"Winter Wood" is a story of two grad students who travel to a rural Arkansas town in search of information about an Ozark folk myth concerning a man called the Sin Eater. Eventually they are able to find a local guide to help them and begin their journey through Winter Wood. As the sun sets their academic adventure becomes a fight for survival as the myth of the Sin Eater becomes an all too real tale of violence and backwoods terror.
The film is being directed by James Cotten, of the Roger Corman film "Demon Slayer". The screenplay was jointly written by Jason White, of the York film "Scarecrow", and James Cotten. The main antagonist, Eli the Sin Eater, is being played by singer/songwriter Joshua Payne.