Film

Monkey Shines

1988 · 1h 53m · Horror · Science Fiction · Drama

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.

IMDb

6.2

Rotten Tomatoes

55%

Metacritic

71

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.

Jason Beghe

Allan Mann

John Pankow

Geoffrey Fisher

Kate McNeil

Melanie Parker

Joyce Van Patten

Dorothy Mann

Christine Forrest

Maryanne Hodges

Stephen Root

Dean Burbage

Stanley Tucci

Dr. John Wiseman

Tom Quinn

Charlie Cunningham

Janine Turner

Linda Aikman

William Newman

Doc Williams

Tudi Wiggins

Esther Fry

Patricia Tallman

Party Guest

David Early

Anesthetist

Eric Morgan Stuart

Brad Long

BAMF in Red Jacket

Robert Hendren

Orderly

• George A. RomeroDirector · Screenplay
• Michael StewartNovel
• Charles EvansProducer
• Peter GrunwaldExecutive Producer
• Gerald S. PaonessaExecutive Producer
• James A. ContnerDirector of Photography
• David ShireOriginal Music Composer
• Pasquale BubaEditor
• Dianne CrittendenCasting

Monkey Shines (1988) - Official Trailer (HD)

Release date

July 29, 1988

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 53m

Rated

R

Budget

$7,000,000

Revenue

$5,344,577

Genres

Horror, Science Fiction, Drama, Thriller

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