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A giant boardwalk has been resurrected high up in the Indonesian rainforest canopy, offering guests stunning, spectacular, and unparalleled views of the rainforest. However, the boardwalk is incomplete and in need of more funding. The creator, John Corstine, assembles a group of potential investors for a weekend tour of the boardwalk. Little do they know that high up in the rainforest canopy, they are being watched, but more importantly, they are not alone.

Two young and determined entrepreneurs set out to create an annual convention called Prehistoric Con. What was supposed to a glorious evening in celebration of all things prehistoric - showcasing best-selling authors, movie directors, executive producers, screenwriters, and a host of others from the industry - takes a sudden turn for the worst with the reality that they have been locked inside the building with no way out. It isn’t long before the entire convention comes to the horrifying realization that they are being hunted...

Fresh off an expedition to the wilds of Indonesia, Bick Downs returns home to his beloved San Francisco. It isn’t long before he learns that an ancient species of predator has been released and is running amok in the city. He joins forces with others in an attempt to capture the mysterious creature, only to learn that up North, in the sleepy agricultural town of Santa Rosa, California, something even more terrifying and sinister has been created.

Bick Downs and the Society of Cryptozoological Agents are dropped into the lush bamboo forests of Vietnam. They are searching for Gigantopithecus, the largest primate that has ever existed. But what they find deep and entangled amongst the trees is not the reclusive giant that roamed the bamboo forests of Southeast Asia several million years ago. Instead, they find something else entirely. The animal has evolved. 

When Dr. Will Freeman, a struggling, widowed university professor, is laid off from his position at the local university, his life begins to take a sharp downward spiral. A reprieve comes in the form of a one-foot-long claw that is proffered to him, along with a substantial amount of money and an offer to join a team in search of the creature to which the claw may belong. With nothing to lose and everything to gain, he accepts the invitation to join the expedition to the Canadian Arctic. 

When a giant, building-size creature suddenly arrives on the side of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, the world quickly comes to the realization that there are things that exist on this earth that defy imagination.

A man awakens in a driving rainstorm with no recollection of his life or how he arrived at his present location. His name is the only thing he remembers. He joins up with others experiencing the same lack of memory. They soon find themselves battling an environment filled with vicious and predatory creatures. The moment of clarity comes when they realize that the world and everything in it that has been trying to kill them are not what they seem. They finally come to the stark realization that they may have committed horrible acts for which they must soon atone. 

A man wakes at dawn in order to get in an early morning run. Quietly, he climbs over a fallen tree that blocks the secluded dirt trail. As he slowly begins his run, unbeknownst to him, he is being watched. For inside the dense foliage and creeping ivy, the forest is very much alive.