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Skunk Ape is a 2026 American action horror film written and directed by James Wan. It is based on the mythological creature of the same name, as well as the fourth overall installment in the Bigfoot film series and the first chronologically. The film stars Riley Keough, Katherine Waterson, Jeffrey Wright, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Lucas Black, Anne Hathaway, Joel Edgerton, and James Badge Dale. It follows Ellie Lane (reprised by Keough), who goes on a rampage after discovering who killed her parents; the Skunk Ape. She seeks the help of Danny Quinto (reprised by Wright) and his son Warren (reprised by Abdul-Mateen), as well as Allison and David (reprised by Hathaway and Dale), to track the creature down. Skunk Ape was released in theaters on October 17th, 2026; grossing $782 million worldwide, the film was a box-office success but was not well-received. Critics praised the performances of Hathaway, Keough, Wright, Waterson and Dale but criticized its lack of predictability.
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  • misterwolf @nickienicks @castingsinmyblood @otsutsuki @robertcooper and @pumpkinchowcorg "What's that? Did he make a Bigfoot spin-off?" Well, yes, I did. Welcome to Skunk Ape, based on a relative of Bigfoot though much.... smellier. (PS I hate Skunks!) I need supporting characters so adding asmuch as you can think of, and you get to decide a song for the end credits. Just make sure the song fits because this is an r-rated action horror film unlike the previous films in this series, where they were PG-13 and were action thrillers that weren't even horror related.

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  • misterwolf Plot: A fisherman and his wife are killed by an ape-like creature with the stench of a skunk. Twenty years later, in 2016, the daughter of the couple, Ellie Lane, deduces that an identical creature is roaming the Pacific Northwest, and concludes that it is the same one that killed her parents; she and her sister Rachel vow revenge and seek the help of their sister-in-law Allison and brother. Ellie, aware of her abusive husband Ryan Krasinski's desperate attempts to prevent their pending divorce, begs Allison to kill him should he follow, and promises that she will.

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  • misterwolf As the group begins their pursuit, Ellie and Rachel's brother, revealed to be David Lane himself, track several raccoons and kill them. Allison puts the dead raccoons over the campfire and stews them. Allison and Ellie catch the stench of a Skunk, and they realize that the Skunk Ape is nearby; David spots the creature and snipes it with his bow, his arrow hitting the left side of its face. They are forced to retreat in order to prevent it from spotting them.

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  • misterwolf Krasinski discovers Ellie's absence and follows her footsteps into the wilderness. Allison and Ellie hunt two does, while David is on watch for the Skunk Ape. David later spots Krasinski who enters the camp with Ellie at gunpoint; before he can kill her, David tosses his axe towards Allison who kicks it at Krasinski, beheading him and saving Ellie.

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  • misterwolf Matthew Phillips, a wanderer in the Pacific Northwest and Allison's adoptive brother, joins the group alongside Danny Quinto and his son Warren. David recites what he said to Allison several years ago (the same memory Allison had in The Return of Bigfoot) and tells Ellie the same words; "Revenge is in God's hands". Ellie finally realizes that there is no honor in vengeance and decides to only kill the Skunk Ape to prevent further massacres.

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  • misterwolf Deducing the Skunk Ape has found them, Allison sets several traps and readies her gun. Ellie laments her now defunct marriage and compliments that she is now free. The Skunk Ape arrives and springs Allison's traps before being burnt nearly to death and forced to retreat.

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  • misterwolf Allison and Ellie pursue the creature to a cave where it severely injures Ellie and knocks Allison unconscious. Ellie manages to distract it long enough for Allison to reawaken and stab the creature through its eye and kill it. The group then throws it in a lake where it can never be found and they go their separate ways.

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  • misterwolf Six years later, in 2022, Ellie is informed by a heartbroken Allison that David was murdered by Bigfoot. As her call ends, she and Rachel mourn David's death as the end credits roll; during the credits, the events of www.mycast.io//stories/the-mystery-of-bigfoot are shown.

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