I love this movie so much

A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

I don't what I expected but I this was not as good as hope for,I saw this on TV over the weekend, I did miss the first 8 minutes of the movie, I Don't think I missed to much.I enjoyed some parts of the movie, most of the time, i was rooting for The Monkey anyway,I didn't like the Allen at all, I didn't really care for me at all, I did not really sorry for me at all.One hell of nasty person, I know it's was be really hard just blow all time but there was no need of him being a ass to everyone who was to help him6 out of 10

Offbeat horror film has a paraplegic being given a capuchin monkey named Ella as a companion. Only problem: the cute little monkey has been subjected to genetic experimentation, and has a mind of its its own. Pretty soon, the monkey is up to no good, and the paraplegic is becoming telepathically linked to the increasingly evil simian. George Rnmero made this little gem. The cast is largely unknown, although watch for a young Stanley Tucci as one of the paraplegic's surgeons and John Pankow as the paraplegic's buddy (and mad scientist). A weird little tale that takes its time to get to the nasty stuff, which is just fine with me as the killings are pretty routine.

For his immediate follow up to the excellent Day of the Dead, George Romero ditches shuffling, flesh-eating corpses in favour of a much smaller, hairier, and altogether more unlikely antagonist: a capuchin monkey called Ella.After being injected with an experimental serum designed to enhance her intelligence, furry-faced Ella (brilliantly played by Boo, whose acting career has inexplicably stalled after this impressive debut) gradually turns into a murderous beast capable of tapping into the anger and resentment of her paraplegic owner Allan Mann (Jason Beghe) and carrying out his most primal desires. As little hairy Ella proceeds to bump off those who have wronged or upset her master, she proves to be every bit as deadly as a reanimated corpse, only a damn sight more devious.Monkey Shines is a decidedly different beast to the '...of the Dead' films for which Romero is so well known: the director eschews the cartoonish blood and guts approach that has made his zombie films so popular with gore-hounds (although make-up legend Tom Savini is still on hand to provide a couple of impressive effects), and opts instead for slow-burn tension and nail-biting suspense.This more mature and reserved directorial style, coupled with excellent performances (Beghe, who is limited to acting only with his head, is superb), a well written script (adapted by Romero from the novel by Michael Stewart), and a few decent jump scares, results in a satisfying little horror/chiller that proves there is more to Romero than just gut-munching and bullets to the head (not that I dislike gratuitous splatter, but a change is as good as a rest, as they say!).

The fact that this person says "George Romero" 'always disappoints' can be taken to mean (a) the average 'non-horror' movie fan or (b). the average movie-fan" - which yeah, maybe that's why he's never made the crossover BIG as in HUGE time, unless you count "Night of the Living Dead" as one of the CLASSIC horror films of ALL times! The man (Romero)has films like "Day of The Dead" which was one of those movies even fans kind of wondered about a bit (as Laurel Entertainment was transforming itself) but Entertainment Weekly voted "Day" one of the best horror films of all time as well. I certyainly believe the Romero catalogue are all excellent stabs at pieces of social issues that lie underneath whatever events were going on with the world from a historic standpoint as well. But then what would I know, I was only the Garbage Man(uncredited) in "Monkey Shines: An Experiment in Fear"rik billockPS Also I was in "Dawn of the Dead"(the original-Mall Suit Zombie)"Knightrdiers" (Blacksmith) "The Dark Half"(Donaldson Cop #2) "Night of the Living Dead-90"(Porch Cameo Zombie-Gerry Gerely made me up like Farmer Ned, who I play in "Flesh Eater") and I was supposed to be silo zombie in "Day of the Dead" BUT politics ruled its ugly head!