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.
Practical Effects
The Wooden Devil creature design slaps harder than the script.
Acting
Felissa Rose cameo is the only performance with teeth.
Director
Marcel Walz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Marcel Walz shot this in 12 days with a skeleton crew, which explains the 'energy' of everything.
The podcast-as-horror-device peaked around 2019; this film both rides and roasts that wave with its 'Spooky Hour' satire.
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