Monkey Shines (1988)
July 29, 1988
Horror, Science Fiction
1h 53m
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.
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
- Director
- George A. Romero
- Allan Mann Jason Beghe
- Geoffrey Fisher John Pankow
- Melanie Parker Kate McNeil
- Dorothy Mann Joyce Van Patten
- Maryanne Hodges Christine Forrest
- Dean Burbage Stephen Root
- Dr. John Wiseman Stanley Tucci
- Linda Aikman Janine Turner
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Keywords
- experiment
- based on novel or book
- paralysis
- revenge
- rage
- monkey
- disability
- science run amok
- animal testing
- animal research