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Monkey Shines (1988)

Movie"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."
Audience Score
63
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R 1 hr 53 minJul 29th, 1988Horror, Science Fiction
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.
StarringJason BegheJohn PankowKate McNeil
DirectorGeorge A. Romero

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:July 29th, 1988
On DVD & Blu-ray:September 28th, 1999 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$7,000,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$5,344,577 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Peter Grunwald, Gerald S. Paonessa
Production Companies:Orion Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Movie Tags:
based on novel or bookrevengeexperimentdisabilitymonkeyrageparalysisanimal researchanimal testingscience run amok