Monkey Shines
1988 · Movie · 1h 53m · R
HorrorScience FictionDramaThriller
"Once there was a man whose prison was a chair. The man had a monkey, they made the strangest pair. The monkey ruled the man, it climbed inside his head. And now as fate would have it, one of them is dead."
Overview
A quadriplegic man is given a trained monkey help him with every day activities, until the little monkey begins to develop feelings, and rage, against its new master and those who get too close to him.
Ratings
IMDb
6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes
55%
Metacritic
71/100
Key crew
- George A. RomeroDirector
- George A. RomeroScreenplay
- David ShireOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jason BegheAllan Mann
- John PankowGeoffrey Fisher
- Kate McNeilMelanie Parker
- Joyce Van PattenDorothy Mann
- Christine ForrestMaryanne Hodges
- Stephen RootDean Burbage
- Stanley TucciDr. John Wiseman
- Tom QuinnCharlie Cunningham
- Janine TurnerLinda Aikman
- William NewmanDoc Williams
- Tudi WigginsEsther Fry
- Patricia TallmanParty Guest
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Themes
experimentbased on novel or bookparalysisrevengeragemonkeydisabilityscience run amokanimal testinganimal research