Blood Monkey | |
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Directed by | Robert Young |
Written by | George LaVoo Gary Dauberman |
Produced by | Charles Salmon |
Starring | F. Murray Abraham Prapimporn Kanjunda Matt Ryan Amy Manson Freishia Bomanbehram Matt Reeves Sebastian Armesto Laura Aikman |
Cinematography | Choochart Nantitanyatada |
Edited by | Anuradha Singh |
Music by | Charles Olins Mark Ryder |
Production companies | Thai Occidental Production RHI Entertainment |
Distributed by | Genius Entertainment |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Blood Monkey is a 2007 American direct-to-video natural horror film produced by RHI Entertainment and directed by Robert Young. It aired on various video on demand channels, before officially premiering in the United States on the Syfy Channel (called Sci-Fi channel at the time it premiered) on January 27, 2008. Filmed in Thailand, it is the first film in the Maneater Series produced under an agreement with Syfy.
The film followed a group of six students studying primates in Asia under the demented Professor Hamilton who find themselves under attack from bloodthirsty primates in the jungle.
Reviewers panned the film, criticizing the acting, dialogue, plot, low-quality special effects, and the lack of appearances by the titular monster, the monkeys. They also questioned the appearance of F. Murray Abraham in the film, though note that his performance was its only positive aspect.