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By Bheema D (235) on 13 Nov 2014

What it lacks in the musical and visual departments, it makes up for in it's Freudian concepts, delightfully cynical writing and surprisingly…

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By Nathan M (1,055) on 08 Nov 2014

Hilariously bad. The only reason I watched this film was because of the How Did This Get Made podcast…

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By Atlante G (14) on 16 Oct 2014

Terrible in the best way. A great bad movie full of hilarious dialogue and horrendous acting…

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By Jason H (1,621) on 18 Sep 2014

Starts out strong but goes off the wayward path when the protagonist of the film descends into monkey shine madness…

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By David Nusair (3,363) for Reel Film Reviews (3,339) on 31 Dec 2013

By the time the hilarious yet memorable Carrie-esque final shocker rolls around, Monkey Shines has established itself as a passable horror effort…

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By Ken S (1,985) on 18 Jan 2013

Having such a better video box and poster, I always wanted to see this until it faded into obscurity, even among Romero's efforts…

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By Alexander C (2,448) on 31 Oct 2012

It worked for me; I'm working on severing my spinal column as we speak. creepy, obsessive, telepathic, monkey- partner here I come…

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By Sylvester K (938) on 30 Oct 2012

Having sex with a quadriplegic person is kinda kinky…

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By Johnny T (1,375) on 16 Sep 2012

Some of the most visceral hate speech I have ever seen in a movie. Love it…

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By Nick B (1,566) on 07 Sep 2012

Even though its weird and pretty messed up this is a pretty decent 80s horror movie, I thought a killer monkey would have been stupid but George…

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By Ad V (401) on 19 Aug 2012

A comedy in disguise. Funniest ending ever…

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By Mitchell P (36) on 01 Jun 2012

I remember as a child looking at all the horror film cases in my local video store and always seeing this, the UK video sleeve featured an…

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By Mitch B (96) on 21 Apr 2012

Solid Frankenstein tale, but with a helper monkey…

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By Mark N (906) on 21 Dec 2011

George A…

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By Thomas P (1,379) on 10 Dec 2011

I liked it, but I hate how the ending scene showed the paraplegic stuck in the chair chasing a monkey the hole time. A little pathetic…

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By Røgers C (23) on 03 Dec 2011

Decent movie and I really don't get all of the hate. Yet again, I don't really care for Zombie movies in general…

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By Vincent O (141) on 23 Oct 2011

Enjoyable little light horror. Some of the 'atmospheric' music was laughable…

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By Sean C (2,276) on 17 Oct 2011

Strange horror film that is well directed and compelling, although it kind of comes apart in its vapid ending scene…

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By Cory A (255) on 16 Oct 2011

That monkey better have gotten some sort of award…

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By Levi P (220) on 13 Oct 2011

George Romero and a monkey that kills people, what could possibly be better…

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