absolutely ridiculous and it owns that but when looking past the weird nature of it, its not an effective horror film nor is it that interesting.
frankly, its mostly boring and when your movie is about a killer monkey then you have a huge problem.(watch my filmography: https://boxd.it/2A45h )
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.
Rating
2.0 (1)
Release Date
7/29/1988Runtime
113 minsOverview
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.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$7,000,000Revenue
$5,344,577Homepage
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How It Feels
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A twisted psychodrama where the boundaries between caregiver and threat blur in the mind of a paralyzed man, building toward a feverish conclusion. Monkey Shines turns intimate dependency into a vehicle for creeping paranoia and body horror.
Mood
ParanoidUnsettlingTenseBleak
Themes
ObsessionIsolationRevengeComing apart
Tone
Earnest
Pacing
Slow-burn
Look
NaturalisticHigh-contrast
Structure
Linear
Heads up
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