Trees (2000)

All's quiet in the small Vermont town of Hazelville as Memorial Day approaches until a string of mysterious deaths begin plaguing forest ranger Mark Cody. As hikers and campers turn up dead... See full summary »

Director:

Michael Pleckaitis

Writer:

Michael Pleckaitis

Stars:

Kevin McCauley, Philip M. Gardiner, Peter Randazzo

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kevin McCauley	...	Ranger Mark Cody
Philip M. Gardiner	...	Max Cooper (as Phil Gardiner)
Peter Randazzo	...	Squint the Lumberjack
Mary Ann Nilan	...	Helen Cody
Raymond Michaud	...	Mayor Swindell
Lorne Lakin	...	Dusty
Jerold Goldstein	...	Melvin
Tom Erb	...	Fang
Chris Vicente	...	Petey
Erin Reynolds	...	Nancy
George Vicente	...	Chris
Jeff Merriman	...	Billy
Joe Miselis	...	Matt Cody
Jackie McCauley	...	Mrs. Pierce
Tom O'Connor	...	Joshua

Storyline

All's quiet in the small Vermont town of Hazelville as Memorial Day approaches until a string of mysterious deaths begin plaguing forest ranger Mark Cody. As hikers and campers turn up dead, Cody struggles to figure out what's behind the murders while the Mayor looks to keep the deaths hush-hush, afraid it will affect tourism on the town's biggest money-making day of the year. Botanist Max Cooper arrives and determines them to have been victims of the dreaded "Great White Pine." After the Mayor refuses to close the woods and tragedy ensues on Memorial Day, Cody hires grizzled lumberjack Squint to hunt down and kill the voracious tree leading to Cody, Cooper, and Squint venturing out into the woods in Squint's old beat-up pick-up truck for a final showdown with the monster tree.

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Plot Keywords:

tree | memorial day | forest | billboard | spoof | 

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Taglines:

Its bite is worse than its bark

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror

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Details

Official Sites:

Pioneer Motion Pictures [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 September 2000 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Black Rock State Park - U.S. Route 6, Watertown, Connecticut, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mazzarella Bros. Productions, Pioneer Motion Pictures, Raven Releasing

Technical Specs

Runtime:

147 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Shot entirely on digital video.

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Connections

Referenced in Blood Descendants (2007)

User Reviews

A good concept done very poorly

"Trees" is an obviously low-budget ($20,000) production that fails miserably as both a comedy and a horror. The writing provides no substance to any of the characters or situations and the actors fail to add any life to this picture. Some conversations in the movie drone on for minutes for no reason. For most of the movie the dialogue is out of synch with the actors' moving lips. I only watched this because it was filmed in my hometown. Do yourself a favor and skip it. However, do not miss the sequel "The Root of All Evil" which is far superior and vastly entertaining.