How does Monkey Shines end?

In the final act ("Climax and Liberation"): Allan confronts the monkey to save Melanie and ends the threat. He kills it, undergoes successful surgery, and regains his mobility and freedom.

Monkey Shines (1988) — AI Story Visualization

Name: Monkey Shines
Genre: drama, horror, science-fiction, thriller
Released: 1988
Rating: 6.3

Plot Analysis Summary

A quadriplegic man's rehabilitation spirals into violence through a telepathic link with an experimental monkey.

Story Structure — 5 Plot Phases

The Accident and Isolation

Training and Hidden Agendas

Dark Impulses Unleashed

Violence and Betrayal

Climax and Liberation

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.

Directed by

George A. Romero

Key Cast

Jason Beghe — Allan Mann
John Pankow — Geoffrey Fisher
Kate McNeil — Melanie Parker
Joyce Van Patten — Dorothy Mann
Christine Forrest — Maryanne Hodges

Rating: 6.3/10 (365 votes)