Monkey Shines (1988)

  • R
  • 07/29/1988 (US)
  • Horror, Science Fiction
  • 1h 53m

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.

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.

George A. Romero

Screenplay, Director

Michael Stewart

Novel

Cast

Jason Beghe's headshot

Jason Beghe

Allan Mann
John Pankow's headshot

John Pankow

Geoffrey Fisher
Kate McNeil's headshot

Kate McNeil

Melanie Parker
Joyce Van Patten's headshot

Joyce Van Patten

Dorothy Mann
Christine Forrest's headshot

Christine Forrest

Maryanne Hodges
Stephen Root's headshot

Stephen Root

Dean Burbage
Stanley Tucci's headshot

Stanley Tucci

Dr. John Wiseman
Tom Quinn's headshot

Tom Quinn

Charlie Cunningham

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