Christine Forrest, Janine Turner, Jason Beghe
A quadriplegic man has a trained monkey help him with his paralysis, until the little monkey begins to develop feelings, and rage, against its new master.
DVD Release Date: August 14, 2001
Stats: 245 reviews
It worked for me; I'm working on severing my spinal column as we speak. creepy, obsessive, telekinetic, monkey- partner here I come!
A guy's helper brain-pee fed monkey goes crazy and kills people. This movie has hilarious dialog and a priceless monkey-neck-bite death scene.
I liked it just fine even if the premise is a bit preposterous but there's a glaring mistake that is impossible to explain away near the end of the film that undoes it entirely.
It looked like such a scary and suspenseful movie! It's actually a dull mess, as paraplegic man in a wheelchair is terrorized by his monkey helper. There's very little to get excited about here.
This is a welcome variation to the "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" idea. The monkey is superbly trained.
Love this movie but I have three problems with it: the ending, some of the dialogue and the "sex" scene.
Not one of George A. Romero´s most interesting films but still worth a look.
lol i watched this when i was a kid.....so so scared of monkeys
ever seen a quadriplegic man go down a girl? that's b/c you haven't seen this movie yet.
Somewhere within this movie's two hours or so is hidden an absolutely spellbinding 90-minute thriller. full review
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