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63% Critic Match
Monkey Shines
“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.”
6.3 / 10• 1988• 1h 53m•R• English
HorrorScience FictionDramaThriller
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Jason Beghe
Allan Mann
Lead
John Pankow
Geoffrey Fisher
Kate McNeil
Melanie Parker
Joyce Van Patten
Dorothy Mann
Christine Forrest
Maryanne Hodges
Stephen Root
Dean Burbage
Stanley Tucci
Dr. John Wiseman
TQ
Tom Quinn
Charlie Cunningham
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. George A. Romero's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Monkey Shines is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
