Man Vs. Monster

© Djuna Ivereigh
Man Vs. Monster

Synopsis

Adventurer and Cinematographer Richard Terry is journeying deep into the heart of the Amazon Rainforest to unearth the truth behind alarming reports of an eight-legged creature terrorizing remote jungle communities. Richard begins his mission travelling like the locals in an unstable dug out canoe. The river is at record lows putting him in the lap of hungry caiman. His intended target is a tiny village far up the Rio Negro where rumors are emanating of a giant spider that's attacking villagers. Richard informs us of similar tales from around the world; in Columbia there's a spider so venomous they've named it the "horse-killer" and in Venezuela parents are afraid of an eight-legged freak so large it can snatch a child. Richard learns valuable clues about the spiders size, it's habitat, it's food and uses all this information as he scours the treacherous jungle for a potentially monster new species. Along the way he encounters other feared Amazonian predators like the piranha and the dart frog before finishing up face to face with the giant behind the tales.

Episodes

  • Man Eating Menace

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    From the remote mangrove forests of Eastern India, reports are coming in of villages full of widows, their husbands routinely killed by a terrifying creature that attacks unseen, and unprovoked. The culprit is one of natures most feared and revered animals: the Bengal tiger.

  • African Werewolf

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    Reports are coming in from Tanzania that sound like theyre straight out of a horror movie. The peace of the farmlands is being disturbed by the blood curdling screams of farmers being dragged off to their deaths by a huge violent creature. Locals say the beast is so murderous and cunning that it could be a human transformed into an animal. Not only that but they say the full moon is a sign of impending attack. Sounds like Richard is on the tail of an African Werewolf.

  • Winged Assassin

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    Adventurer Richard Terry travels to a remote Indonesian island chain to investigate reports of a flying creature that is said to attack humans. Villages on the island of Ceram have known of the so-called "Orang Bati" for generations. They say it attacks unprovoked; swooping in on its victims in the forest, in villages- virtually nowhere is safe. Determined to find out what kind of animal is behind the attacks, Richard begins a journey that takes him from the rain forest canopy, along crocodile-infested rivers and into dark, damp caves.

  • Mekong Flesh-Eater

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    Richard ventures to Thailands legendary Mekong River in search of the creature responsible for a string of attacks thats left some locals afraid to go back in the water. The aquatic giant strikes in the shallows; gouging flesh and leaving victims with horrendous bloody wounds and an intense, burning pain. Could an unidentified terror be lurking in the murky waters?

  • Amazon River Beast

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    Adventurer Richard Terry goes into the Brazilian Amazon of South America in search of a fabled creature of immense size, responsible for a string of brutal attacks on villagers. The monster is said to attack ferociously, striking from the waters and even on land, leaving its victims with horrifying wounds, too terrified to enter the waters again. Can Richard Terry find the truth behind this monster . . . before it finds him!

  • Brazilian Bigfoot

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    For generations, tales of a creature called the mapinguari have been passed down among Amazonian villagers. They describe a tall, shaggy beast that attacks with little warning, calling out with a deafening roar. In the world's largest rainforest, new species are discovered every few days, and after hearing stories from villagers who claim they came face to face with the creature, Richard tries to determine whether the mapinguari is more than a myth.