FeatureR1988·113m·6.3

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.

HorrorScience FictionDramaThriller

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.

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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 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

Debra Gordon

E.R. Nurse

Kate English

Scrub Nurse

Rik Billock

Garbage Man

Christina Galesi

Nurse

Details

Status
Released
Original language
English
Languages
English
Budget
$7.0M
Revenue
$5.3M
Age rating
R
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
Orion Pictures

Crew

Director

George A. Romero

Writers

George A. Romero, Michael Stewart

Pasquale Buba

Editor

James A. Contner

Director of Photography

David Shire

Original Music Composer

Cletus Anderson

Production Design

Gallery