Arctic Blast
Directed byBrian Trenchard-Smith
Written byJason Bourque
Produced byGina Black
Stefan Wodoslawsky
StarringMichael Shanks
Alexandra Davies
Release date
  • April 4, 2010 (2010-April-04)
[1]
Running time
90 mins
CountriesAustralia
Canada
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.8 million[2]

Arctic Blast is a 2010 Australian-Canadian science-fiction film directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith.[3]

Cast

Production

Filming took place over eighteen days in 2009 - sixteen in Hobart, Tasmania, plus two in Ottowa, Canada for scenes with Bruce Davison..[4] Post production work was done in Canada.[5]

Trenchard-Smith later wrote "it was a challenge to make what looks like a bank of thick morning fog feel scary. We could see cause; we needed more effect. More graphic freezings perhaps, where victims toppled and broke into pieces. But that would have disturbed the family side of the audience, at whom the climate change message was aimed."[2]

Reception

According to Trenchard-Smith "I’m quite proud of the film. It’s a strong example of its micro-genre, and I had a good time making it." He said the film "did not sell to the SyFy Channel; too much family drama, not enough Sci-fi, not enough kills. Nor did Lifetime or Hallmark pick it up; too grim, too foreign. But in foreign markets it did surprisingly well. When it premiered on cable in Spain for instance, it scored a 15.6 market share meaning it was seen by over 2.5 million viewers. The producers emailed me ratings from France’s TF1 and Germany’s RTL 2 which they described as “stellar”."[2]

References

  1. ↑ Gonzalez, Miguel (5 April 2010). "So Bad it's bad". Mumbrella.
  2. 1 2 3 Trenchard-Smith, Brian (23 December 2022). "ARCTIC BLAST – It's finally here, 12 years after I shot this movie". Brian Trenchard Smith.
  3. ↑ "Arctic Blast". National Film and Sound Archive. 2010.
  4. ↑ "Blast of Hollywood for Hobart". ABC Online. 29 August 2009.
  5. ↑ "Arctic Blast begins Tas shoot". If Magazine. September 7, 2009.
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