12 Disasters of Christmas

12 Disasters of Christmas
Genre Disaster[1]
Directed by Steven R. Monroe[2]
Produced by John Prince[2]
Written by Rudy Thauberger[2]
Starring Ed Quinn
Magda Apanowicz
Holly Elissa
Ryan Grantham[2]
Production company Cinetel Films[3]
Country United States[3][4]
Original channel SyFy[3]
Original airing December 8, 2012

12 Disasters of Christmas (alternatively written as '12 Disasters of Christmas; released on DVD as 12 Disasters) is a 2012 television film directed by Steven R. Monroe.[2] The film takes place in a small town called Calvary where an ice storm puts everyone on notice. Just before Jacey's (Magda Apanowicz) grandmother dies, she gives a mystical ring to her telling her that she is the chosen one.[2]

Release

12 Disasters of Christmas premiered on the SyFy network on December 8 at 9PM Eastern.[2][3] 12 Disasters of Christmas became SyFy's most watched television film on its premiere since February 2012.[5]

Reception

The film received negative ratings, but critics have noted that the film is entertaining despite its lack of quality. The New York Times stated that "the movie gets an F in most of the traditional critical categories. Dialogue? F. Coherence? F. But in terms of serving as a counterweight to the syrupy fare that clogs almost every other network at this time of year, this ridiculous mess earns an A+.[2] The New York Daily News gave the film one star out of five, opining that "some bad movies just bore you, while others create a perverse fascination, an aura that keeps you watching in the hope they will never get better. “The Twelve Disasters of Christmas” does not. It stays true to the path on which it embarked, seemingly never troubled for a second by concern for trivial matters like, oh, dialogue or plot."[6] The AV Club gave the film a D rating stating "...comes closer to so-bad-it's-good territory than any SyFy Original Movie in recent memory."[7]

Notes

  1. ↑ "12 Disasters of Christmas". TV Guide. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Genzingler, Neil (December 7, 2012). "Good Will to All? Not if the World Ends". New York Times. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Bibel, Sara (November 13, 2012). "The End of the World Nears in Syfy's Original Movie '12 Disasters of Christmas' on Saturday, December 8". TV By The Numbers. Zap2it. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
  4. ↑ "CineTel Films". BFI Film & Television Database. London: British Film Institute. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
  5. ↑ Bibel, Sara (December 11, 2012). "Syfy's '12 Disasters of Christmas' Becomes Channel's Most Watched Original Movie in Nearly a Year With 2.1 Million Total Viewers". TV By The Numbers. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
  6. ↑ Hinckley, David (December 8, 2012). "TV review: 'The Twelve Disasters of Christmas'". New York Daily News. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
  7. ↑ Dyess-Nugent, Phil (December 8, 2012). "12 Disasters Of Christmas". The AV Club. The Onion. Retrieved December 24, 2012.

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