Monkey Shines (1988)
Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews
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.
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.
- Released: 1988-07-29
- Genres: Horror, Science Fiction, Drama, Thriller
- Runtime: 1h 53m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 6.3/10 from 375 votes
Directed by George A. Romero.
Top cast
- Jason Beghe as Allan Mann
- John Pankow as Geoffrey Fisher
- Kate McNeil as Melanie Parker
- Joyce Van Patten as Dorothy Mann
- Christine Forrest as Maryanne Hodges
- Stephen Root as Dean Burbage
- Stanley Tucci as Dr. John Wiseman
- Tom Quinn as Charlie Cunningham
- Janine Turner as Linda Aikman
- William Newman as Doc Williams
Where to watch Monkey Shines
- United States: stream on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; watch free on Tubi TV; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
- United Kingdom: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
- India: rent on Amazon Video
- Canada: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Crave, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Crave Amazon Channel; watch free on Tubi TV; rent on Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, Amazon Video
- Australia: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
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