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College friends on a Hawaiian vacation watch a beloved pet chimp turn rabid and hunt them. The MA 15+ covers strong bloody violence, gore, language and some drug use. Johannes Roberts goes explicit with chimp kills, glass injuries, pool traps, hangover beer and many f-words. People compare it to Cujo, and animal lovers may find Ben's rampage hard to sit with. Horror fans around sixteen can weigh it; younger kids who know chimps as pets should skip
Uplifting themes
Loyalty to Ben complicates the horror even while people fight to survive. Family feeling flickers under the attacks. Warmth is scarce once the blood starts
Story (may spoil tone)
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.
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Violence The rabid chimp mauls people through the night. Stabbings, pool-side ki…
The rabid chimp mauls people through the night. Stabbings, pool-side kills, face and jaw trauma and brick smashing keep it graphic and sustained. This is top-end animal-attack violence
Language People scream and swear through the chimp attacks without much pause. M…
People scream and swear through the chimp attacks without much pause. Many f-words land in the panic, plus s-word, b-word, g-word and ass when things get bloody
Sex / nudity Flirting and kissing show up among the friends, with some graphic sex t…
Flirting and kissing show up among the friends, with some graphic sex talk in the banter. No explicit sex scene. The talk is cruder than the action
Drugs / alcohol College drinking, hangover beer and pot smoking sit in the vacation vib…
College drinking, hangover beer and pot smoking sit in the vacation vibe. One character gets drunk and vomits. Intoxication is part of the weekend, not a cameo
Frightening Ben stalks the house like a Cujo-style pet gone wrong. Animal shrieks,…
Ben stalks the house like a Cujo-style pet gone wrong. Animal shrieks, a pool trap and survival scrambling keep the tension high. Relentless more than jump-scare cute
Gore / death / weapons Blood and wounds are shown in detail, including face and jaw trauma and…
Blood and wounds are shown in detail, including face and jaw trauma and glass injuries. It gets extreme for creature horror. Injury detail is not soft-pedaled
Grief / bereavement A parent's cancer death is mentioned in the backstory. It is a passing…
A parent's cancer death is mentioned in the backstory. It is a passing beat, not the engine of the plot. Still there for families listening closely
Flashing lights We have not confirmed whether this version contains flashing lights.
We have not confirmed whether this version contains flashing lights.
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Talk after watching
- Ben was part of the family before rabies changed him. How does the film treat animal victims?
- The friends hide in a pool because chimps avoid water. What survival tricks feel smart versus silly?
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