Primal Rage (1988)

R12/01/1988Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller1h 32m
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There's a new party animal on campus. She'll bring out the beast in you!

Overview

A scientist at a Florida university inadvertently creates a "rage virus" while performing experiments intended to restore dead brain tissue in baboons. When a journalist for the college paper breaks into the campus lab, he's bitten by one of the infected baboons; the virus soon spreads to a trio of rapists and a valley girl, all of whom go on killing sprees.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Patrick Lowe

    Sam Nash

  2. Cast 1

    Cheryl Arutt

    Lauren Daly

  3. Cast 1

    Sarah Buxton

    Debbie

  4. Mitch Watson

    Frank Duffy

  5. Cast 1

    Bo Svenson

    Ethridge

  6. Doug Sloan

    Lovejoy

  7. Luis Valderrama

    Chas

  8. John Baldwin

    Bryan

  9. Turk Harley

    Prof. Jenkins

**_Rabid Neanderthals on the loose at a Florida campus_** A professor at a university in Miami (Bo Svenson) is developing a serum that restores dead brain cells using a baboon for testing. When a student is inadvertently bitten, an infection spreads through the campus during a Halloween celebration. Horror thrills ensue. "Primal Rage" (1988) takes the setting of “Pieces” (1982) and mixes in elements of the Kolchak episode “Primal Scream” (1975) and “Altered States” (1980). It’s basically a reimagining of “Monster on the Campus” (1958) for the ’80s. Patrick Lowe makes for a quality ma...