Synopsis/Details
It's Arbor Day at Hurricane Ridge which means a lot more tourists than usual coming through the park to hike the trails and take pictures. Park Ranger Wyatt(40) heads up the small team of volunteers at the visitor's center. But when a report of a bear sighting and some missing young people in the park, he has to head out into the wilderness to find what may be left of them.
Discovering a survivor up in one of the old cabins in the preserve, Wyatt gets a strange story of something attacking and killing her friends in the night. Needing to check on another ranger up the trail a ways, Wyatt guides the girl up the mountain.
Up at the observation tower, they learn the horrible truth. Somehow the trees are coming alive and killing those that threaten the forest with litter and pollution and harm. It's up to Wyatt to get the survivors back down to safety but night is quickly approaching.
Story & Logistics
Story Type:
Getaway
Story Situation:
The enigma
Story Conclusion:
Bitter-sweet
Linear Structure:
Linear
Moral Affections:
Scourge
Cast Size:
Few
Locations:
Few
Special Effects:
Aerial image effects, Blood, Minor cgi, Other practical effects
Characters
Lead Role Ages:
Female Young Adult, Male Middle Aged
Hero Type:
Ordinary
Villian Type:
Beast/Monster
Stock Character Types:
Final girl, Hotshot, Tragic hero
Advanced
Subgenre:
Action Suspense-Thriller, Man vs Nature
Action Elements:
Hand to Hand Combat, Physical Stunts
Life Topics:
Death, Mid-life Crisis/Middle Age, Near Death Experience
Time Period:
Contemporary times
