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Primal Rage

- There's a new party animal on campus. She'll bring out the beast in you!

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.

Release Date : 1988-12-01

Language :IdoEnglish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Overseas FilmGroupEl Pico S.A.

Production Country : Italy

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Sam Nash

Original Name : Patrick Lowe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lauren Daly

Original Name : Cheryl Arutt

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ethridge

Original Name : Bo Svenson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chas

Original Name : Luis Valderrama

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bryan

Original Name : John Baldwin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Debbie

Original Name : Sarah Buxton

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lovejoy

Original Name : Doug Sloan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Frank Duffy

Original Name : Mitch Watson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prof. Jenkins

Original Name : Turk Harley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kimberley

Original Name : Jennifer Hingel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Oakley

Original Name : Barry Schreiber

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lab Assistant

Original Name : Paul Bridges Thompson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Sally Carlson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sam's Roommate

Original Name : Greg Schmidt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Janitor

Original Name : Mal Jones

Gender : Male

Reviews

Wuchak

@Wuchak

2023-04-23

**_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 male protagonist while Mitch Watson is effective as the edgy student-journalist, who’s reminiscent of John Lennon. The flick’s worth watching just for winsome Cheryl Arutt (Lauren). Sarah Buxton is also worth noting as Debbie. Meanwhile towering Doug Sloan stands out as the violent bastage on campus, Lovejoy. The first act works quite well, but the last act devolves into shallow action thrills with a garnishment of horror. Still, the no-name 80’s rock/metal soundtrack is kinetic and I always wondered what would happen if someone was under the bleachers when they rolled ’em back. The film runs 1 hour, 31 minutes, and was shot in Miami, particularly Florida International University. GRADE: B-