Link (1986)

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Average Rating: 3.4/10
Reviews Counted: 6
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 5

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Release Date: Jan 1, 1986 Wide

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Richard Franklin directed this horror film that plays like Jane Goodall in Gaslight. Elisabeth Shue is Jane Chase, a graduate student in zoology who volunteers to help Dr. Steven Phillip (Terence Stamp), a professor at the university, with his animal studies. Arriving at his mansion, she is greeted by Link, a orangutan dressed in a monkey suit. Jane gets to know Link and Dr. Phillip's other chimp charges, Imp and Voodoo. One day Dr. Phillip goes to town, supposedly to sell Voodoo, but instead,

R, 1 hr. 43 min.

Art House & International, Horror

Directed By: Richard Bruce , Richard Franklin

Written By: Everett De Roche

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1986 Wide

On DVD: Aug 21, 2001

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Cast

Terence Stamp
Dr. Steven Phillip
Elisabeth Shue
Jane Chase
Steven Pinner
David
Richard Garnett
Dennis
David O'Hara
Tom
Kevin Lloyd
Bailey
Locke
Link
Joe Belcher
Taxi Driver
Carrie
Voodoo
Jed
Imp
Linus Roache
Uncredited
Geoffrey Beevers
Mr. Miller

Critic Reviews for Link

All Critics (9) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (6) | DVD (5)

Given Hollywood's sketchy record with monkey movies, Link compares relatively well and rates as moderately successful.

November 5, 2003 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide

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Ryan Cracknell

Apollo Guide

A head-scratcher: a movie so abominable from start to finish that it's headache-inducing, and more puzzling for its existence than for any of its numerous purported twists.

October 28, 2001 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central

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Walter Chaw

Film Freak Central

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Unfortunately it's never as creepy as the poster, but it does come close. Link sees Elisabeth Shue take a job minding Stamp's cottage where 3 apes live. An elderly domineering female, a youngling hat can communicate via a computer, and an old geezer dressed as a butler. The latter, known as Link, soon becomes a bit

June 25, 2011