Blood Monkey

Blood Monkey
DVD cover
Directed byRobert Young
Written byGeorge LaVoo
Gary Dauberman
Produced byCharles Salmon
StarringF. Murray Abraham
Prapimporn Kanjunda
Matt Ryan
Amy Manson
Freishia Bomanbehram
Matt Reeves
Sebastian Armesto
Laura Aikman
CinematographyChoochart Nantitanyatada
Edited byAnuradha Singh
Music byCharles Olins
Mark Ryder
Production
companies
Thai Occidental Production
RHI Entertainment
Distributed byGenius Entertainment
Release dates
  • September 24, 2007 (2007-09-24) (Greece)
  • January 27, 2008 (2008-01-27) (United States)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.