Manatees are a protected species in Florida and this movie will create a lot of free publicity by news media outlets … a great low budget flick that can make a ton of money. Can be shot in 1 location in central Florida. Horror/Thriller.
Logline: BABY, a manatee infected by pollutants grows to become a toxic avenger. An Indian with spiritual powers becomes a key figure in tracking down the ominous, mutant mammal. High suspense will captivate the imagination as this fast-paced, dramatic adventure unfolds.
Rating: PG-13 Action / Horor / Creature Feature.
SYNOPSIS
Late at night in the Florida swamps two unscrupulous deck hands dump toxic ooze into the water to avoid paying for proper disposal. Unknown to the deck hands a male and female Manatee are swimming underwater, with the female about to give birth to a baby Manatee calf.
Both adult Manatees are later found dead on the river banks. After a necropsy is performed it is discovered that the female Manatee had recently given birth, with no signs of where the infant Manatee calf may be.
Several years later a group of teenagers are having a fun-filled nighttime party down at the springs. Screams and hollers interrupts the joyousness night when several of the teenagers become mutilated and die from what is thought to be multi-alligator attacks.
Hal Cooley, a rugged early 30’s Game Warden puts together a hunting posse to track down and kill the alligators.
Grace Stevens is an attractive female Medical Examiner and becomes Hal’s love interest as they continue to investigate the rash of river mutilations.
After several members of the hunting posse are found mutilated, Hal and the rest of the tracking team have little choice but to enlist the services of Brave Feather, a Seminole Indian with a spiritual connection to the wilderness.
Brave Feather explains about an ominous creature that lurks in the rivers and is the unfortunate by-product of mankind’s disregard to Mother Nature.
Hal and the tracking team eventually discover they are hunting a “Mutant Manatee” and thrilling suspense will captivate the imagination as this fast-paced, horrifying thriller unfolds.