Creature: FUTURE CAMOUFLAGE BEAST
Main Location: Abandoned House
Three teenage boys break into the local haunted house daring one another to go further and further into the abandoned building. But the innocent games soon take a sinister turn when the house comes alive and a terrifying creature attacks them. In the aftermath of the deadly attack, the only survivor is arrested for murder but is never convicted.
Years later, the hapless young man is freed from jail, but is still too tormented to confront what really happened.
Meanwhile Cutter’s (Douglas Henshall) research leads him to predict that the next anomaly will open in this same ‘haunted house’. Jenny (Lucy Brown), Connor (Andrew-Lee Potts) and Abby (Hannah Spearritt) are sent to investigate and uncover the mystery surrounding the house.
They track down the survivor and discover that the house is actually home to a terrifying Camouflage creature from the future, a beast that can change shape and form to disguise itself until it is practically invisible.
The team also find themselves in trouble with the law when suspicious detective Danny Quinn (Jason Flemying) takes an instant dislike to them and their interest in the house, culminating in Connor’s arrest. But just what is Quinn’s own interest in the house? His almost constant presence there underlines that it is certainly far more than a professional one.
A deadly game of cat and mouse plays out within the house and the surrounding suburb as the team tries to capture the creature – not easy when they can barely see it. With Connor behind bars, and both Quinn and the creature on their tails, Abby, Jenny and Cutter must draw on all their expertise to discover the truth.
CAMOUFLAGE BEAST – EPISODE TWO
The Facts:
Size: 1m (3.5ft)
As a future creature this beast is completely fictional. It is clearly a derived form of primate and its design is heavily based on the Madagascan aye aye. So strange looking is this animal that native mythology holds it to be a symbol of death. The camouflage abilities that it is given do not exist in mammals but is similar to the skin colour control that cuttlefish exhibit.
The Fiction
The team is sent to a house where Cutter believes an anomaly will open up. It turns out that one opened up 14 years before and a creature came through and has remained hiding in the house ever since. This has led to the rumour that the house is haunted. What has helped it evade capture is its ability to instantly camouflage itself against any background.