Actress Joyce Van Patten (1934)

Monkey Shines (1988) is a science fiction psychological horror film written and directed by George A. Romero. After being struck by a truck and becoming quadriplegic, law student and athlete Allan Mann struggles to adapt to his new life in an SNP-equipped wheelchair. His overbearing mother and unempathetic nurse try their best to help him, but Allan’s friend Geoffrey Fisher comes up with the idea of getting him a Capuchin monkey as a service animal. However, Geoffrey has a hidden agenda as he is under pressure to produce results as a research scientist. He has been experimenting on a monkey in his lab with a serum ...