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Monkey Shines

Monkey Shines (1988)Stream and Watch Online

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."

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Need to watch 'Monkey Shines' in the comfort of your own home? Hunting down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the George A. Romero-directed movie via subscription can be confusing, so we here at Moviefone want to help you out.

Below, you'll find a number of top-tier streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription alternatives - along with the availability of 'Monkey Shines' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'Monkey Shines' right now, here are some finer points about the Orion Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer horror flick.

Released July 29th, 1988, 'Monkey Shines' stars Jason Beghe, John Pankow, Kate McNeil, Joyce Van Patten The R movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 53 min, and received a user score of 63 (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from 297 knowledgeable users.

You probably already know what the movie's about, but just in case... Here's the plot: "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."

'Monkey Shines' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Epix, Vudu, Hoopla, Amazon Video, The Roku Channel, Apple iTunes, ScreenPix Apple TV Channel, and Pluto TV .

'Monkey Shines' Release Dates

Watch in Movie Theaters on July 29th, 1988
Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting September 28th, 1999 - Buy Monkey Shines DVD