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Monkey Shines
Drama, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
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.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy psychologically claustrophobic horror about vulnerable bodies, corrupted caregiving, and science crossing ethical boundaries.
- Tone
- dread, tense, eerie
- Payoff
- scares, unease
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- intense
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- disability, dependency, animal exploitation, scientific hubris, possessiveness
- Setting
- contemporary, suburban home and animal research facility
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