Devil's Tree: Rooted Evil

Devil's Tree: Rooted Evil

Directed by Joshua Louis, Chris Alonso

201875 min5.1 / 10

A supernatural horror thriller about a journalist investigating an evil tree rooted in paranormal activity and dark rituals, blending possession mythology with a personal reckoning.

Inspired by true events, The Devils Tree follows Samantha, a college student studying journalism, who needs to finish her thesis with one last breaking news story. Along with her friend Rob, Samantha stumbles across a news article about an old tree in a local park where many horrible acts occurred. The locals have given the tree the name Devils Tree because of its urban legends of mass murders, satanic rituals, and paranormal activity. She decides this is the perfect story to finish her thesis on. As Sam digs deeper into the realm of the tree, she begins to uncover the truth about these urban legends. Struggling with her own demons of her past, Samantha is confronted with a the true demon of the tree and now must expose the truth in hopes to set it free. In the end, Samantha founds the real reason why evil is so rooted at The Devils Tree.

Questions people ask

  • Is Devil's Tree: Rooted Evil scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.

  • Is Devil's Tree: Rooted Evil easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is Devil's Tree: Rooted Evil violent? Somewhat. More violent than 72% of films.

  • Does Devil's Tree: Rooted Evil end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Devil's Tree: Rooted Evil sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

9/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity9

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise14

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love5

How much audiences actually like it

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