Primate
Directed by Johannes Roberts
College student Lucy and her friends spend their vacation at her family's home in Hawaii, which includes her pet chimpanzee, Ben. However, when Ben contracts rabies after being bitten by a rabid animal, the group must fight for their lives in order to avoid the now-violent chimp. From TMDB
237 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy) · newest Oct 17, 2026 · last updated Oct 18, 2026 · How this works
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The film made $1.4 million in box office North America previews. In its opening weekend, it would make $11.3 million and place second at the box office. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 77% of 203 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.3/10. The website's consensus reads: "That's one bad ape, and Primate is one lean, mean, effective chiller." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 58 out of 100, based on 26 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B−" on an A+ to F scale. Clint Worthington of RogerEbert.com gave the film three out of four stars and…
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60 of 237 · most liked firstWe went on a date night and saw PRIMATE, which did not disappoint if you want a gory, tense creature feature/Nature strikes back film. We had a blast even though some of it is baffling and the entire plot is ANGRY MONKEY IS ANGRY. But the audience we saw it with got truly scared, fun!
positive · AI labelView post →New poster for Ben the Chimp in ‘PRIMATE’ The horror movie follows a family whose pet chimp gets rabies and begins brutally attacking the entire family.
neutral · AI labelView post →‘PRIMATE’, a new horror movie about a killer chimpanzee, is now playing in theaters. Read our review: bit.ly/PrimateDF
neutral · AI labelView post →‘PRIMATE’, a new horror movie about a killer chimpanzee, is now at 89% on Rotten Tomatoes. • In theaters this Friday. Read our review: bit.ly/PrimateDF
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s because he started doing the stuff from that Primate movie
neutral · AI labelView post →If you’re looking for a horror movie where a crazy chimpanzee brutally rips people’s faces off, then ‘PRIMATE’ is just for you. Find out more in our review... discussingfilm.net/2026/01/07/p...
neutral · AI labelView post →In the Planet of the Apes world they got a Most Valuable Primate style movie about a human who can play sports
neutral · AI labelView post →This movie (free on Tubi btw) makes the Most Valuable Primate series look like shit. It runs circles around Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch
neutral · AI labelView post →just fyi, horror fans: you could watch Together on Hulu, Dangerous Animals on AMC+ or rent 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple or Primate instead of seeing that cursed, franchise-killing sequel now in theaters 🍿
neutral · AI labelView post →💾 Mute Witness (1995) 🤟 Primate (2025) 👶🏻 28 Years Later (2025) 🚁 28 Weeks Later (2007) #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →There's a new horror movie coming out called PRIMATE about a family's pet chimpanzee going rabid while they're on vacation and killing them. Honestly, I think this is a stupid plot for a movie (and NOPE will always have done it better) but a really good plot for the next season of THE WHITE LOTUS.
neutral · AI labelView post →First movie of Fantastic Fest 2025: Primate. What if Koko instead of Cujo? Rabid chimp terrorizes family in a fancy Hawaiian mountaintop house. Unapologetically gory studio horror flick that will for sure get crowds squirming in their seats when it comes out in January.
positive · AI labelView post →They thought he was family. They were wrong. Our exclusive new PRIMATE featurette gives a closer look at Ben, the killer chimp in Johannes Roberts' new movie in theaters January 9.
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched the Monday mystery movie. It was a fun little horror flick I hadn't seen. My face was lit up like a kid in a candy store at the fairly gorey deaths. My family was horrified. They're not horror fans. 😆 Watched for the 1st time: 🎥 Primate (2025) 🎬 Directed By: Johannes Roberts #Horror
positive · AI labelView post →I think the trailer gives too much away*, but I also think horror fans are gonna like Primate when it opens next month. it's basically a chimp slasher movie. from the director of 47 Meters Down and The Strangers 2. the good Strangers 2. from 2018. * I always think this.
positive · AI labelView post →Caught up with PRIMATE and DEAD MAN'S WIRE at the cinema yesterday. Both are worth watching. Did not expect a visual homage to the ghostly Aurore Clement bedroom scene from APOCALYPSE NOW REDUX in the killer monkey movie, but it's awesome.
positive · AI labelView post →Having a movie date with my wife. We are watching Primate. :)
neutral · AI labelView post →Primate movie tl;dr: what if you gave a pitbull opposable thumbs and then put it on an island without any toddlers
neutral · AI labelView post →Ahead of the film's Fantastic Fest premiere, Bloody Disgusting has learned that Paramount's PRIMATE is a killer chimp horror movie with a heavy focus on old school practical effects:
neutral · AI labelView post →PRIMATE Dir: Johannes Roberts 2025 #NowWatching Some really fun gore set pieces and some good tension float an otherwise 'middle of the road' film.
neutral · AI labelView post →Well I for one loved PRIMATE (2025). The killer chimpanzee movie was well-paced, action-packed, violent fun. Go watch it in theaters so you can see the gore on the big screen. #filmsky #horror My ★★★★ review of Primate on @letterboxd: boxd.it/cyLLsd
positive · AI labelView post →"He's gonna kill me." "He killed all the others." PRIMATE. Trailer tomorrow.
neutral · AI labelView post →My ⭐️1/2 review of PRIMATE boxd.it/fIxR5F Wildly unimaginative "thriller," where a lovable chimp morphs into Jason fucking Voorhees. No plot, no character development, no humor, no logical decisions...about as flavorless, textureless, & pointless as can be. Justice for Ben! 🐒 #filmsky 📽
negative · AI labelView post →"We really had to hit that sweet spot of how old he was, how scary-looking he was, and all that. An awful lot of thought process and design went into Millennium FX‘s side to create that ideal chimpanzee," director Johannes Roberts exclusively tells us for the trailer debut of PRIMATE:
neutral · AI labelView post →Paramount and director Johannes Roberts have a winner on their hands with the killer chimpanzee movie PRIMATE.
neutral · AI labelView post →Primate |2025 www.imdb.com/title/tt33028778 #NowWatching #filmsky #horrormovies ·a group of friends' tropical vacation turns into a terrifying, primal tale of horror and survival·
neutral · AI labelView post →I really liked PRIMATE - a simple premise executed well, smarter and meaner than expected. Solid traditional horror filmmaking on a high difficulty premise, because I had to believe in that ape suit, and I really did!
positive · AI labelView post →2026 has already had some terrific movies, even if you didn't go to a film festival. It also has PRIMATE, which I just watched. Good to set the bar early.
negative · AI labelView post →Tonight's film Primate (2025)
neutral · AI labelView post →Hey y’all, I shared some of my thoughts on PRIMATE & how much I dig Johannes Roberts’ work as a director here: from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io/quickie-revi... Any shares and/or subs would be greatly appreciated- trying to hit 400 next! Cheers!
neutral · AI labelView post →Primate (2026) Killer. Monkey. Movie. Nuff said.
positive · AI labelView post →I’m going to try to watch three movies today! I haven’t done that in a while. First up: Primate 🎬 #filmsky #horror
neutral · AI labelView post →Primate (2025) Morgan looked at me when the end credits rolled, literal tears in her eyes, and said “That movie was SO bad!” Full Letterboxd review: boxd.it/dL0wRD
negative · AI labelView post →I haven't seen Primate, don't know if I will, but all I ask is 15 years from now and seven sequels later they call that movie PRIME8
neutral · AI labelView post →The Naked Gun 2 1/2 is my favorite NG movie and thought the newest does well continuing the tradition. Ballerina was an ass kicking good time while Primate was better than I was expecting. Chinatown lives up to the accolades. #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #movies #filmsky
positive · AI labelView post →Two things you would not think get referenced in monkey horror movie Primate but do: Sally Rooney and Charli XCX.
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching PRIMATE (2025). Director: Johannes Roberts. Johnny Sequoyah, Troy Kotsur. If you're asking me to root for blandly attractive humans over a poor sickly chimp, you're absolutely bananas. First watch. #filmsky 📽
negative · AI labelView post →PRIMATE isn't a textually gay film, but it IS the story of a household where one family member is a beloved but improperly cared for exotic pet who snaps and destroys everything. And that makes it a spiritually gay film AND a spiritually autistic film.
neutral · AI labelView post →PRIMATE (2026) Streaming: January 27, 2026 PVOD (Apple, Amazon, Fandango at Home, etc.) #Primate whentostream.com/horror-thril...
neutral · AI labelView post →Let me hear you say this flick is bananas! B-A-N-A-N-A-AAAAAAGH!!! My review of the killer new killer ape movie PRIMATE is at @thewrap.com!
positive · AI labelView post →God damn. Holy shit. Just caught an advance screening of Johannes Roberts’ PRIMATE at Fantastic Fest. This movie will rip your face off and ask if you want seconds.
positive · AI labelView post →Christy @christylemire.bsky.social and Alonso @aduralde.bsky.social enjoyed the monkeyshines of Primate. #filmsky 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →Primate review – pet chimp gone wild makes for giddy, gory good time
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie # 1 of the fest! PRIMATE
neutral · AI labelView post →PRIMATE (2026) Streaming: March 25, 2026 Paramount+ #Primate whentostream.com/horror-thril...
neutral · AI labelView post →Primate is a movie about the first chimpanzee to learn the results of the 2024 election.
neutral · AI labelView post →It's #letterboxdFriday so you know I gotta drop my #lastfourwatched on your heads. I think I have my affection for the NES sequels. Coyote vs. Acme was a great movie going experience! The Legend of Billie Jean should be shown in schools. Primate RIPS! It's the perfect balance of dumb and scary
positive · AI labelView post →PRIMATE is the movie film critic Grace Randolph walked out on, and still reviewed, because of it's extreme violence and gore. NOW THAT'S an endorsement. 👍 I may watch this on my own sometime, but these kind of movies usually end up sad. #FrightClub
positive · AI labelView post →Chimp mad. Kids dead. 🐒 Our new piece reviews the brutal horror flick "Primate". Fun fact: I have had the rabies vaccine. gnofhorror.com/primate-revi... @maddwolfcolumbus.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →PRIMATE (2026): Lean. MEAN. I'm annoyed that the film sets up some big family trauma narrative, only to abandon it in favor of tongue-in-cheek simian slasher beats, but the practical effects and the pacing are too well done to ignore. Surprisingly heavy giallo influences, too? Not mad about it.
neutral · AI labelView post →Just started the movie Primate and this girl walked onto the plane talking to someone on speaker. Send in the homicidal monkey, he's totally justified.
positive · AI labelView post →My review of Primate for The Film Verdict #filmsky 📽️
neutral · AI labelView post →In the lead-up to next year’s creature feature Primate, I celebrate Monkey Shines - an amazing, psychologically scorching evil monkey movie
neutral · AI labelView post →@bloody-disgusting.com has a great little feature on the upcoming #horror film #primate wtf? bloody-disgusting.com/movie/390245...
neutral · AI labelView post →Does it seem like Ben has gotten bigger as the movie has gone on? #primate #frightclub
neutral · AI labelView post →I think they should have named this movie "There's Something Wrong With Ben." It's a much better name than Primate. #Frightclub #Primate
negative · AI labelView post →Time for one more movie before my day starts. Going with a new horror movie. Primate, 2026
neutral · AI labelView post →Monkey movie! #NowWatching #Primate 📽️
neutral · AI labelView post →Seems like AMC's mystery horror movie tonight is PRIMATE. I enjoyed it, but that's not a big surprise. #AMCScreamUnseen
positive · AI labelView post →Only at an AMC can one watch trailers for ANACONDA, WICKED: FOR GOOD, PRIMATE + best of all, ZOOTOPIA 2 ahead of a new LYNNE RAMSAY MOVIE.
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