Monkey Shines (1988)
Note: this print runs 72 minutes against a recorded 113 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.
With Jason Beghe, John Pankow, Kate McNeil, Joyce Van Patten, Stephen Root, Stanley Tucci, Janine Turner, Tom Savini
Directed by George A. Romero
Monkey Shines (also known as Monkey Shines: An Experiment in Fear) is a 1988 American science fiction psychological horror film written and directed by George A. Romero and starring Jason Beghe, Kate McNeil, John Pankow, and Joyce Van Patten. Its plot follows a young athlete who becomes a paralyzed quadriplegic, and develops a bond with an intelligent service monkey named "Ella" who becomes homicidal after she is injected with an experimental serum of human brain tissue. It is based on the 1983 British novel of the same title by Michael Stewart.
Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from YouTube.
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