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."

Jul 29 1988 R 1h 53m
Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

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.

Official Trailer
Plot

When Allan becomes a quadriplegic he loses all hope for living until he meets Ella - a monkey trained to fetch and carry for him around the house, obeying him in all things. But Ella is part of another experiment, and when she starts responding to Allan's underlying rage and frustration she has the ability to carry out her master's darkest wishes.

Written by

Michael Stewart, George A. Romero

Directed by

George A. Romero

Cast

Jason Beghe, John Pankow, Kate McNeil

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Orion Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

7 wins & 2 nominations

Trailers
Monkey Shines Trailer
Monkey Shines (1988) - Official Trailer (HD)
Featurettes
Cast and Crew Talk About the Monkey's Antics On Set (1988) Monkey Shines
Scores
# of Votes
14,470
Average Rating
6.2 out of 10
Metascore
71
Popularity
NA