In The Wild Man: Skunk Ape (2021), the skunk ape, also known as the Florida Bigfoot, has been rumored to be responsible for several murders in South Florida. A documentary crew sets out to uncover the truth.
Young women have been going missing in Ochopee, FL, without a single suspect in custody. A young journalist, Sara, convinces her crew to join her investigation as she travels to Ochopee to document her discoveries, but they soon realize their presence in this town is not welcome. Determined to find her story, Sara convinces her friends to stick with her, because they’re onto something big. Upon meeting Dale, the town’s notorious conspiracy theorist, she’s convinced he knows more than he is willing to share. The crew humors Dale’s ridiculous theories, even accompanying him into the Florida swamps on his quest to show them “The Wild Man”, hoping he’ll somehow reveal his guilt. But what the crew discovers is a secret much deeper than fairy tales and legends. What they discover is much darker and more sinister than they bargained for.
This is the new movie of producer and director Ryan Justice after the horror thriller Followers (2017). In his words, “We used our downtime to create and develop projects. “The Wild Man” happened to be the perfect project to make at the time. As a Florida Native, The Legend of the Skunk Ape always had our interest. We wanted to do a fun movie around the legend and do something different with the bigfoot movie genre”.
Sean Michael Gloria and Ian Longen are the writers of the film.
The main cast of The Wild Man: Skunk Ape (2021) is formed by Lauren Crandall, Julian Green, Mike Reed, David E. McMahon, Eric Henderson, Sean Michael Gloria, Nicholas Denmon, and Michael Paré in the role of Captain Stryker.
The movie had its premiere at the Popcorn Frights Film Festival on August 16, 2021. Now, it is scheduled for a digital release in North America on September 30, 2022, and later on October 7, 2022, on the Terror Films Channel.
Watch the official trailer for The Wild Man: Skunk Ape (2021) here.
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