Monkey Shines (1988)

1h 53m · 29 Jul 1988

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.

Drama Horror Science Fiction Thriller

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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.

Movie ID	45817
Genre	Drama, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
Director	George A. Romero
Main cast	Jason Beghe, John Pankow, Kate McNeil, Joyce Van Patten, Christine Forrest, Stephen Root, Stanley Tucci, Tom Quinn
Release date	29 July 1988
Release year	1988
Language	English
Duration	113 min (1h 53m)
Rating	6.3 / 10 (TMDB)
Production house	Orion Pictures