High Octane Pictures has revealed the official trailer for Rootwood, a new horror flick from the director of Blood Feast, Marcel Walz, and screenwriter Mario von Czapiewski. The film Tyler Gallant (Alpha Wolf), Elissa Dowling (Death House), Sarah French (The Amityville Murders), Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp), Tiffani Fest (Circus of the Dead) and Brandon Rhea (Fearless). The film will be available early next month as well when it arrives on DVD and Digital on April 7.
From watching the trailer, the story of Rootwood feels to me like a bit of a modernized version of The Blair Witch Project. It’s not a found footage movie, but the story is similar in the sense that it follows a group of three students making a documentary in the woods about a mythical paranormal entity, only to find out in the worst way possible that the tales are true. Rather than the Blair Witch, our protagonist here is called the Wooden Devil, though the trailer stops short of telling us exactly what this supernatural ghoul might be. Of course, we’ll find out soon enough when we see the film.
Synopsis: ROOTWOOD follows two students who host ‘The Spooky Hour’, a podcast about paranormal phenomena and urban legends. When they are hired by a Hollywood film producer to shoot a horror documentary about the curse of The Wooden Devil, they smell their chance to become famous. Together, with their friend, they enter Rootwood Forest and investigate the area to find out the truth about The Wooden Devil and his victims.
You can check out the official trailer and poster for Rootwood below, courtesy of High Octane Pictures. The film will also be available to purchase or rent beginning on April 7 on DVD and Digital outlets.
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