Our Review
- Troy Kotsur, Kevin McNally, Johnny Sequoyah
- January 30th 2026
- 89
- Johannes Roberts
A pet chimpanzee named Ben gets infected with rabies and goes on a killing spree around his secluded Hawaiian home.
A creature feature is a staple of the horror genre, and there is a new outing in town in the form of Primate.
The brutally graphic horror, directed by Johannes Roberts, is set in a luxury clifftop house in a remote part of Hawaii, where the Pinborough family have lived for years with their pet chimpanzee Ben.
Lucy (Johnny Seqouyah), a young college student, returns home for the first time in several years with her best friend Kate (Victoria Wyant), Kate’s brother Nick (Benjamin Cheng) and an unexpected extra guest Hannah (Jessica Alexander).
Ben is bitten by a rabid mongoose and locked away in his enclosure before the family patriarch Adam (Troy Kotsur) goes out for a book signing event. While he is away, Ben escapes and embarks on a killing spree.
The idea is simple and it has been done before – take 1983’s Cujo for instance – but Primate is well executed, with a high body count, excellent use of practical...
