{"id":133006,"date":"2025-09-12T20:24:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T20:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/133006\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T20:24:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T20:24:07","slug":"primate-paramounts-killer-chimp-horror-movie-will-feature-old-school-practical-effects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/133006\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Primate&#8217; &#8211; Paramount&#8217;s Killer Chimp Horror Movie Will Feature Old School Practical Effects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the horror films premiering at <a href=\"https:\/\/bloody-disgusting.com\/movie\/3893230\/fantastic-fest-2025s-massive-lineup-includes-black-phone-2-shelby-oaks-bryan-bertinos-vicious-and-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Fantastic Fest<\/a> later this month is Paramount\u2019s Primate from their horror label 18hz Productions, the latest from director\u00a0Johannes Roberts (47 Meters Down, The Strangers: Prey at Night,\u00a0Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City).<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming movie\u2019s plot description has been vague to this point, promising a \u201cprimal tale of horror and survival,\u201d but Bloody Disgusting can confirm ahead of the Fantastic Fest World Premiere that Primate is a killer chimp horror movie, and we\u2019re also hearing from sources that the film will make heavy use of old school practical effects for its rabies-infected chimp.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the full synopsis for Primate\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHome from college, Lucy reunites with family including pet chimp Ben. Ben contracts rabies during a pool party and turns aggressive. Lucy and friends barricade in pool, devising ways to survive the vicious chimp.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Primate releases in theaters\u00a0January 9, 2026, and we\u2019ve been hearing that it\u2019s a gory crowd-pleaser that should kick off next year on a high note for the horror genre. Stay tuned for Meagan Navarro\u2019s review out of Fantastic Fest next week, right here on Bloody Disgusting.<\/p>\n<p>Johannes Roberts co-wrote the screenplay for Primate with Ernest Riera. The horror movie stars Johnny Sequoyah\u00a0and Oscar\u00ae-winning\u00a0Troy Kotsur\u00a0(CODA).<\/p>\n<p>Walter Hamada\u00a0is producing\u00a0Primate, part of a new horror pact with Paramount.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fantasticfest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Fantastic Fest<\/a> is back this year for its milestone 20th anniversary from September 18-25. Primate\u2018s West Coast premiere will later be taking place at <a href=\"https:\/\/bloody-disgusting.com\/movie\/3899781\/beyond-fest-2025-massive-lineup-includes-bugonia-shelby-oaks-exit-8-and-so-much-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Beyond Fest<\/a> in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the horror films premiering at Fantastic Fest later this month is Paramount\u2019s Primate from their horror&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":133007,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,35193,35194,2839,35195,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-133006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-fantastic-fest-2025","tag-johannes-roberts","tag-movies","tag-primate","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}