Original subtitles

[ WAVES CRASHING ]

SO, THEY SAID IT WAS A WHAT?

CALL SAID IT WAS "A PILE OF DEBRIS WITH A STRONG ODOR."

AND IT'S ALL THE WAY HERE AT THE OTHER END OF THE ISLAND?

THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID.

YOU EVER GET A CALL LIKE THIS BEFORE, TILLIS?

NOT EXACTLY.

YOU EVER GET ONE KIND OF LIKE IT?

NO, FRANK.

WH-WHAT KIND OF ODOR DID THEY SAY IT WAS?

I DON'T KNOW.

LIKE, A BAD ODOR?

I DON'T KNOW, FRANK.

WHAT, LIKE GARBAGE OR... OR... OR DEAD FISH?

I DON'T KNOW, FRANK.

OH, HEY, WHAT'S THAT?

STOP THE CAR, FRANK.

WHAT? NO.

I'M JUST GONNA PARK RIGHT OVER...

FRANK, STOP THE CAR!

[ ENGINE SHUTS OFF ] [ CRICKETS CHIRPING ]

WELL, HELLO THERE.

WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

WHAT'S WRONG WITH HER?

QUIET.

WHERE ARE YOUR PARENTS?

I'LL BET SOMEBODY'S LOOKING FOR YOU.

HOW'D SHE GET ALL THE WAY OUT HERE?

HUSH!

HOW ABOUT IF WE GET YOU TO DR. LAWRENCE?

WHAT?

WHAT?

DAMN, FRANK.

GO CHECK ON THAT MESS ON THE BEACH AND KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR

HER PARENTS.

I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

I'M GONNA TAKE HER IN TO DR. JO... SEE IF SHE'S HURT.

AWW!

GO ON!

COME ON, TILLIS.

IT'S JUST RED TIDE.

JUST DO IT.

DAMN, FRANK.

[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ] [ WAVES CRASHING ]

UGH.

THAT AIN'T NO DEAD FISH.

GOD DAMN IT.

[ GROWLING ]

♪ STOMP ♪ SHOUT

♪ SCREAM

♪ STOMP ♪ SHOUT

♪ SCREAM ♪ IT HAPPENED ON A NIGHT

I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER ♪ ♪ IT HAPPENED ON A NIGHT

I COULD NEVER FORGET ♪

♪ HIS ARMS WERE SO WARM, AND HIS LIPS WERE SO TENDER ♪

♪ SEEMED SO RIGHT EVEN THOUGH WE JUST MET ♪

♪ YOU KNOW I ALWAYS THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER FIND LOVE AGAIN ♪

♪ OOH-OOH-OOH ♪ AND THEN HE CAME OUT OF

NOWHERE AND HE STOLE AWAY MY HEART ♪

♪ NOW IT'S ALL OVER 'CAUSE OF FORCES I CANNOT NAME ♪

♪ OOH-OOH-OOH ♪ AND UNSPEAKABLE THINGS THAT

HAPPENED IN THE DARK ♪ ♪ STOMP

♪ SHOUT ♪ SCREAM

♪ STOMP ♪ SHOUT

♪ SCREAM ♪ WE WERE ALL DANCING, WE

WERE HAVING A BALL ♪ ♪ WE THOUGHT THE PARTY WOULD

LAST ALL NIGHT ♪ ♪ BUT WE WERE WE'RE 'CAUSE

THROUGH IT ALL ♪ ♪ DEATH AND DESTRUCTION LURKED

RIGHT OUTSIDE ♪ ♪ YOU KNOW, I NEVER THOUGHT I

COULD EVER FIND LOVE AGAIN ♪ ♪ OOH-OOH-OOH

♪ THEN HE CAME OUT OF NOWHERE AND HE STOLE AWAY MY HEART ♪

♪ NOW IT'S ALL OVER CAUSE OF FORCES I CANNOT NAME ♪

♪ OOH-OOH-OOH ♪ AND UNSPEAKABLE THINGS THAT

HAPPENED IN THE DARK ♪ ♪ STOMP

♪ SHOUT ♪ SCREAM

♪ STOMP ♪ SHOUT

♪ SCREAM [ GUITAR SOLO ]

♪ SCREAM [ GUITAR SOLO ]

♪ YOU KNOW, I NEVER THOUGHT I COULD EVER FIND LOVE AGAIN ♪

♪ OOH-OOH-OOH ♪ AND THEN HE CAME OUT OF

NOWHERE, AND HE STOLE AWAY MY HEART ♪

♪ NOW IT'S ALL OVER 'CAUSE OF FORCES I CANNOT NAME ♪

♪ OOH-OOH-OOH ♪ AND UNSPEAKABLE THINGS THAT

HAPPENED IN THE DARK ♪

♪ STOMP ♪ SHOUT

♪ SCREAM ♪ STOMP

♪ SHOUT ♪ SCRE-E-E-AM!

AAH!

[ ENGINE SHUTS OFF ] HEY, YOU LADIES WERE GREAT

TONIGHT.

THANKS.

THANKS FOR COMING OUT TO SEE US.

YEAH, TH-THAT'S A TOUGH CROWD IN THERE, BUT I THINK YOU MADE

SOME NEW FANS.

YOU THINK?

AT LEAST ONE.

SO, WHERE ARE Y'ALL FROM?

NEW YORK.

OH, YEAH?

HEY, THERE'S A PARTY.

THERE'S A PARTY, IF YOU WANT TO GO AND HANG OUT.

SURE. LET'S GO.

CAN'T. GOT ANOTHER GIG.

WELL, DO YOU HAVE TO LEAVE TONIGHT?

YEAH, DO WE HAVE TO LEAVE TONIGHT?

[ SCOFFS ] THE GIG IS IN FLORIDA.

WE'LL BE DRIVING ALL NIGHT TO GET THERE.

COME ON, JODY.

ALL RIGHT.

THANKS FOR PLAYING A GREAT SHOW.

OH, HEY... NOW YOU CAN LISTEN TO US ANYTIME YOU WANT.

[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ] THANKS.

HMM.

WHAT DO YOU THINK, JO?

I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING PHYSIOLOGICALLY WRONG WITH

HER... NOT WITHOUT A FULL LAB WORKUP.

MY GUESS IS SOME KIND OF TRAUMATIC SHOCK.

WHAT COULD CAUSE SOMETHING LIKE THIS?

SOMETHING TRAUMATIC MOST OF THE TIME.

I SEE IT IN ADULTS AFTER CAR ACCIDENTS OR SOME KIND OF

NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE.

IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN SNAP HER OUT OF IT?

THAT'S OUT OF MY AREA OF EXPERTISE.

I'LL CALL A PSYCHIATRIST FRIEND IN THE MORNING... SEE IF HE CAN

HELP HER.

OKAY.

I'LL TAKE CAR OF HER TONIGHT.

THANKS, JO.

CAN I USE YOUR PHONE?

OF COURSE.

HEY, TILLIS...

YOU JUST FIND HER PARENTS.

YEAH.

[ INSECTS CHIRPING ] [ WAVES CRASHING ]

ANYBODY OUT THERE?

FRANK?!

FRANK?!

FRANK?

FRANK?

AAH! AAH!

AAH! OHH!

[ SEA GULLS CRYING ] WELL, THERE AIN'T NOTHING IN

THERE NOW.

YOU CAN SEE STRAIGHT ON THROUGH INTO THE CENTER.

WATCH YOUR STEP THERE, SHERIFF.

OH, GEEZ.

DR. JO SAYS SHE CAN DO THE AUTOPSY JUST AS SOON AS WE GET

FRANK'S BODY TO HER.

ALL RIGHT.

BOB, LET'S GET THIS BODY BAG OFF THE BEACH.

UH, I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE ALL OF HIM YET, SHERIFF.

NOW, BOB!

ALL RIGHT, TILLIS.

SHOW ME WHERE THOSE OTHER FOOTPRINTS GO.

THIS MUST HAVE BEEN THE PLACE WHERE THE LITTLE GIRL WAS JUST

BEFORE WE FOUND HER.

THIS PAIL SHE WAS CARRYING MATCHES THESE SAND CASTLES

EXACTLY.

YEAH? WHAT ELSE?

THE FOOTPRINTS COMING DOWN FROM THE ROAD SHOWS THAT... IT

LOOKS LIKE THE TWO ADULTS WERE HERE, TOO.

YEAH?

AND THE ONES THAT LEAD TO THE DEBRIS?

HELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO MAKE ABOUT THOSE.

LOOK AT THESE.

WHAT IN THE HELL IS THAT?

[ Chuckling ] I COULDN'T TELL YOU.

I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT BEFORE.

WELL, LET'S GET A CAST OF THESE PRINTS.

BOB!

YES?

OH, JESUS, BOB.

GET THE CASTING KIT AND MAKE... MAKE A CAST OF THESE PRINTS?

GOT IT.

ANYBODY ELSE KNOW ABOUT THIS?

WELL, DR. LAWRENCE, AND I CALLED FRANK'S MOTHER THIS

MORNING.

YEAH? WHAT DID YOU TELL HER?

AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE TILL WE CAN FIGURE THIS THING OUT.

GOOD.

NOT ANOTHER WORD TO ANYBODY.

SHE'S NOT GONNA KEEP IT TO HERSELF.

IT'S GONNA BE ALL OVER TOWN BY THIS AFTERNOON.

OH, THAT'S ALL RIGHT, AS LONG AS IT DON'T GET OFF THIS ISLAND.

DON'T YOU THINK WE OUGHT TO CALL THE STATE LABORATORY AND

LET THEM CHECK ON THE... WE ARE NOT GONNA CALL ANYBODY

UNTIL I SAY SO.

WITHOUT THEM, HOW ARE WE GONNA GET THE EVIDENCE TO TRY...

NO CALLS, NO STATE POLICE, PERIOD.

LOOK, I KNOW WE JUST HAD AN ELECTION AND YOU'RE TRYING TO

KEEP UP APPEARANCES, BUT THIS THING IS TOO BIG FOR...

I AM THE SHERIFF HERE, TILLIS, AND NOBODY'S GONNA KNOW

ANYTHING UNTIL I SAY SO.

I CALLED ANOTHER PERSON.

I CALLED JOHN.

YOUR SON-IN-LAW?

WELL, WHAT THE HELL'S HE GONNA DO?

HE'S A PROFESSOR OF PLANT BIOLOGY.

HE CAN PROBABLY TELL US WHERE THAT DEBRIS CAME FROM AND MAYBE

EVEN IDENTIFY THE TRACKS.

HE'S ALREADY ON HIS WAY?

HE'LL BE HERE THIS MORNING.

[ SIGHS ] I DON'T LIKE IT.

LET'S JUST GET HIM TO TELL US WHAT HE KNOWS AND SEND HIM ON

BACK HOME.

OH, SURE, DOUG.

AND YOU MAKE SURE HE CAN KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT.

[ STARTER CLICKING ] [ BIRDS CHIRPING ]

IT'S STILL DEAD.

THERE'S NOT A CLICK... NOTHING.

THIS ISN'T GONNA WORK.

WE SHOULD HAVE NEVER TRIED THIS TOUR.

WE'LL MAKE IT.

WE'LL FIND A MECHANIC IN THE NEXT TOWN, AND WE'LL GET BACK ON

THE ROAD.

[ BIRDS CHIRPING ] HERE WE GO.

HEY! HEY, OVER HERE!

OVER HERE!

OH, HE'S STOPPING. COOL.

HI.

HELLO.

YEAH, HEY.

ARE YOU A MECHANIC?

NO, NOT REALLY.

NOT REALLY?

WELL, NO.

I'M NOT A MECHANIC AT ALL, ACTUALLY.

CAN YOU GIVE US A RIDE, THEN?

YES.

YES, I CAN DO THAT.

GROOVY.

HERE.

LET ME HELP YOU WITH THAT.

I GOT IT.

I DON'T NEED ANY HELP.

THIS ONE'S HEAVY.

THANKS.

I'M JOHN PATTERSON.

CAROL.

JODY.

THEODORA.

I TAKE IT YOU'RE NOT ON A BEACH VACATION.

NOT EXACTLY.

WE WERE ON TOUR.

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO PLAY IN JACKSONVILLE TONIGHT.

THERE'S A HURRICANE DOWN THERE.

YEAH, WE HEARD.

THAT'S A DRAG.

SO, WHERE YOU SUPPOSED TO PLAY?

JACKSONVILLE.

NO, I GOT THAT.

WHAT BAR?

SOME PLACE CALLED JACK'S DAIRY BAR.

YEAH, I KNOW THE PLACE.

THAT'S A TOUGH CROWD.

OH, YEAH.

THAT'S THE TOUR WE'RE ON.

IT'S THE HURRICANE-SEASON, DIVE-BAR, TOUGH-CROWD TOUR.

NOT ANYMORE, WE'RE NOT.

WHERE ARE YOU HEADING, JOHN?

UH, MERRIVILLE ISLAND.

OH, WE JUST CAME FROM THERE.

WELL, I'VE GOT A FRIEND THAT OWNS A GARAGE.

HE'S GOT A TOW TRUCK.

HE CAN GET YOU BACK ON THE ROAD.

THAT IS GREAT. THANKS.

WOW.

SO... SO, JOHN, YOU LIVE HERE?

NO... FLORIDA.

MY... THE COPS CALLED ME IN TO EXAMINE SOME ENIGMATIC DEBRIS ON

THE BEACH.

IT'S GOT AN ABERRANT ODOR, THEY SAID.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

THE, UH... WELL, SOMETHING WASHED UP ON THE BEACH, AND THE

COPS DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.

ALL THEY SAID WAS THAT IT SMELLED.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL THEM?

I'M A BIOLOGIST AT THE UNIVERSITY.

MY FATHER-IN-LAW IS A COP HERE.

WELL, MY EX'S FATHER, ACTUALLY.

SO, YOU'RE DIVORCED?

YEAH.

UH, SO, WHAT'S THE NAME OF YOUR BAND?

THE VIOLAS.

WOULD I HAVE HEARD OF YOU?

EVER HEARD THE SONG "BACK OFF MY BABY"?

NO.

HOW ABOUT "SHE CRIED"?

NOPE.

OKAY. WELL, NOW THAT YOU'VE HEARD THEM, CALL YOUR LOCAL

RADIO D.J. AND REQUEST 'EM.

[ CHUCKLES ] TELL YOUR FRIENDS TO DO THE

SAME.

MAYBE I'LL BE ABLE TO SAY, "I KNEW THEM WHEN..."

THAT'S RIGHT.

YOU'RE ALL SET.

DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE PARTY... TOMORROW NIGHT.

WE WOULDN'T MISS IT.

WE'LL SEE YOU LATER, THEN.

[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ] HEY, THANKS.

OH, YEAH, THANKS FOR THE RIDE.

HEY.

UH, GOOD LUCK... WITH THE CAR AND... AND THE TOUR.

THANKS.

[ KEYS CLACKING SLOWLY ] YOU GOT THAT MISSING-PERSONS

REPORT DONE YET?

JUST ABOUT.

[ CLACKING CONTINUES ] WHERE IN THE HELL IS THAT

BOB?

I SWEAR TO GOD.

[ DOOR OPENS ] HEY, LOOK AT THIS.

IT LOOKS LIKE SOME KIND OF GORILLA FOOT, DOESN'T IT?

[ SIGHS ] GREAT.

YEAH.

YOU THINK WE HAVE SOME KIND OF GORILLA ON THE LOOSE?

NO.

JUST GO PUT IT ON THE TABLE WITH THE OTHER EVIDENCE, BOB.

ONE OFFICER DEAD, TWO MORE PEOPLE MISSING.

IT JUST DON'T MAKE NO SENSE.

WHAT KIND OF HOMICIDAL MANIAC WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS?

ACTUALLY, SHERIFF, I CHECKED WITH THE PICKENS COUNTY MENTAL

HOSPITAL.

ALL THE PATIENTS ARE ACCOUNTED FOR UP THERE.

I THINK WE'D HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED IF THERE HAD BEEN AN

ESCAPED LUNATIC.

ALL RIGHT.

WHAT ABOUT THAT LITTLE GIRL?

SHE'S OUR ONLY WITNESS.

WE GOT TO GET HER TALKING.

AH, NO CHANGE AS OF THIS MORNING.

I'LL CALL DR. JO AGAIN.

[ KNOCK ON DOOR ] [ DOOR OPENS ]

HELLO?

HEY, JOHN.

[ Chuckling ] TILLIS.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.

BOB.

SHERIFF.

THANKS FOR COMING UP ON SUCH SHORT NOTICE.

OH, ABSOLUTELY.

TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS MYSTERIOUS BEACH DEBRIS.

I'M AFRAID THERE'S A LITTLE MORE TO IT THAN WHAT I TOLD YOU

ON THE PHONE.

WHAT IS IT?

WHY THE LONG FACES?

FRANK KINCADE IS DEAD, JOHN.

HE WAS KILLED LAST NIGHT.

OH, MY GOD.

WHAT HAPPENED?

SOMEONE OR SOMETHING TORE HIM APART.

WE FOUND HIS BODY, OR WHAT WAS LEFT OF IT, IN THAT DEBRIS ON

THE BEACH.

ANYONE SEE ANYTHING?

WE'RE NOT SURE.

WE FOUND A LITTLE GIRL ON THE BEACH WHERE FRANK WAS KILLED.

WE THINK HER PARENTS DISAPPEARED THERE LAST NIGHT.

SHE'S OVER AT DR. JO'S IN A STATE OF SHOCK.

SHE HADN'T SAID ANYTHING SINCE WE FOUND HER.

HOW CAN I HELP?

WE WERE HOPING YOU COULD I.D.

THAT DEBRIS.

THAT'D BE A START ON FIGURING THIS THING OUT.

AND THERE'S THIS.

OH, MY GOD.

IT LOOKS LIKE A BIG GORILLA FOOT, DOESN'T IT?

[ TELEPHONE RINGS ] [ RECEIVER PICKS UP ]

MERRIVILLE POLICE.

OH, HEY, DR. JO.

THIS IS BOB.

OH, YEAH.

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL BE RIGHT OVER.

DR. JO HAS FRANK'S AUTOPSY REPORT READY.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO.

BOB, YOU TAKE JOHN TO THE CRIME SCENE.

TILLIS, YOU'RE WITH ME.

I'D LIKE TO SEE THE GIRL, IF I COULD.

YOU JUST DO WHAT I... BOB, GO TO THE BEACH, GET A

PIECE OF THAT DEBRIS, BRING IT TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE.

SURE THING, TILLIS.

GREAT.

I'LL GET MY THINGS OUT OF THE CAR.

GOOD.

[ SIGHS ] I AM IN CHARGE HERE.

SURE, DOUG.

YOU'RE THE SHERIFF.

[ SIGHS ] HELLO?

HEY!

ANY IDEA WHAT THE PROBLEM IS?

BATTERY'S DEAD!

DOESN'T SOUND SO BAD.

WELL, IT'S DEAD 'CAUSE YOUR ALTERNATOR KILLED IT.

THAT DOESN'T SOUND SO GOOD.

DO YOU THINK YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FIX IT TODAY?

YEAH.

GREAT.

IF I HAD AN ALTERNATOR.

WHEN WILL YOU BE ABLE TO GET ONE?

TOMORROW.

WE HAVE TO BE IN JACKSONVILLE TONIGHT.

[ CLICKS TONGUE ] THAT'S UNFORTUNATE.

IS THERE ANOTHER GARAGE IN TOWN?

THIS TOWN?

YEAH, THIS TOWN.

NO.

CAN I SPEAK WITH THE OWNER?

THAT'S ME.

I'M HECTOR.

SO, WE'RE STUCK HERE?

I'M AFRAID SO.

GREAT.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL TOWN.

I'M SURE IT IS.

♪ HAPPENED ON A NIGHT I COULD ALWAYS REMEMBER ♪

♪ HAPPENED ON A NIGHT I COULD NEVER FORGET ♪

YOU WERE AT OUR SHOW LAST NIGHT.

♪ HIS ARMS WERE SO WARM, AND HIS LIPS WERE SO TENDER ♪

♪ SEEMED SO RIGHT EVEN THOUGH WE... ♪

I PUT THE TIME OF DEATH AROUND 9:00, 9:30 P.M.

THERE WAS SEVERE TRAUMA TO THE KIDNEYS, THE BLADDER, THE

SPLEEN, FOUR BROKEN RIBS, THREE BROKEN VERTEBRAE, CRACKED

SKULL, SEVERE LOSS OF BLOOD DUE TO LACERATIONS OF THE NECK AND

CHEST.

LET'S CUT TO THE VERB, DOC.

WHAT KILLED HIM?

ANY ONE OF THOSE THINGS COULD HAVE KILLED FRANK.

THE CONSTELLATION OF INJURIES... THE BITE MARKS, THE CLAW MARKS,

THE DEVASTATION OF THE TORSO... SEEM TO POINT TOWARD SOME KIND

OF ANIMAL ATTACK, BUT NOT ANY ANIMAL I'VE EVER SEEN.

AND THE SMELL, DR. LAWRENCE... IS THAT THE BODY

DECOMPOSING?

NO, AND I CAN'T IDENTIFY IT, EITHER.

THANKS. THANKS, DR. JO.

COULD WE SEE THE GIRL NOW?

I THOUGHT SHE'D BE MORE COMFORTABLE IN HERE.

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT, HONEY?

WE'RE GONNA YOU HOME SOON.

HOW LONG HAS SHE BEEN LIKE THIS?

EVER SINCE WE FOUND HER LAST NIGHT.

AND YOU SAID THAT THERE'S NOTHING PHYSICAL TO ACCOUNT FOR

THIS?

NOTHING I CAN FIND.

WELL, CAN'T YOU GIVE HER SOMETHING, DOC?

WE GOT TO GET HER TALKING.

[ KNOCK ON DOOR ] PARDON ME, DR. JO.

OHH.

OHH.

I'VE GOT THAT BRANCH FROM THE BEACH.

JESUS, BOB!

SORRY... POLICE BUSINESS.

UGH.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT THE SQUAD CAR SURE AS HELL REEKS OF

IT.

SKUNK APE!

SKUNK APE!

SKUNK APE!

[ BREATHING HEAVILY ] SKUNK APE!

SKUNK APE!

SKUNK APE!

IT'S THE BRANCH.

IT'S THE DEBRIS FROM THE BEACH.

COME ON.

LET'S GET IT OUT OF HERE.

SKUNK APE!

[ BREATHING HEAVILY ] SKUNK APE!

NOW, WHAT IN THE HELL WAS ALL THAT ABOUT?

I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW.

[ SCOFFS ] THEN WHY THE HELL ARE YOU HERE,

KID?

SHE SEEMS TO HAVE CALMED DOWN SOME.

DR. JO WILL TAKE GOOD CARE OF HER.

NO.

NO, IT CAN'T BE.

WHAT IS IT, JOHN?

DID IT SOUND LIKE SHE WAS SAYING, "SKUNK APE"?

SURE DID.

"SKUNK APE"?

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID.

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER TOLD YOU THIS STORY, TILLIS.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING I LIKE TO TALK ABOUT MUCH.

WHAT IS IT, JOHN?

SPIT IT OUT, SON.

WHEN I WAS A KID, UP UNTIL I WAS 10 YEARS OLD, MY PARENTS

WOULD GO TO THE EVERGLADES TO LOOK FOR BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES TO

TAKE TO THEIR LAB AT THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE.

I HAD HEARD THE STORIES ALL MY LIFE, BUT MY PARENTS...

WELL, THEY TREATED THEM LIKE THEY WERE FAIRY TALES.

WE'D SEE ANIMAL CARCASSES DEVOURED OR TREES MANGLED, AND

ALWAYS THE SMELL, LIKE A WET DOG OR A DEAD ANIMAL, BUT A HUNDRED

TIMES WORSE.

MY DAD WOULD ALWAYS COME UP WITH AN EXPLANATION FOR THE THINGS WE

SAW... FLORIDA PANTHERS, ALLIGATORS, LIGHTNING STRIKES.

I DON'T THINK MY MOTHER WAS SO SURE.

WHEN I WAS OLD ENOUGH, THEY'D TAKE ME WITH THEM INTO THE

SWAMP.

ONE DAY... AND TO THIS DAY, I DON'T KNOW WHY... THEY LEFT ME

BACK AT FORT LONESOME.

THEY WENT OUT TO COLLECT SAMPLES FROM DEEP IN THE SWAMP.

THEY NEVER CAME BACK.

A COUPLE DAYS LATER, THEY FOUND THEIR AIRBOAT ADRIFT...

WITH THAT SMELL ON IT.

I NEVER SAW THEM AGAIN.

[ CHUCKLES ] WELL, THAT'S QUITE A STORY, SON,

BUT WHAT THE HELL'S IT GOT TO DO WITH ANYTHING?

BIGFOOT, SASQUATCH, YETI.

IN THE EVERGLADES, IT'S THE SKUNK APE, AN ANTEDILUVIAN

SIMIAN CREATURE WITH NO SCIENTIFIC PROOF OF ITS

EXISTENCE... JUST OCCASIONAL SIGHTINGS, SOME SPARSE HAIR

SAMPLES, MAYBE A FOOTPRINT ONCE IN A WHILE, BUT ALWAYS THAT

SMELL.

ONCE YOU GET A WHIFF OF IT, YOU'LL NEVER FORGET IT.

I HAVE A FILING CABINET FULL OF NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS OF ALL THE

SIGHTINGS.

I'VE KIND OF BEEN DOING MY OWN RESEARCH ON THE THING EVER SINCE

MY PARENTS DISAPPEARED.

HOW WOULD A THING LIKE THAT GET UP HERE?

"UP HERE"?

NOW WAIT A SECOND.

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

I THINK WE NEED TO SEE THAT BEACH DEBRIS AS SOON AS

POSSIBLE.

HECTOR SAYS IT'S A GOOD CAR.

IT'LL BE FINE ONCE WE GET THE NEW ALTERNATOR.

AND WHEN'S THAT?

TOMORROW.

WHAT ABOUT JACKSONVILLE?

I CALLED THE CLUB, AND I TOLD THEM THAT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO

MAKE IT.

AND YOU'RE CERTAIN HE CAN FIX IT BY TOMORROW?

THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.

OKAY.

[ SIGHS ] WHERE DO WE STAY TONIGHT?

THERE'S A MOTEL DOWN THE BEACH WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE.

IT'S NOT TOO EXPENSIVE.

HECTOR SAY THAT, TOO?

[ CHUCKLES ] HOW ARE WE GONNA PAY FOR ALL

THIS?

WE HAVE ENOUGH CASH FOR THE MOTEL.

I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE CAR.

HOW MUCH IS IT GONNA BE?

I DON'T KNOW.

HECTOR SAID NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT.

[ BOTH LAUGH ] WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

[ Laughing ] LET'S JUST CROSS THAT BRIDGE WHEN WE COME TO IT.

COME ON. LET'S GO TO THE BEACH.

[ SIGHS ] IT'S DEFINITELY EVERGLADES

MANGROVE TREES.

THE OKEFENOKEE HAS A DIFFERENT SPECIES.

OHH, GOD!

I AIN'T NEVER SMELLED NOTHING LIKE THAT!

HOLD ON A SECOND.

WHAT IS IT, JOHN?

[ SNIFFS ] NOW YOU'RE GONNA TELL ME

THAT'S FROM YOUR MONKEY.

SKUNK APE.

BOB.

IT LOOKS LIKE PRIMATE HAIR, BUT I'M GONNA HAVE TO RUN SOME

TESTS TO BE SURE.

SO, THE DEBRIS IS FROM THE EVERGLADES.

SO WHAT?

THAT DON'T PROVE NOTHING.

I'VE SEEN SAMPLES LIKE THIS BEFORE.

NOW, I SHOULD BE ABLE TO TELL HOW LONG IT'S BEEN DETACHED FROM

THE ANIMAL THAT IT CAME FROM AND IF IT DID COME FROM THE

SKUNK APE.

HOW LONG HAS THIS DEBRIS BEEN HERE?

WE GOT THE CALL ABOUT 18 HOURS AGO.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING FOR SURE, BUT I WOULD GUESS THAT

THIS HAS COME OFF THE ANIMAL ABOUT... 8 HOURS AGO.

CAN I SET UP MY EQUIPMENT IN YOUR OFFICE?

WELL, OF COURSE.

GREAT.

NOW, THESE TESTS ARE GONNA HAVE TO RUN ALL NIGHT, BUT I SHOULD

BE ABLE TO FIND SOME ANSWERS IN THE MORNING.

THINGS COULD BE WORSE.

I MEAN, A DAY AT THE BEACH IS NOT SO BAD.

WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY NEW FANS THIS WAY.

WELL, YEAH, BUT... BUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE'LL GET TAN FOR

OUR SHOWS NOW.

OH, NOW, CATS AND KITTENS, I KNOW YOU GOT THOSE SPADES AND

SHOVELS IN YOUR HANDS HALFWAY TO CHINA, BUT DIG THIS... IT

LOOKS LIKE THE BIG WIND.

FLORIDA IS BRACING FOR ANOTHER HIT FROM HURRICANE DOROTHY.

NOW, THE WEATHER MAN'S SAYING THE STORM HAS REVERSED DIRECTION

AND IS TURNING BACK TO HIT THE SUNSHINE STATE A SECOND TIME.

SO, LISTEN UP SURFERS... IF YOU THINK YOU BRAVE, GET OUT YOUR

CAVE AND CATCH THAT GLORY WAVE.

GREAT, A HURRICANE... JUST WHAT WE NEED.

IT'LL BE OKAY, THEODORA.

IT'S WAY DOWN IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

IT'LL BE GONE BY THE TIME WE GET THERE.

[ SURF MUSIC PLAYING ] I KNEW SOMETHING LIKE THIS

WOULD HAPPEN.

NOTHING COMES EASY.

[ LAUGHS ] I DON'T KNOW.

YOU CERTAINLY ARE ATTRACTING ALL THE AVAILABLE MEN STRAIGHT TO

YOU.

IT'S LIKE... LIKE FLIES TO RAW MEAT.

UGH! THAT'S DISGUSTING.

THE SCIENTIST GUY... HE WAS EYEING YOU THE ENTIRE WAY IN THE

CAR.

I WAS WATCHING HIM FROM THE BACK SEAT.

I THOUGHT HE WAS CUTE.

MM-HMM.

TAKE HIM.

HECTOR?

I MEAN, HE WAS FRIENDLY WITH YOU.

HE'S ALL YOURS.

HEY, MAYBE THE SCIENTIST GUY IS STAYING HERE.

I'LL CALL THE FRONT DESK.

UH, DON'T DO THAT.

WHAT'S IT GONNA HURT?

THERE IS NOTHING ELSE TO DO HERE.

NOT IN THE MOOD, JODY.

YES, YES, I'M LOOKING FOR A GUEST... JOHN SOMETHING...

PATTERSON.

I'M GOING FOR A WALK.

OHH... OH, I'M SORRY.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

I'LL... [ DOOR CLOSES ]

I'LL CHECK BACK LATER.

[ RECEIVER HANGS UP ] THAT WASN'T VERY NICE.

WHAT? SHE PUSHED ME.

THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT.

I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET HER TO HAVE SOME FUN.

YOU KNOW HOW SHE IS WITH GUYS.

SHE'S GONNA HAVE TO COME OUT OF THIS ON HER OWN.

FINE. LET HER STAY IN HER SHELL FOR LIKE FIVE MORE YEARS.

[ SCOFFS ] LET'S GET SOME MORE BEER.

[ SCOFFS ] LET'S GET SOME MORE BEER.

[ GROWLING ] AAH! AAH!

AAH!

OH! GOD.

HEY, HEY, IT'S ME.

IT'S ME.

I HEAR... I HEARD SOMEONE SCREAM.

IT WAS REALLY CLOSE.

YEAH, I HEARD IT, TOO.

CAME OUT TO SEE IF I COULD HELP.

CAN WE GET JUST GET OUT OF HERE?

THERE'S A PHONE AT THE GARAGE.

WE CAN CALL THE POLICE.

OKAY.

ON THE BEACH.

I DON'T KNOW.

UM, NOT FAR FROM THE MOTEL.

START AT THE STATE PARK, WHERE THE MARSH MEETS THE BEACH.

BOB'S ON HIS WAY TO CHECK IT OUT NOW.

I'LL TAKE THEODORA TO THE MOTEL.

I'LL BE BACK IN 15 MINUTES.

CALL ME, AND I CAN HELP... YOU GO BACK TO THE MOTEL AND

STAY PUT.

LET THE POLICE TAKE CARE OF THIS.

SHERIFF... [ RECEIVER SLAMS ]

OW!

[ CRICKETS CHIRPING ] THE POLICE ARE CHECKING IT

OUT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT WAS?

I-I DON'T KNOW.

ARE YOU STAYING AT THE MERRIVILLE MOTEL?

YEAH.

CAN I WALK YOU BACK?

I'M OKAY.

[ CLEARS THROAT ] YOU DON'T HAVE TO.

I'M OKAY NOW.

WELL, A-A-ACTUALLY, I'M STAYING THERE MYSELF, SO...

I MEAN, WE COULD WALK SEPARATELY, BUT THERE'S REALLY

ONLY THIS ONE ROAD.

I COULD TAKE THIS SIDE, YOU COULD TAKE THE OTHER, AND WE

COULD AVOID EYE CONTACT.

IT'S ALL RIGHT.

LET'S JUST GO.

[ WAVES CRASHING ] WE'VE BEEN PLAYING TOGETHER

ALMOST FOUR YEARS.

CAROL AND I HAVE BEEN FRIENDS SINCE 7th GRADE.

WE THINK THAT IF THE SHANGRI-LAS CAN HAVE A HIT, WHY CAN'T WE?

YOU'RE REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT THIS.

PEOPLE HAVE TO BELIEVE IN SOMETHING.

I BELIEVE WE CAN MAKE A LIVING PLAYING MUSIC.

WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'D BE DOING IF YOU WEREN'T A MUSICIAN?

I HAVE NO IDEA.

THERE'S ISN'T ANYTHING ELSE... ANYTHING ELSE THAT I WOULD

RATHER BE.

I THINK I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN.

I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT... THAT WE'LL MAKE IT.

AND IF YOU DON'T?

YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.

I STILL HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT WE CAN MAKE IT.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU BELIEVE IN WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND YOU ENJOY WHAT

YOU'RE DOING, THEN THE END RESULT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER

YOU MAKE IT BIG AND FAMOUS, RICH, WHATEVER.

IT DOESN'T MATTER.

IF I START TO BELIEVE THAT WHAT I'M DOING IS JUST A WASTE OF

TIME, I GET DEPRESSED, LIKE, "WHAT AM I DOING HERE?

JUST PASSING TIME, WORKING SOME 9:00-TO-5:00 JOB, WAITING TO

DIE.

EVERYBODY NEEDS A PASSION.

YEAH. I THINK SO.

TOO MANY PEOPLE DON'T.

DOES THAT LEAVE TIME FOR ANYTHING ELSE?

LIKE WHAT?

LIKE... I DON'T KNOW... ROMANCE?

YEAH [CHUCKLES] I TRIED THAT.

DIDN'T WORK.

NO?

NO.

WANT TO TELL ME THE STORY?

NO.

ALL RIGHT.

I WENT FROM THE MARSH TO THE END OF THE STATE PARK, WHERE THE

DEBRIS IS... NEVER FOUND ANYTHING.

YOU GET ANY FOOTPRINTS?

THE WIND WAS BLOWING PRETTY HARD, SO THERE WAS NO CHANCE OF

FOLLOWING FOOTPRINTS OR ANY KIND OF TRAIL.

WAS THERE ANY ACTIVITY AROUND THE DEBRIS?

I DIDN'T SEE ANY NEW FOOTPRINTS AROUND IT LAST NIGHT

OR THIS MORNING, BUT IT'S PRETTY TORN UP.

THE TIDE TOOK MOST OF IT LAST NIGHT.

[ DOOR CLOSES ] HE'S PROBABLY ABANDONED IT.

WHAT MAKES YOU SAY THAT, JOHN?

WELL, I THINK IT WAS A KIND OF NEST... HIS HOME.

THAT'S WHY THE ODOR WAS SO BAD.

I DON'T THINK HE'S GONNA RETURN TO IT.

WELL, GOOD.

WELL, NO, NOT REALLY.

HE'S PROBABLY LOOKING FOR A NEW HOME.

WELL, WHICH DIRECTION IS HE GONNA GO?

WE DON'T KNOW.

WE DON'T KNOW WHICH DIRECTION HE'S GONNA GO.

I'M NOT EVEN CONVINCED WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR YOUR APE

CREATURE.

SKUNK APE.

WELL, MAYBE THIS WILL CONVINCE YOU.

THE HAIR SAMPLES MATCHES THOSE THAT I'VE FOUND IN THE

EVERGLADES.

SO WHAT?

AND THE TEST SHOWS THAT IT CAME OFF THE ANIMAL ABOUT THE

SAME TIME AS FRANK'S DEATH.

SO, WE GOT A GORILLA...

SKUNK APE.

...ON THE LOOSE, KILLING PEOPLE?

I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT THE SKUNK APE IS HERE, IN

MERRIVILLE ISLAND.

HOW DO YOU THINK IT GOT HERE, JOHN?

THAT DEBRIS, HIS NEST... IT MUST HAVE BEEN WASHED OUT TO SEA

WHEN THAT HURRICANE HIT FLORIDA.

ONCE IT ENTERED THE GULF STREAM, IT WAS SWEPT UP THE COAST, DUE

TO WARM WATERS AND A NORTHERN HIGH-PRESSURE SYSTEM.

AND IT HAPPENED TO END UP HERE, IN MERRIVILLE ISLAND.

I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE THAT.

COULD SOMETHING LIKE THAT SURVIVE IN THE OPEN SEA FOR DAYS

ON END?

IT COULD HAVE, EXCEPT WE DON'T KNOW HOW LARGE THIS DEBRIS

WAS WHEN IT WAS SWEPT OUT INTO THE GULF.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN MASSIVE AND THAT'S ALL THAT'S LEFT.

[ CHUCKLES ] OKAY, ASSUME WE DO HAVE A

GORILLA... A SKUNK APE... LOOSE ON THE ISLAND.

HOW DO WE STOP HIM?

THIS CREATURE HAS LIVED ITS ENTIRE LIFE IN A SWAMP.

THIS CLIMATE, THIS ENVIRONMENT, IS COMPLETELY FOREIGN TO IT.

IT MUST BE SCARED, CONFUSED, ALMOST IN A CONSTANT PANIC.

THAT'S WHY IT'S ATTACKING ANYONE IT SEES.

UH-HUH.

HOW DO WE FIND IT AND KILL IT?

I DON'T THINK YOU UNDERSTAND.

THIS CREATURE IS THE MISSING LINK BETWEEN MAN AND APE.

THIS IS WHAT SCIENTISTS HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR FOR DECADES.

IF WE CAN CAPTURE HIM, CAPTURE HIM ALIVE...

[ LAUGHS ] NOW HOLD ON THERE.

I DON'T THINK YOU UNDERSTAND.

I HAVE A DEAD OFFICER AND TWO MISSING PEOPLE.

EVERY HOUR THAT PASSES PUTS THEM A STEP CLOSER TO BEING SIX FOOT

UNDER.

[ CLEARS THROAT ] I AIN'T GONNA LET THAT HAPPEN...

NOT HERE, NOT IN MY TOWN, NOT WHILE I'M THE SHERIFF.

WE CAN STOP THIS.

WE DON'T HAVE TO DESTROY IT.

EITHER WAY, FIRST WE HAVE TO FIND IT.

OH, YOU GO ON.

WE'LL... WE'LL BE RIGHT HERE.

GO. GO ON.

HEY!

WOULD YOU DO ME A FAVOR?

WOULD YOU SIGN THIS?

THAT'S FROM THE OTHER NIGHT, ISN'T IT?

ACTUALLY, I GOT THAT ONE OUT OF YOUR CAR.

BUT THE GUY AT THE RADIO STATION SAID HE'D PLAY IT IF I GOT HIM A

COPY.

TAKE IT OFF MY BILL.

DONE.

[ CHUCKLES ] CAN I TAKE YOU OUT TO LUNCH?

WHAT ABOUT THE CAR?

THE ALTERNATOR'S HERE.

THE GUYS WILL HAVE IT DONE THIS AFTERNOON.

YOU'RE NOT WORKING ON IT?

I'M THE BOSS.

THIS IS JUST FOR SHOW.

I SEE.

SO, HOW ABOUT IT?

LUNCH IS ON ME.

NO, I-I SHOULD REALLY GET BACK TO THE GIRLS.

DAMN IT.

[ CHUCKLES ] WE SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT.

YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.

WE SHOULD GO BACK AND GET A MECHANIC TO HIT ON US.

I JUST DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE PUSHING HER.

SHE'S GOT TO COME OUT OF THIS ON HER OWN.

CAROL, SHE HAS BEEN IN THIS FUNK FOR FIVE YEARS.

IF SHE DOESN'T GET OVER THAT BOY AND HER LITTLE CASE OF S...

HEY, WHAT'S THAT UP THERE?

I THINK IT'S A PERSON.

JODY, STOP!

AAH!

AAAAAAH!

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YOU GIRLS DID THE RIGHT THING, COMING TO US.

IT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT WE DO LOSE SOMEONE EVERY NOW AND THEN TO

THE UNDERTOW.

THEY SWIM OUT TOO FAR, TOO CLOSE TO THE PASS.

[ CHUCKLES ] YOU GIRLS JUST DON'T SWIM OUT

TOO FAR, NOW, YOU HEAR?

SURE.

[ CHUCKLES ] NOW, OFFICER TILLIS WILL TAKE

YOU BACK TO YOUR MOTEL.

Y'ALL HAVE A SAFE TRIP TO FLORIDA, YOU HEAR?

[ DOOR CLOSES ] BOB, HOW DID YOU MISS A BLOODY

TORSO?

I SEARCHED THAT PART OF THE BEACH.

I WASN'T THERE WHEN I LOOKED.

ENOUGH!

WHAT DID DR. JO HAVE TO SAY?

SAME AS FRANK... SEVERED LIMBS, CRUSHED RIBS.

BITE MARKS EVEN MATCH.

DAMN IT.

SHOULDN'T YOU HAVE TOLD THEM WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

TOLD THEM WHAT... THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT KILLED THAT

GIRL, THAT WE GOT A BIGFOOT RUNNING LOOSE ON THE ISLAND?

SKUNK APE.

SHUT UP, BOB.

SORRY, SHERIFF.

MAYBE THEY COULD HAVE HELPED US.

YOU DO YOUR JOB, AND I WILL DO MINE, YOU HEAR?

NOW, BOB, WHERE WAS THE BODY OF THAT GIRL FOUND?

UH, RIGHT... HERE.

IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S HEADING SOUTH, HIDING DURING THE DAY AND

MOVING ALONG THE BEACH AT NIGHT.

IF THAT'S TRUE, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO CORNER HIM AT THE TIP OF

THE ISLAND, NEAR THE OLD SPANISH FORT.

RIGHT.

EVENTUALLY, HE'S GOING TO RUN OUT OF ISLAND.

BOB, CLOSE THE BEACHES.

CALL IT RED TIDE, WHATEVER... I DON'T CARE... BUT I DON'T WANT

ANYBODY ON THAT BEACH.

AND NOT ONE WORD ABOUT A GORILLA OR A BIGFOOT OR A SKUNK APE.

YOU HEAR ME?

SURE. UH, RED TIDE... HURRICANE BROUGHT IT IN.

WE'RE GONNA GET THIS THING, DEAD OR ALIVE.

HECTOR, THERE'S SOMETHING I NEED TO TELL YOU.

[ SIGHS ] YOU ALREADY HAVE A HUGE FOAM

COWBOY HAT.

NO.

YOU DON'T REALLY NEED A HUGE FOAM COWBOY HAT?

NO, IT'S JUST THAT... NO, WAIT A SECOND.

DON'T TELL ME.

I THINK I... HECTOR, WE CAN'T PAY FOR THE

CAR REPAIRS.

OH, I SEE.

WE WILL.

WE WILL PAY YOU EVERYTHING THAT WE OWE YOU.

WE'LL SEND YOU A CHECK AS SOON AS WE GET BACK TO NEW YORK AND

WE START WORKING AGAIN AND... HOLD ON. HOLD ON. HOLD ON.

WHEN'S YOUR NEXT SHOW?

WE HAVE A-A COUPLE OF DAYS TILL OUR GIG IN ORLANDO.

SO, IT'D BE NICE TO GET SOME PRACTICE IN, RIGHT?

YEAH, I GUESS SO.

WHY DON'T YOU PLAY MY PARTY TONIGHT?

YOU CAN GET SOME PRACTICE IN AND MAYBE SELL A FEW SINGLES.

UH-HUH.

AND YOU WON'T OWE ME ANYTHING FOR THE REPAIRS.

THAT WON'T COVER EVERYTHING THAT WE OWE, WILL IT?

I'M THE BOSS.

IT'S WORTH IT TO ME.

HECTOR, I-I DON'T KNOW.

LOOK, I DO THIS KIND OF THING ALL THE TIME WITH CUSTOMERS...

YOU KNOW, BARTERING, TRADING FAVORS.

I-I DON'T KNOW.

I'LL HAVE TO TALK TO THE GIRLS.

SURE. I UNDERSTAND.

YOU KNOW, THE MERRIVILLE MOTEL MANAGER OWES ME SOME OF THOSE

FAVORS, TOO.

YOU DON'T SAY.

I COULD TRADE IN SOME OF THOSE FAVORS TO COVER YOUR MOTEL

BILL.

IF WE STAY AND PLAY YOUR PARTY TONIGHT?

I DON'T SEE HOW YOU COULD SAY NO.

[ CHUCKLES ] I'M SORRY!

THE BEACH IS CLOSED!

[ ROCK MUSIC BLARING ] YOU CAN COME BACK IN A DAY OR

TWO!

WHAT?

YOU HAVE TO GO!

THE BEACH IS CLOSED!

HUH? WHY?

WE CAN'T HAVE ANYONE GETTING SICK FROM THE RED TIDE!

IT'LL JUST BE FOR A DAY OR TWO!

WHAT?

THE BEACH IS CLOSED!

OH.

[ MUSIC CONTINUES ] THAT WAS NO DROWNING.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT POOR GIRL, BUT THE COPS

WERE NOT TELLING THE TRUTH.

YEAH, HOW DO YOU GET YOUR ARMS TORN OFF FROM DROWNING?

I DON'T KNOW, BUT I DON'T WANT TO FIND OUT.

HEY.

GREAT. YOU'RE BACK.

IS THE CAR READY? CAN WE GO?

YES... AND NO.

WHAT'S THAT ON YOUR HEAD?

IT'S A FOAM COWBOY HAT.

[ LAUGHS ] NICE.

LET'S LOAD UP AND HIT THE ROAD, TEX.

I SENSE THERE'S MORE TO THIS STORY.

WHAT STORY? THERE'S NO STORY.

WE ARE HITTING THE ROAD.

ROCK 'N' ROLL?

BAND TOUR? FLORIDA?

[ ROCK MUSIC BLARING ] ♪ YOU GET WHATEVER YOU WANT

♪ JUMP BACK NOW ♪ PUSH

♪ YOU USE YOUR HIPS TO CLEAR THE FOG ♪

I'M SORRY, FOLKS.

THIS BEACH IS CLOSED.

WE DON'T WANT FOLKS GETTING SICK FROM THE RED TIDE.

IT'LL JUST BE FOR A DAY OR TWO.

♪ PUSH IT, BABY ♪ PUSH

FOLKS, THIS BEACH IS CLOSED.

♪ PUSH ♪ PUSH IT, BABY

♪ PUSH YOU CAN COME BACK IN A DAY OR

TWO.

THE BEACH IS CLOSED!

♪ I LOVE THE WAY YOU ♪ PUSH

♪ AH, YOUR WISH IS MY COMMAND ♪

AND NO REPAIR BILL OR MOTEL BILL?

NOPE.

HECTOR SAID THAT HE'D TAKE CARE OF IT.

AND ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS PLAY HIS PARTY TONIGHT.

SO, WHY IS HE BEING SO NICE?

HE'S A FAN. HE LOVES US.

I DON'T KNOW.

THIS PLACE CREEPS ME OUT.

I KNOW, BUT WHAT ELSE ARE WE GONNA DO?

WE CAN'T PAY FOR THE CAR, AND WE HAVE TO BE IN ORLANDO BY FRIDAY.

YOU DIDN'T SEE WHAT WE DID TODAY.

IT WAS GRUESOME.

SO WE DON'T LEAVE THE MOTEL ROOM EXCEPT FOR THE GIG.

WE'LL CALL SCIENTIST GUY.

HE'LL BE OUR ESCORT.

I DON'T KNOW.

I'LL STAY IF BOTH OF YOU REALLY WANT TO.

[ SIGHS ] WHAT KIND OF PARTY IS THIS GONNA

BE?

WE GET FREE BEER, RIGHT?

WE'LL FIND OUT RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE LATE FOR SOUND CHECK.

IS BRAG ALWAYS LIKE THIS?

YOU MEAN WHENEVER THERE'S A MONSTER ON THE LOOSE?

[ LAUGHS ] WELL, I GUESS HE DOES HAVE A

PRETTY GOOD REASON TO BE STRESSED.

WELL, ACTUALLY, HE IS ALWAYS LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW?

HE BLOWS A GASKET WHEN SOMEONE RUNS A STOP SIGN.

HE'S ALWAYS GOT TO BE YELLING AT SOMEONE.

HOW'D HE GET TO BE SHERIFF?

WELL, HIS DADDY WAS SHERIFF, SEE, AND THEN PEOPLE KNEW HE

WASN'T THE MAN HIS DADDY WAS, BUT NO ONE ELSE WANTED THE JOB.

WHAT ABOUT YOU?

ME? SHERIFF? NAH.

IT'S REALLY JUST A DESK JOB, YOU KNOW, AND SMALL-TOWN

POLITICS.

[ SNIFFS ] I LIKE TO BE BE OUT ON PATROL.

I LIKE TO FEEL LIKE I'M HELPING PEOPLE.

BRAG TO TILLIS. COME IN.

TILLIS HERE.

REPORT?

WELL, WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING.

WE HAVE NO SIGN OF THE CREATURE OUT HERE ANYWHERE.

WHAT'S YOUR 20?

EH, WE'RE ABOUT ABOUT HALFWAY TO THE BUSINESS DISTRICT.

I'M AT THE POINT.

MEET YOU THERE IN 30 MINUTES.

BRAG OUT.

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[ INTRODUCTION TO "BACK OFF MY BABY" PLAYS ]

♪ SEEMS LIKE EVERYWHERE I GO, I RUN INTO YOU ♪

♪ GIRL, I JUST GOT TO KNOW ♪ WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO?

♪ FIRST YOU'RE TALKING TO MY MAN, AND THEN YOU RUN AWAY ♪

♪ IF YOU'RE TRYING TO START SOME TROUBLE, GIRL, I'LL MAKE YOU

PAY ♪ ♪ YOU BETTER BACK OFF MY BABY

♪ GO ON AND GET OUT WHILE YOU CAN ♪

♪ YOU BETTER BACK OFF MY BABY ♪ GET YOUR CLAWS OFF OF MY MAN

[ GROWLING ] ♪ YOU KNOW YOU AIN'T GOT NO

CHANCE, SO WHY YOU BOTHER TO TRY? ♪

♪ IF YOU KEEP MESSING WITH MY MAN, THEN, GIRL, I'M GONNA MAKE

YOU CRY ♪ ♪ BUT IF YOU BACK OFF NOW, THEN

NO ONE HAS TO GET HURT ♪ ♪ IF YOU KEEP MESSING WITH MY

MAN, YOU'RE GONNA MAKE THINGS WORSE ♪

AND YOU DON'T WANT TO MAKE THINGS WORSE.

♪ YOU BETTER BACK OFF MY BABY ♪ GO ON AND GET OUT

WHILE YOU CAN ♪ ♪ YOU BETTER BACK OFF MY BABY

♪ GET YOUR CLAWS OFF OF MY MAN [ INSTRUMENTAL BREAK ]

ONE THING'S FOR SURE... IT'LL NEVER MAKE THE MAINLAND.

THE RIPTIDE?

YEAH. IT'D TAKE ANYTHING UNDER OR OUT TO SEA.

YEAH, I KNOW YOU'RE RIGHT.

[ CHUCKLES ] I DON'T KNOW.

AND THE SKUNK APE... IT ALWAYS HAS A WAY OF JUST DISAPPEARING.

ANYTIME ANYBODY GETS CLOSE TO IT, IT JUST SEEMS TO VANISH...

NO FOOTPRINTS, NO TRAIL, NOTHING.

YOU MEAN LIKE A GHOST?

I KNOW IT SOUNDS CRAZY.

AAH!

WHAT WAS THAT?

IT'S HECTOR PREPARING FOR HIS PARTY.

PARTY? WHEN?

TONIGHT.

I'VE LOST TRACK OF TIME.

THAT'S A PROBLEM.

YEAH.

WE BETTER GO TALK TO HECTOR.

THAT GARAGE IS TOO CLOSE TO THE BEACH FOR MY COMFORT.

[ MUSIC CONTINUES ] HEY, TILLIS.

HEY.

JOHN.

WHAT BRINGS Y'ALL BY?

EH, JUST ROUTINE PATROL.

I'M REAL SORRY ABOUT FRANK, TILLIS.

IS THERE ANY IDEA WHAT HAPPENED?

AH, WE'RE WORKING ON IT... NOTHING YET.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO MAKE UP THEIR OWN STORIES.

IT'S CRAZY TALK.

ONE LADY SAID SHE SAW AN ORANGUTAN IN HER BACKYARD... A

GORILLA OR SOMETHING.

HAD ANOTHER GUY SAY HE SAW UFOs IN THE SKY.

[ CHUCKLES ] IT'S CRAZY.

IT'S CRAZY WHAT PEOPLE WILL THINK OF.

DID YOU HIT ANY OF THAT HURRICANE, JOHN?

HUH? OH.

NO, NO, IT WAS STILL PRETTY FAR SOUTH.

WELL, GOOD.

I'M GLAD IT'S NOT COMING THIS WAY.

I WAS AFRAID I'D HAVE TO CANCEL THE PARTY.

THERE'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT, HECTOR.

YOU GOT A SECOND?

[ MUSIC CONTINUES ] ♪ IF YOU'RE TRYING TO START

SOME TROUBLE, GIRL, I'LL MAKE YOU PAY ♪

♪ YOU BETTER BACK OFF MY BABY ♪ GO ON AND GET OUT

WHILE YOU CAN ♪ ♪ YOU BETTER BACK OFF MY BABY

♪ GET YOUR CLAWS OFF OF MY MAN [ GUITAR SOLO ]

♪ GET YOUR CLAWS OFF OF MY MAN [ GUITAR SOLO ]

[ GROWLING ] [ SONG ENDS ]

[ WAVES CRASHING ] I DON'T LIKE BOLOGNA

SANDWICHES.

UH-HUH.

NOW, FRIED BOLOGNA... THAT'S OKAY.

HEY, THAT LOOKS LIKE A SKUNK APE.

HE'S GETTING AWAY.

[ BREATHING HEAVILY ] IF WE CAN JUST KEEP HIM IN

SIGHT, HE'LL RUN OUT OF ISLAND.

THERE HE IS.

HE'S HEADING FOR THE OLD SPANISH FORT.

COME ON.

HE'S TRAPPED.

THERE'S NOWHERE ELSE FOR HIM TO GO.

SHOULD WE CALL JOHN?

HELL, NO.

I'M GONNA END THIS RIGHT HERE.

WE'VE HAD RED TIDE LIKE THIS BEFORE.

WHY IS IT SUCH A BIG DEAL THIS TIME?

YOU'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO TRUST ME ON THIS ONE, HECTOR.

WHATEVER YOU SAY, TILLIS.

I'LL MAKE SURE PEOPLE STAY CLEAR OF THE BEACH.

WHEN'S THE PARTY STARTING?

ABOUT AN HOUR.

BRAG TO TILLIS. COME IN.

THAT'S BRAG.

HE'S GONNA WANT ME BACK ON THE BEACH.

HEY, WOULD YOU MAKE SURE THE GIRLS ARE OKAY?

SURE THING.

I'LL CALL YOU ON THE RADIO IF I NEED YOU.

ABSOLUTELY.

OKAY.

I'M GONNA TAKE THIS OVER HERE.

HECTOR, THERE'S SOMETHING I NEED TO TELL YOU.

HEY, HECTOR?

HOLD ON A SECOND, JOHN.

[ SEA GULLS CRYING ] HEY, JOHN.

OH, HEY.

HEY.

SO, I GUESS YOU GUYS DIDN'T LEAVE TOWN.

[ CHUCKLES ] DON'T THINK WE DIDN'T TRY.

WHAT MADE YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND?

SOMETHING SUDDENLY CAME UP.

PLUS, HECTOR IS FIXING OUR CAR IN EXCHANGE FOR US PLAYING

THE PARTY.

HOW NICE OF HECTOR.

MM-HMM.

HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT?

I'M STARVED.

WHY DON'T WE GET SOMETHING TO EAT?

SURE. YEAH.

UH, SHOULD WE WAIT FOR THEM?

WHY DON'T WE GIVE THEM SOME SPACE?

YEAH.

Both: COME ON.

WHAT DID THE POLICE SAY?

THEY JUST WANTED ME TO GET THE PEOPLE OFF THE BEACH... RED

TIDE OR SOMETHING.

IT'S NOTHING, I'M SURE.

THEY'RE JUST OVERREACTING AGAIN.

I DON'T KNOW.

JODY AND CAROL GOT PRETTY SPOOKED TODAY, ESPECIALLY THE

WAY THE COPS WERE ACTING.

THIS IS A SMALL TOWN.

PEOPLE GOT NOTHING BETTER TO DO THAN MAKE UP STORIES... UFOs,

COMMUNIST INVASION, MAD GORILLAS ON THE LOOSE.

[ Southern accent ] I'LL PROTECT YOU, MA'AM.

OH, WHY DON'T YOU JUST WALK ME BACK TO THE MOTEL ROOM AND I

CAN GET CLEANED UP?

HECTOR!

WHERE'S JOHN?

[ BREATHING HEAVILY ] [ Normal voice ] UH, HE JUST

LEFT WITH THE GIRLS.

THEY WENT TO DINNER, I THINK.

WHAT'S WRONG?

NOTHING.

I'VE JUST... I'VE JUST GOT TO GO, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE ALL

RIGHT FOR THE TONIGHT.

TILLIS, WAIT.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

YOU HAVE TO TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

[ SIGHS ] OKAY.

BUT YOU'RE NEVER GONNA BELIEVE ME.

SO, THAT'S IT.

WE GOT MARRIED YOUNG.

FIVE YEARS LATER, WE WERE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

SO, WE DECIDED TO GET A DIVORCE.

WE DON'T TALK MUCH, BUT I THINK WE'RE STILL FRIENDS.

NO KNOCK-DOWN, DRAG-OUT FIGHTS?

NOPE. ACTUALLY, IT WAS DOWNRIGHT FRIENDLY.

WHAT ABOUT NOW?

GOT YOUR EYE ON ANYBODY?

UH... WELL, I DON'T KNOW.

I GUESS.

MAYBE.

SHE WOULDN'T HAPPEN TO BE IN A ROCK BAND, WOULD SHE?

WHAT MAKES YOU SAY THAT?

BECAUSE THIS HAPPENS EVERYWHERE WE GO.

YEAH.

EVERY TIME WE PLAY, EVERY BOY IN THE CROWD FALLS FOR HER.

WELL, SHE'S CERTAINLY GOT SOMETHING WHEN SHE'S ON STAGE.

THAT MUST BE ANNOYING FOR THE TWO OF YOU.

[ Laughing ] YEAH.

YOU GET USED TO IT.

AND SHE'S PRETTY OBLIVIOUS TO IT.

SHE WOULDN'T LET ANYONE GET TOO CLOSE, ANYWAY.

HECTOR CERTAINLY SEEMS TO HAVE BROKEN THROUGH.

OH, DON'T BE SO SURE.

THAT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

IT'S JUST THEODORA.

EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, A BOY WILL CATCH HER ATTENTION, BUT

AFTER A WHILE, SHE'LL JUST PUSH THEM AWAY.

WHY IS THAT?

SHE HAD A BAD EXPERIENCE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

YEAH. SWEET SUMMER ROMANCE LEFT HER WITH A BAD CASE OF S...

BROKEN HEART.

YOU KNOW, FIRST LOVE AND ALL.

[ CHUCKLES ] SHE MENTIONED THAT, BUT SHE

WOULDN'T TELL ME ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

SO, WHAT'S THE STORY?

COME ON. SPIT IT OUT.

WHEN MY FATHER DIED, I DIDN'T EVEN WANT THE GARAGE.

EVERY TIME I'D GO INSIDE THAT PLACE, IT WAS JUST...

THE MECHANICS KEPT IT RUNNING.

I JUST STAYED AT HOME.

HOW LONG AGO WAS THAT?

FIVE SUMMERS AGO.

MY MOTHER WAS EVEN WORSE.

SHE COULDN'T EVEN GET OUT OF BED AFTER THE FUNERAL.

I KNEW I HAD TO TAKE CARE OF HER, SO THAT'S WHY I WENT BACK

TO WORK.

HOW IS SHE NOW?

SHE'S GREAT.

SHE'S DATING.

SHE GETS MORE DATES THAN ME.

[ CHUCKLES ] [ SIGHS ]

LOOK, THIS IS GONNA SOUND LIKE REALLY BAD ADVICE COMING FROM

ME, BUT YOU SEEM LIKE SOMETHING'S HOLDING YOU BACK,

SOMETHING YOU CAN'T LET GO OF.

I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE I'M WRONG.

NO [CHUCKLES] YOU'RE RIGHT.

I KNOW WHAT I HAVE TO DO.

JUST ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT IS THE PROBLEM.

WELL, CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT IT?

I CAN TELL YOU THAT I HAVEN'T HELD HANDS WITH A BOY IN FIVE

YEARS.

WELL, CLEARLY, YOU'RE WELL ON YOUR WAY TO RECOVERY.

[ WAVES CRASHING ] I-I CAN'T.

I'M SORRY. I... WAIT. IT WAS JUST A KISS.

I-I KNOW WHAT IT WAS.

I-I-I JUST... I CAN'T, NOT NOW.

YES, YOU CAN.

NO... THEODORA, LOOK... NOTHING

THAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST MATTERS NOW.

YOU DON'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND.

IT'S ABOUT YOU AND ME HERE, RIGHT NOW.

IT'S NOT THAT EASY.

LET ME HELP YOU, THEODORA.

PLEASE JUST LEAVE ME ALONE.

THEODORA, WAIT.

JUST... NO, JUST STOP IT!

THEODORA, WAIT.

JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!

THEODORA!

[ INSECTS CHIRPING ] BRAG, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU

DOING?

I AM GONNA END THIS THING RIGHT HERE AND RIGHT NOW.

[ SIGHS ] [ CRYING ]

HECTOR! HECTOR!

HEY, JOHN, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON HERE?

I DON'T THINK YOU'D BELIEVE ME IF I TOLD YOU.

WE ALREADY DON'T BELIEVE THE STORY THE COPS TOLD US ABOUT

THAT WOMAN.

YEAH, YEAH.

WE KNOW SHE DIDN'T DROWN.

HOW MUCH DID YOU SEE?

ENOUGH.

SHE WAS TORN APART, LIKE... LIKE... LIKE SHE WAS MANGLED BY

SOME ANIMAL.

ARE WE IN DANGER HERE, JOHN?

ALL RIGHT.

NOW, WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING FOR SURE, BUT WE THINK... I THINK...

THAT THERE'S AN ANTEDILUVIAN SIMIAN CREATURE ON THE LOOSE,

KILLING PEOPLE ON THE BEACHES.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

YOU MEAN LIKE SOME KIND OF APE?

WELL, I THINK IT'S THE SKUNK APE, A LINK BETWEEN MAN

AND APE THAT HAS EXISTED IN THE EVERGLADES FOR MILLENNIA WITHOUT

BEING DISCOVERED.

LIKE BIGFOOT?

YES.

EVERGLADES? WAIT.

HOW WOULD SOMETHING LIKE THAT GET UP HERE?

THAT HURRICANE THAT HIT FLORIDA... IT SWEPT A CHUNK OF

MANGROVE SWAMP INTO THE GULF STREAM, AND IT DROPPED IT HERE

IN MERRIVILLE ISLAND, AND ALONG WITH IT CAME THE SKUNK APE.

IT KILLED THAT WOMAN YOU SAW, ALONG WITH A DEPUTY TWO NIGHTS

AGO.

TWO OTHER PEOPLE ARE MISSING, AS WELL.

OH, MY GOD.

WHAT'S THAT IN THE ROAD?!

[ SIGHS ] IT WAS HECTOR.

OH.

I'M SORRY.

IT JUST KIND OF SCARED ME THERE.

BUT HE'S NOT WITH THEODORA.

OH, SHE'S PROBABLY JUST AT THE MOTEL, GETTING READY FOR THE

PARTY.

[ MID-TEMPO ROCK-'N'-ROLL MUSIC PLAYS ]

♪ I TOLD MYSELF THAT I WOULD NEVER GO WITH ANOTHER GUY ♪

♪ 'CAUSE AFTER THE LAST TIME, ALL GIRLS AT SCHOOL WOULD MAKE

ME CRY ♪ ♪ AND WHEN I FINALLY CLEANED UP

MY BAD REPUTATION ♪ ♪ HAD TO GO MEET BOBBY ON MY

SUMMER VACATION ♪ ♪ HE PULLED UP AT THE DRIVE-IN

IN A BRIGHT RED CHEVELLE ♪ ♪ HE WOULDN'T LOOK RIGHT AT ME,

BUT HE LIKED ME, I COULD TELL ♪ ♪ I TOLD MYSELF I WASN'T GONNA

GO VERY FAR ♪ ♪ NOW I WISH I'D NEVER EVEN

GOTTEN IN THE CAR ♪ ♪ HE GAVE ME

♪ SYPH, SYPH, SYPH ♪ SYPHILIS

♪ WHOA-OH-OH ♪ SYPH, SYPH, SYPH

♪ SYPHILIS ♪ WHOA-OH-OH, SYPHILIS

♪ WHOA-OH-OH-OH-OHH ♪ NOW BOBBY HASN'T EVEN CALLED

ME IN DAYS ♪ ♪ I WENT TO THE DOCTOR, BUT HE

DIDN'T MAKE ME PAY ♪ ♪ WHEN I GOT THE PRESCRIPTION,

MY EYES FILLED UP WITH TEARS ♪ ♪ 'CAUSE I KNEW I'D BE TAKING

PENICILLIN FOR YEARS ♪ ♪ HE GAVE ME

♪ SYPH, SYPH, SYPH ♪ SYPHILIS

♪ WHOA-OH-OH ♪ SYPH, SYPH, SYPH

♪ SYPHILIS ♪ WHOA-OH-OH, SYPHILIS

♪ WHOA-OH-OH-OH-OHH [ SONG ENDS ]

THANKS FOR THE RIDE.

YEAH.

WE'D BETTER GET READY FOR THE PARTY.

OH, YEAH.

I'LL TAKE YOU BACK TO THE GARAGE WHEN YOU'RE READY.

I'M IN ROOM 27.

OKAY.

JOHN!

THEODORA'S NOT HERE.

SHE... WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

SHE'S NOT HERE.

AND SHE'S NOT WITH HECTOR.

[ GASPS ] THE BEACH.

SHE'S WALKING ON THE BEACH!

GO INSIDE AND CALL THE POLICE... AND LOCK THAT DOOR.

GO.

UH...

THEODORA!

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?

WHAT?

COME ON. LET'S GO.

WE NEED TO GET OFF THE BEACH RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING.

I'M JUST TRYING TO HELP.

WHY CAN'T ANYONE GET IT STRAIGHT?

I DON'T NEED ANYONE'S HELP.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU GET HURT, AND YOU JUST NEED TO GET

OFF THE BEACH RIGHT NOW.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

THERE IS A MONSTER ON THE LOOSE, A FLORIDA SKUNK APE, AN

ANTEDILUVIAN SIMIAN CREATURE... NO, THERE ISN'T!

DAMN IT!

WHAT IS IT WITH YOU?!

WHAT IS IT WITH YOU?!

YOU'RE IN DANGER.

AND YOU NEED TO GET OFF THIS BEACH RIGHT NOW.

HAVEN'T YOU HEARD?

HEARD WHAT?

THE POLICE... THEY CAPTURED SOME CREATURE, SOME GORILLA

THING.

YOU'RE KIDDING ME. WHEN?

I DON'T... I DON'T KNOW.

AN HOUR AGO?

THEY CORNERED HIM AT SOME SPANISH FORT ON THE ISLAND.

BRAG.

OH, NO.

WHAT?

I'VE GOT TO GO.

LOOK... GO BACK TO YOUR MOTEL ROOM.

JODY AND CAROL ARE WORRIED SICK.

[ WAVES CRASHING ] [ INSECTS CHIRPING ]

WHERE IS IT?

HE'S TRAPPED.

THERE'S NO WAY OUT.

WHERE'S BOB?

WHERE'S TILLIS?

SEALING OFF THE OUTSIDE ROOMS, CONFINING HIM TO A MORE

LIMITED SPACE.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

JUST WHAT I SAID I WAS GONNA DO... KEEP THIS TOWN SAFE.

BRAG, LISTEN TO ME.

YOU CA... [ GUN COCKS ]

WHOA, DOUG, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

NOW, JOHN, YOU JUST STAY OUT OF THIS.

YOU DONE WHAT WE ASKED YOU TO, AND NOW YOU GOT TO GO.

I WON'T LET YOU DESTROY THIS CREATURE.

YOU CAN'T JUST KILL IT.

[ CHUCKLES ] ARE YOU THREATENING ME?

WAIT, DOUG.

DOUG, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

[ BOTH GRUNTING ] I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS.

OW! DOUG!

I'M NOT TAKING ANY MORE CHANCES.

YOU ARE SPENDING A NIGHT IN THE MERRIVILLE JAIL.

WHAT?

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

[ BREATHING HEAVILY ] TILLIS, COME IN.

I HAVE ANOTHER LITTLE ERRAND FOR YOU TO RUN BEFORE WE GO ANY

FURTHER.

I WAS NEVER IN ANY DANGER.

THE POLICE HAVE THE SKUNK APE CORNERED AT SOME FORT.

WOW.

THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE I HAVE TO TELL YOU GUYS.

WE MAY NOT HAVE A GIG TONIGHT.

WHAT HAPPENED?

HECTOR.

HE KISSED ME.

I PUSHED HIM AWAY.

HE KEPT SAYING HE WANTED TO HELP ME.

AND I KEPT YELLING AT HIM TO LEAVE ME ALONE.

I LOST IT.

YOU YELLED AT HIM?

I SURE DID, AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.

ARE YOU OKAY?

YEAH... I GUESS.

THEODORA, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE OKAY.

NOW I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO ME.

WE ARE GONNA PLAY THAT PARTY, AND TOMORROW WE'RE GONNA GET IN

THE CAR AND DRIVE TO FLORIDA AND YOU'RE GONNA REFRAIN FROM

YELLING AT THE NICE MAN WHO JUST WANTS TO GIVE US OUR CAR BACK,

FIXED AND FREE OF CHARGE, BECAUSE IF YOU CAN'T, WE'RE

NEVER GONNA GET OUT OF THIS TOWN.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, LIKE, GET JOBS HERE AND LIVE IN THIS

CRAPPY MOTEL FOR LIKE YEARS AND YEARS, AND THEN HOW WILL YOU

AVOID HECTOR?

YOU WON'T.

SO, YOU MIGHT AS WELL HAVE FUN TONIGHT [Chuckling] BECAUSE

TOMORROW, YOU MIGHT BE DEAD BECAUSE I WILL KILL YOU IF YOU

DO THIS AGAIN.

NOW COME ON... WE GOT TO GET READY FOR THAT PARTY.

[ TAPPING ] YOU'RE HERE.

I'M HERE.

WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.

I'VE GOT A SHOW TO PLAY, RIGHT?

RIGHT.

[ SMOOCHES ] GOT ALL THE EXITS CLOSED TO

THE WEST AND THE SOUTH.

THERE'S NO OTHER WAY OUT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK HE'S DOING?

I DON'T KNOW, AND I DON'T CARE IF I HAVE TO BURN THIS

WHOLE FORT TO THE GROUND.

I AM GONNA TO KILL THAT SON OF A BITCH.

[ GROWLING ] SKUNK APE.

BOB, I KNOW WHAT IT IS.

NO, SKUNK APE BEHIND YOU!

♪ AAH! ♪ GO, GORILLA

♪ GO, GO, GORILLA ♪ GO, GO, GORILLA

♪ GO, GO, GORILLA ♪ GO, GO, GORILLA

♪ GO, GO, GORILLA ♪ GO, GO, GORILLA

♪ GO, GO, GORILLA ♪ WELL, A SONG THAT I HEARD

ABOUT SO LONG AGO NOW ♪ ♪ GO, GORILLA

♪ GO, GO, GORILLA ♪ WELL, THEY CALL IT

"THE GORILLA," BABY ♪ ♪ AIN'T THAT SO?

♪ GO, GORILLA ♪ GO, GO, GORILLA

♪ WELL, THEY DO IT TO THE MONKEY AND THE WATUSI, YEAH ♪

♪ GO, GORILLA ♪ GO, GO, GORILLA

♪ AND THEY DO THE GORILLA BY A-WATCHIN' ME, YEAH ♪

♪ GO, GORILLA ♪ AAH!

TILLIS, HE IS GOING TO DESTROY WHAT COULD BE THE

GREATEST DISCOVERY THIS CENTURY.

HE'S OUT OF CONTROL.

[ STAMMERS ] HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HE'S DOING.

LOOK AT US.

WE NEED TO BE BACK THERE, TRYING TO STOP HIM.

I KNOW, JOHN.

I'VE NEVER SEEN HIM LIKE THIS BEFORE.

I DON'T... I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

♪ GO, GORILLA ♪ AAH!

[ GROWLING ] ♪ GO, GO, GORILLA

♪ GO, GO, GORILLA ♪ GO, GO, GORILLA

♪ GO, GO, GORILLA ♪ GO, GO, GORILLA

TILLIS, COME IN.

WHAT IS IT, BOB?

THE SKUNK APE HAD ESCAPED.

BRAG IS DEAD.

IT TORE HIM LIMB FROM LIMB.

OH, HELL.

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

I TRIED TO STOP HIM.

I-I GOT OFF A COUPLE OF SHOTS, BUT HE THREW ME ACROSS THE ROOM.

WHERE ARE YOU?

I CLIMBED UP ONTO THE ROOF, BUT NOW I'M STUCK.

I THINK MY ANKLE'S BROKEN.

WHERE'S THE GORILLA?

SKUNK APE.

I SAW HIM RUN OUT TO THE BEACH.

THE PARTY.

TILLIS, HE'S GOING TO THE PARTY.

♪ AAH! ♪ GO, GORILLA

♪ GO, GO, GORILLA ♪ GO, GO, GORILLA

♪ GO, GO, GORILLA ♪ GO, GO, GORILLA

♪ GO, GO, GORILLA ♪ WELL, A SONG THAT I HEARD

ABOUT SO LONG AGO NOW ♪ ♪ GO, GORILLA

♪ GO, GO, GORILLA ♪ WELL, THEY CALL IT

"THE GORILLA," BABY ♪ ♪ AIN'T THAT SO?

♪ GO, GORILLA ♪ GO, GO, GORILLA

♪ WELL, THEY DO IT TO THE MONKEY AND THE WATUSI, YEAH ♪

♪ GO, GORILLA ♪ GO, GO, GORILLA

♪ AND THEY DO THE GORILLA BY A-WATCHIN' ME, YEAH ♪

♪ GO, GORILLA ♪ AAH!

♪ GO, GO, GORILLA ♪ GO, GO, GORILLA

♪ GO, GO, GORILLA ♪ GO, GO, GORILLA

♪ GO, GO, GORILLA ♪ GO, GO, GORILLA

♪ GO, GO, GORILLA [ GROWLING ]

♪ DO IT WITH ME, BABY, AND WE'LL DO THE GORILLA ♪

♪ GO, GORILLA ♪ GO, GO, GORILLA, GO

♪ AND IF YOU DO IT RIGHT, YEAH, YOU'LL GET THE FIRST

LAUGH ♪ ♪ GO, GORILLA

♪ GO, GO, GORILLA, GO ♪ WELL, THEY DO IT TO THE

MONKEY AND THE WATUSI, YEAH ♪ [ GROWLING ]

AAH!

AAH!

AAAH!

[ PEOPLE SCREAMING ] NO, WAIT!

[ GUNSHOT ] SORRY, JOHN. I HAD NO CHOICE.

I KNOW.

YOU DID THE RIGHT THING.

I BETTER GO CHECK AND SEE IF ANYBODY GOT HURT IN THE

STAMPEDE.

OKAY.

THEODORA!

[ SIGHS ] ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

I'M FINE. ARE YOU OKAY?

IT'S MY ANKLE.

I THINK IT'S BROKEN.

WE NEED TO GET YOU TO A DOCTOR.

WAIT, THERE'S SOMETHING... THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I NEED TO

TELL YOU, SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED A LONG TIME AGO, AND

I'VE NEVER LET ANYBODY CLOSE SINCE.

THEODORA, YOU DON'T HAVE... NO, WAIT.

I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT... LISTEN, THEODORA...

I'LL NEVER HURT YOU.

I'LL NEVER LET YOU GET HURT AGAIN BY ANYONE OR ANYTHING.

I'LL NEVER LET YOU GET HURT AGAIN BY ANYONE OR ANYTHING.

I'LL NEVER LET YOU GET HURT AGAIN BY ANYONE OR ANYTHING.

[ GROWLS ] I LOVE YOU.

[ GROWLS ] NO! HECTOR!

AAAAAH!

NO!

AAAAAH!

AAAAAAH! AAAAAH!

[ GROWLING ] AAH!

UNH! UNH!

AAH!

AAH!

HECTOR, CAN YOU HEAR ME?

HECTOR!

HE'S DEAD.

OH, DAMN IT.

THE SKUNK APE... HE'S GOT THEODORA.

AAAAAAH!

HELP ME!

AAH! AAAAAH!

AAAAAH!

WE'VE LOST THEM.

HOW IN THE HELL ARE WE GONNA TRACK HIM IN THIS STUFF?

WH-WHERE'S HE HEADING?

I MEAN, WHERE WOULD HE BE GOING IN THIS DIRECTION?

THERE'S NOTHING AT THE END OF THE ISLAND BUT THE WILDLIFE

PRESERVE.

IT'S A DEAD END.

THE DEBRIS... HE'S HEADED TO HIS NEST.

THE DEBRIS... HE'S HEADED TO HIS NEST.

THE DEBRIS... HE'S HEADED TO HIS NEST.

[ GROWLING SOFTLY ] HELP!

HELP!

THEODORA!

JOHN!

WHAT HAPPENED?

HOW DID YOU GET AWAY?

THE SKUNK APE... HE WRAPPED MY LEG, AND THEN HE LEFT ME.

WE GOT TO GET YOU OUT OF HERE.

THIS IS JUST THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM.

THAT HURRICANE HITS TONIGHT.

OKAY.

[ GRUNTS ] BOB, COME IN.

WHAT'S YOUR STATUS?

GET OUT TO THE PRESERVE.

YOU GOT TO GET US OUT OF HERE!

[ SEA GULLS CRYING ] [ GASPS ]

OH, THEODORA, I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE OKAY!

[ LAUGHS ] OH, MAN.

IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.

YOU STILL KIND OF SMELL LIKE SKUNK APE.

THANKS A LOT.

WELL, IT'S NOT THAT BAD.

LET'S JUST GET OUT OF HERE.

FIND ANYTHING?

WE'VE COVERED THE WHOLE PRESERVE.

THERE'S NO SIGN OF THE SKUNK APE.

DO YOU THINK HE'S REALLY GONE, JOHN?

DO YOU THING THE HURRICANE CARRIED HIM AWAY?

GONE?

YES... FOR NOW.

BUT DESTROYED?

I DON'T THINK ANYTHING CAN DESTROY THE SKUNK APE.

CREATURES LIKE THAT HAVE SURVIVED FOR MILLENNIA ALL

ACROSS THIS CONTINENT, MOVING AND ADAPTING TO STAY AWAY FROM

THE PUSH OF CIVILIZATION.

NO.

NO, HE'S NOT DESTROYED.

THE FORCE OF NATURE IS JUST TOO STRONG THIS TIME.

[ "STOMP! SHOUT! SCREAM!" PLAYS ]

♪ STOMP ♪ SHOUT

♪ SCREAM ♪ STOMP

♪ SHOUT ♪ SCREAM

♪ IT HAPPENED ON A NIGHT I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER ♪

♪ IT HAPPENED ON A NIGHT I COULD NEVER FORGET ♪

♪ HIS ARMS WERE SO WARM, AND HIS LIPS WERE SO TENDER ♪

♪ IT SEEMED SO RIGHT EVEN THOUGH WE JUST MET ♪

♪ YOU KNOW I ALWAYS THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER FIND LOVE AGAIN ♪

♪ OOH-OOH-OOH ♪ AND THEN HE CAME OUT OF

NOWHERE, AND HE STOLE AWAY MY HEART ♪

♪ NOW IT'S ALL OVER CAUSE OF FORCES I CANNOT NAME ♪

♪ OOH-OOH-OOH ♪ AND UNSPEAKABLE THINGS THAT

HAPPENED IN THE DARK ♪ ♪ STOMP

♪ SHOUT ♪ SCREAM

♪ STOMP ♪ SHOUT

♪ SCREAM ♪ WE WERE ALL DANCING, WE

WERE HAVING A BALL ♪ ♪ WE THOUGHT THE PARTY WOULD

LAST ALL NIGHT ♪ ♪ BUT WE WERE WE'RE 'CAUSE

THROUGH IT ALL ♪ ♪ DEATH AND DESTRUCTION LURKED

RIGHT OUTSIDE ♪ ♪ YOU KNOW, I NEVER THOUGHT I

COULD EVER FIND LOVE AGAIN ♪ ♪ OOH-OOH-OOH

♪ THEN HE CAME OUT OF NOWHERE, AND HE STOLE AWAY MY

HEART ♪ ♪ NOW IT'S ALL OVER CAUSE OF

FORCES I CANNOT NAME ♪ ♪ OOH-OOH-OOH

♪ AND UNSPEAKABLE THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THE DARK ♪

♪ STOMP ♪ SHOUT

♪ SCREAM ♪ STOMP

♪ SHOUT ♪ SCREAM

♪ IT HAPPENED ON A NIGHT I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER ♪

♪ IT HAPPENED ON A NIGHT I COULD NEVER FORGET ♪

♪ HIS ARMS WERE SO WARM AND HIS LIPS WERE SO TENDER ♪

♪ SEEMED SO RIGHT EVEN THOUGH WE JUST MET ♪

♪ YOU KNOW, I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I COULD EVER FIND LOVE AGAIN ♪

♪ OOH-OOH-OOH ♪ AND THEN HE CAME OUT OF

NOWHERE, AND HE STOLE AWAY MY HEART ♪

♪ NOW IT'S ALL OVER 'CAUSE OF FORCES I CANNOT NAME ♪

♪ OOH-OOH-OOH ♪ AND UNSPEAKABLE THINGS THAT

HAPPENED IN THE DARK ♪ FIRST THERE WAS A STOMP, AND I

LOOKED ALL AROUND, AND EVERYONE WAS RUNNING FOR THE DOOR.

THEN THERE WAS A SHOUT, AND I TURNED AROUND.

THE MONSTER WAS HEADED STRAIGHT FOR ME.

THEN THERE WAS A SCREAM.

BUT IT WASN'T MY SCREAM.

IT WAS HECTOR'S SCREAM.

OH, NO! HE'S GOT HECTOR!

OH, NO! SOMEBODY HELP!

[ GUITAR SOLO ] ♪ YOU KNOW, I NEVER THOUGHT I

COULD EVER FIND LOVE AGAIN ♪ ♪ OOH-OOH-OOH

♪ AND THEN HE CAME OUT OF NOWHERE, AND HE STOLE AWAY MY

HEART ♪ ♪ NOW IT'S ALL OVER 'CAUSE OF

FORCES I CANNOT NAME ♪ ♪ OOH-OOH-OOH

♪ AND UNSPEAKABLE THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THE DARK ♪

♪ STOMP ♪ SHOUT

♪ SCREAM ♪ STOMP

♪ SHOUT ♪ SCRE-E-E-AM!

AAAAAH!