Christmas Icetastrophe

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.

Christmas Icetastrophe
Genre	Disaster film[1]
Written by	David Sanderson
Directed by	Jonathan Winfrey
Starring	Victor Webster Jennifer Spence
Music by	Michael Neilson
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Tom Berry Lisa Hansen Paul Hertzberg
Cinematography	Christopher A. Smith
Editor	Garrett Griffin
Running time	80 minutes[2]
Production companies	CineTel Films Reel One Entertainment
Original release
Network	Syfy
Release	December 20, 2014 (2014-12-20)

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.

Cast

• Victor Webster as Charlie Ratchet
• Jennifer Spence as Alex Novak
• Richard Harmon as Tim Ratchet
• Tiera Skovbye as Marley Crooge
• Mike Dopud as Ben Crooge
• Johannah Newmarch as Krystal Crooge
• Andrew Francis as Scott Crooge
• Ben Cotton as Mayor Gibbons
• Boti Bliss as Faye Ratchet
• Jonathon Young as Neil
• Tyler Johnston as T.J.
• Alex Zahara as Miles
• Andrew Dunbar as Corporal Lambert
• Lane Edwards as Rob
• Jason Burkart as The Man
• Toby Levins as Cole
• John Stewart as Gary

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]