Tate's Hell (2019)

Pork is everything to Tate, an anxiety-riddled halfwit living in isolation. Tate's father was a notorious bandit who retreated to the unforgiving landscape for solace. Little did he know the land was said to be the realm of the mystical creature known as the "Skunk Ape." A local Shaman serves as the intermediary keeping the beast at bay with a long-standing pact forged between them. After the death of Tate's father, Tate is left to his own devices. When a traveling salesman saunters into Tate's life, offering Tate something he's never known, companionship. The story bridges together folklore while providing a moral reflection that exposes human self-perception, all while being steeped with themes from ancient fables.