Primate
Something's wrong with Ben.
2026 | 89m | English
Popularity: 31 (history)
| Director: | Johannes Roberts |
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| Writer: | Ernest Riera, Johannes Roberts |
| Staring: |
| Lucy, a college student, along with 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 01, 2026 |
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| Director: | Johannes Roberts |
| Writer: | Ernest Riera, Johannes Roberts |
| Genres: | Horror, Thriller |
| Keywords | hawaii, pet, animal attack, gore, survival, monkey, survival horror, chimpanzee, rabies, primate, aggressive, mongoose, animal horror, pool party, pool, party, teen horror, horror, animal |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures, Domain Entertainment, 18Hz Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $41,384,372
Budget: $21,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Mar 06, 2026 Entered: Oct 20, 2025 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Johnny Sequoyah | Lucy |
| Jessica Alexander | Hannah |
| Troy Kotsur | Adam |
| Victoria Wyant | Kate |
| Gia Hunter | Erin |
| Benjamin Cheng | Nick |
| Charlie Mann | Drew |
| Tienne Simon | Brad |
| Miguel Hernando Torres Umba | Ben |
| Amina Abdi | Susan |
| Rob Chalk | Interpreter |
| Joe Abercrombie | Book Publisher |
| Nick Romano | Police Officer |
| Rob Delaney | Lambert |
| Ben Pronsky | Ben (voice) (uncredited) |
| Stuart Whelan | Passenger (uncredited) |
| Kae Alexander | (uncredited) |
| Kieran Deane | Airport Goer (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Stephen Murphy | Director of Photography |
| Dan Kenyon | Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor |
| John Adkins | Art Direction |
| Charlie Vaughan | Second Assistant Director |
| Miranda Diamond | Draughtsman |
| Marco Iozzi | Concept Artist |
| Florence Tasker | Graphic Designer |
| Tobias Poppe | Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor |
| Jonathan Barrass | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Ernest Riera | Writer |
| Verity Hawkes | Costume Design |
| Nick Dent | Supervising Art Director |
| Jon Beacham | "A" Camera Operator |
| David Tinto | Art Direction |
| Zoe Ozwell | Third Assistant Director |
| Louis Burnett | Graphic Designer |
| John Hajdukiewicz | Property Master |
| Russell Oxley | Scenic Artist |
| Sang Jun Kim | ADR Supervisor |
| Johanna Sutherland | Second Assistant Sound |
| George Niven-Brown | Special Effects Assistant |
| Johannes Roberts | Writer, Director |
| Simon Bowles | Production Design |
| Darren Chesney | Unit Production Manager |
| Adrian Johnston | Original Music Composer |
| Remo Tozzi | Art Direction |
| Guy Trevellyan | Third Assistant Director |
| Gary Dempsey | Painter |
| Terry Heggarty | Standby Painter |
| Abby Sumrie | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Sean Madsen | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Chris Whiteside | ADR Mixer |
| George Waite | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Peter Gvozdas | Editor |
| Jason Billington | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Alexandria Kerr | Standby Art Director |
| Matthew Moss | Production Supervisor |
| David Allcock | Storyboard Artist |
| Josephine Farr | Art Department Coordinator |
| Katie Mazurek | Draughtsman |
| Jesse Dodd | ADR Mixer |
| Tina Jones | Set Decoration |
| Shawn White | Gaffer |
| Matt Everitt | Animation Supervisor |
| Alasdair McKay | Art Direction |
| Ralph Bertelle | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Miles Ascough | Sculptor |
| Fionnlagh 'Foo' Finlayson | Graphic Designer |
| Giulia Mazzocchi | Art Department Assistant |
| Zack Goldsborough | Sound Recordist |
| Adam Ridge | Boom Operator |
| Jennifer L. Smith | Casting |
| Tricia Wood | Casting |
| Kharmel Cochrane | Casting |
| Paul Herbert | Stunt Coordinator |
| Nadia Hansell | Stunt Double |
| Gabriella Harman | Stunts |
| Joseph Grogan | Stunts |
| Karen Teoh | Stunts |
| Laura Swift | Stunts |
| Dan Griffiths | Stunts |
| Ellie Stewart-Croker | Stunts |
| Heather Phillips | Stunts |
| Troy Kenchington | Stunts |
| Matt Crook | Stunts |
| Anthony Skrimshire | Stunts |
| Dean Forster | Stunts |
| Ben Sambrook | Stunts |
| Nick Chopping | Stunts |
| Jamie Edgell | Stunts |
| Phil Booth | First Assistant Director |
| Yuri Reese | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| John Hembrough | "B" Camera Operator |
| Adrian Bell | Production Sound Mixer |
| James Willis | Special Effects Technician |
| James Woodcock | Special Effects Technician |
| Denise Kum | Hair Designer, Makeup Designer |
| Laura Schalker | Hair Supervisor, Makeup Supervisor |
| Chris Fitzpatrick | Prosthetic Supervisor |
| Poppy Clouter | Makeup & Hair |
| Nuria Mbomio | Makeup & Hair |
| Laura Randall | Makeup & Hair |
| Kelsey-Leigh Walker | Makeup & Hair |
| Chris Diebold | Sound Designer |
| Sanaa Kelley | Foley Artist |
| Matt Salib | Foley Artist |
| Iris Dutour | Foley Artist |
| Jordan McClain | Foley Mixer |
| Mitchell Kluge | Foley Mixer |
| Daniel Aranyó | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Rémi Martin | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Alexandra Leuk | Visual Effects Producer |
| Nicholas Hiegel | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Walter Hamada | Producer |
| Andrew Lary | Executive Producer |
| John Hodges | Producer |
| Johannes Roberts | Executive Producer |
| Pete Chiappetta | Executive Producer |
| Bradley Pilz | Producer |
| Vicki Dee Rock | Executive Producer |
| Nathan Samdahl | Executive Producer |
| Anthony Tittanegro | Executive Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| 2025 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 40 | 53 | 15 |
| 2026 | 2 | 114 | 296 | 33 |
| 2026 | 3 | 36 | 45 | 29 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2026 | 3 | 27 | 54 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2026 | 2 | 1 | 28 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2026 | 1 | 6 | 28 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2025 | 12 | 38 | 267 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2025 | 11 | 176 | 654 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2025 | 10 | 229 | 578 |
It’s been a while since “Lucy” (Johnny Sequoyah) has been home to her luxury family home in Hawai’i, so her arrival with friend “Kate” (Victoria Wyant) and the not quite so welcome “Hannah” (Jess Alexander) is eagerly awaited by her deaf dad “Adam” (Troy Kotsur), her younger sister “Erin” (Gia Hunte ... r) and the undoubted star of the film - their pet chimp “Ben”. Now any sense of jeopardy which we might have had coming into this fearsome frat-flesh-fest is somewhat negated by the fact that there is a very useful slide at the top of the film that explains to us the dangers of hydrophobia. Putting two and two together does not require Stephen Hawking and so what we watch for the next ninety minutes sees a lot of people go ape. As ever with these type of films, I found myself largely disinterested in the characterisations of the humans - they are all the usual unremarkable people who’d readily bore you to death at a party, so with the exception of the mostly absent author “Adam” who did bring a little charisma to the proceedings, they were entirely deserving of their grizzly fates - especially the three hormonal boys whose short shrift did raise a smile, I have to admit. The plot is full of holes and some of the dialogue is really banal, but in best Rudd Weatherwax tradition it’s the animal that out-acts everyone and had me rooting for him. The moral? Well perhaps that’s just never to mix a mongoose and a chimpanzee?
I thought it was a good film. The monkey seemed to have rabies and a personality disorder. The 2-hour film flowed very well; I wasn't bored. The camera zoomed in nicely on the violent scenes. It made me nauseous. The acting was passable, the effects were good, and the script was very similar to anot ... her film I've seen, but I can't remember the name. Is it worth watching? Give it a chance. It gets a 7 out of 10. Thanks for your efforts. Enjoy the movie!