Monkey Shines (1988)

Name: Monkey Shines
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1988-07-29
Duration: 113 min
Cast: Jason Beghe, John Pankow, Kate McNeil, Joyce Van Patten, Christine Forrest

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.

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Released 1988-07-29 · 113 min · Horror, Science Fiction, Drama, Thriller

Directed by George A. Romero

Cast

Jason Beghe as Allan Mann
John Pankow as Geoffrey Fisher
Kate McNeil as Melanie Parker
Joyce Van Patten as Dorothy Mann
Christine Forrest as Maryanne Hodges
Stephen Root as Dean Burbage
Stanley Tucci as Dr. John Wiseman
Tom Quinn as Charlie Cunningham
Janine Turner as Linda Aikman
William Newman as Doc Williams
Tudi Wiggins as Esther Fry
Patricia Tallman as Party Guest
David Early as Anesthetist
Eric Morgan Stuart
Brad Long as BAMF in Red Jacket