratchet, a local father, teams up with Alex Novak, a graduate student, to study and counter the effects of the meteorite on their town before everything ends up frozen.

Cast

Release

Christmas Icetastrophe premiered December 20, 2014, on Syfy.[3]

Reception

Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times called it "mindlessly ridiculous" but amusing.[1] Adam Smith of the Boston Herald rated it C+ and wrote, "Just like its title, the film is unbelievably hokey, but it's also got campy appeal that sci-fi (and Syfy) fans will find irresistible."[2] Nancy deWolf Smith of The Wall Street Journal wrote that it "sometimes reaches a very satisfying level of scariness".[4]

The trailer was nominated for "Trashiest Trailer" by the Golden Trailer Awards.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Genzlinger, Neil (December 19, 2014). "Making Icicles of Everyone". The New York Times. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Smith, Adam (December 20, 2014). ""CHRISTMAS ICETASTROPHE"". Boston Herald. Retrieved May 12, 2015. (subscription required (help)).
  3. Moore, Debi (December 2, 2014). "Celebrate the Holidays with Syfy's Christmas Icetastrophe and The Twilight Zone". Dread Central. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  4. Smith, Nancy deWolf (December 18, 2014). "Killer Icicles". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  5. Ford, Rebecca (April 10, 2015). "Golden Trailer Awards Nominees Announced". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 12, 2015.

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