Monkey Shines
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.
6.3
375 votes
1988
1h 53m
Horror
Science Fiction
Drama
Thriller
Overview
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.
Directed by George A. Romero
Top cast
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 WisemanT
Tom Quinn
Charlie Cunningham
Janine Turner
Linda Aikman
William Newman
Doc WilliamsT
Tudi Wiggins
Esther Fry
Patricia Tallman
Party Guest
David Early
Anesthetist
Eric Morgan Stuart
B
Brad Long
BAMF in Red Jacket
Robert Hendren
Orderly
Debra Gordon
E.R. NurseK
Kate English
Scrub NurseR
Rik Billock
Garbage ManC
Christina Galesi
NurseDetails
Status
Released
Release date
July 29, 1988
Budget
$7M
Revenue
$5.3M
Language
English
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