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Monkey Shines (1988) [R]

Release Date:
July 29, 1988

Original Title:
Monkey Shines

Alternate Titles:
Ella
Monerías diabólicas
Monkey Shines: An Experiment in Fear
Opičí experiment
공포의 살인 원숭이

Genres:
Horror | Science Fiction

Production Companies:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Orion Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 18  GB: 18  US: R 

Runtime: 113

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.

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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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Production

Casting:
Dianne Crittenden

Director:
George A. Romero

Director of Photography:
James A. Contner

Editor:
Pasquale Buba

Executive Producer:
Peter Grunwald
Gerald S. Paonessa

Makeup & Hair:
Jeannee Josefczyk

Novel:
Michael Stewart

Original Music Composer:
David Shire

Producer:
Charles Evans

Production Design:
Cletus Anderson

Screenplay:
George A. Romero

Sound Effects Editor:
Larry Blake

Special Effects Makeup Artist:
Tom Savini
Greg Nicotero
Mike Trcic
Everett Burrell

Stunts:
Patricia Tallman

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