Michael Calomino

While planting a tree as part of an Arbor Day celebration, Elmer Jacobs witnesses the horrifying slaughter of his parents by a grizzly bear. Catatonic for 20 years, he is taunted by apathetic doctors and a cruel hospital staff when he finally snaps like the branch of a tree, and begins a vengeful slaughter, reaping a crop of victims using gardening tools. Unaware of Elmer's rampage, a group of teens party in his abandoned house only to be chopped down one by one.

A behind the scenes look at the guerrilla cult film "Arbor Day", which has re-emerged after 35 years with a 4K restoration. See how a group of inexperienced young friends learned the hard way about how difficult it was to make a film in the 1980's. Follow the journey recalled by cast members and crew as they battled production disasters, financial short-falls and unexpected challenges that almost uprooted the project- forcing them to come up with some creative solutions if they were to succeed.