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Monkey Shines (also known as Monkey Shines: An Experiment in Fear) is a 1988 American horror film written and directed by George A. Romero, based on the nove...
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Law student Allan Mann awakes early in the morning to exercise. Leaving his girlfriend, Linda Aikman in bed, Allan goes running with a backpack of bricks to weigh him down. A German Shepherd startles Allan to back into the street, and he is hit by a truck. At the hospital, Dr. John Wiseman operates on Allan's spinal cord.
`Monkey Shines” opens with a textbook illustration of the Perfect Day Theory, which teaches that when a movie opens with a glorious depiction of a perfect day in the life of the hero, the joy is always a prelude to tragedy. In this case, Allan, the hero, goes jogging, is struck by a truck and awakens as a quadriplegic.
George A. Romero. Michael Stewart. 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.
Monkey Shines is the story of a paraplegic, whose mad scientist friend gives him a monkey from an animal testing lab to help him with day to day tasks. The film gets a lot right in terms of characters and the relationship between the characters.
MONKEY SHINES. Directed by. George A. Romero. United States, 1988. Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi. 113. Synopsis. A quadriplegic man has a trained monkey help him with his ...
Monkey Shines: An Experiment In Fear. 1988 · 1 hr 54 min. R. Drama · Horror · Sci-Fi. Injected with human brain cells, a superintelligent female monkey is enlisted to help a wheelchair-bound quadriplegic get on with his life. Subtitles: English. Starring: Jason Beghe Kate McNeil John Pankow Joyce Van Patten. Directed by: George A. Romero ...
