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.

63% rating 1988 R 1h 55m

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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.

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About Monkey Shines

Director
George A. Romero
Cast
Jason Beghe, John Pankow, Kate McNeil, Joyce Van Patten, Christine Forrest, Stephen Root, Stanley Tucci, Tom Quinn
Writers
George A. Romero, Michael Stewart
Genres
Drama, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
Release date
29/07/1988
Rating
R
Original language
EN
Country
US
Tags
revenge, monkey, animal testing, based on novel or book, disability, experiment, paralysis, animal research