Link

Link (1986)

  • 17% of critics liked it
    (6 reviews)

  • 31% of users liked it
    (1,357 ratings)

Richard Franklin directed this horror film that plays like Jane Goodall in Gaslight. Elisabeth Shue is Jane Chase, a graduate student in zoology who volunteers to help Dr. Steven Phillip (Terence Stamp), a professor at the university, with his animal studies. Arriving at his mansion, she is greeted… More

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Jan 1, 1986 Wide
HBO Video

Critic Reviews

  • Ryan Cracknell, Apollo Guide

    Given Hollywood's sketchy record with monkey movies, Link compares relatively well and rates as moderately successful.

  • Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central

    A head-scratcher: a movie so abominable from start to finish that it's headache-inducing, and more puzzling for its existence than for any of its numerous purported twists.

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  • Luke B


    Unfortunately it's never as creepy as the poster, but it does come close. Link sees Elisabeth Shue take a job minding Stamp's cottage where 3 apes live. An elderly domineering female, a youngling hat can communicate via a computer, and an old geezer dressed as a butler. The… More

  • Ken S


    It's sort of like a prequel to Sunset Blvd. One of the most unusual creature features I've ever seen.

  • Dr Blood  


    If the music sounds familiar, well that's because Jerry "Gremlins" Goldsmith composed it.

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