“[T]his intelligent, effective thriller is one of [George A. Romero’s] best films…a tense, clever nail-biter” – Combustible Celluloid

A seemingly absurd premise is molded into sharp, unsettling, and darkly funny psychological terror in George A. Romero’s Monkey Shines. Adapted from a novel by Michael Stewart, this non-zombie tale of terror from the Night of the Living Dead maestro tells the tale of a paralyzed athlete whose helpful service monkey turns into a murderous psychopath carrying out her master’s darkest impulses. Jason Beghe plays the quadriplegic lead, but it’s Ella, the capuchin monkey, who steals the show. Monkey Shines finds Romero at his most twisted—blending mad scientists, Freudian psychodrama, a deeply sympathetic if often implausible portrait of quadriplegia, and an impossibly adorable serial killer into something truly unique in the annals of horror cinema. It’s exactly the kind of unhinged horror show that demands to be seen with a crowd.

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