Christmas Icetastrophe

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Christmas Icetastrophe
Genre Disaster film [1]
Written byDavid Sanderson
Directed byJonathan Winfrey
Starring
Music byMichael Neilson
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
CinematographyChristopher A. Smith
EditorGarrett Griffin
Running time80 minutes [2]
Production companies
Original release
NetworkSyfy
ReleaseDecember 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.

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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. The town begins to progressively flash freeze, and the effect spreads outward at an alarming rate. Charlie Ratchet, a local father, teams up with Alex Novak, a graduate student who wants to study the meteorite. Together they set out to counter the effects of the freezing meteorite on their town before everything, and every one, ends up frozen. Meanwhile, Tim Ratchet, Charlie's son, goes out into the storm to find and rescue Marley Crooge, and the two fight to survive the cold to make it back to safety.

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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]

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