Overview
- The Paramount horror film from director Johannes Roberts, starring Johnny Sequoyah and Oscar winner Troy Kotsur, opened in U.S. theaters on Jan. 9.
- The premise follows a family pet chimp, Ben, whose behavior turns deadly after a mongoose bite linked to rabies.
- Ben is realized through Millennium FX’s animatronic creature suit, performed by movement specialist Miguel Torres Umba.
- Early reviews credit the tactile realism and Umba’s physical performance with grounding the film’s central menace.
- Critics describe a brisk, retro, gore-forward thriller set at a cliffside Hawaii home with a pool-bound siege, while faulting thin plotting and pacing.