Chimera (1991 film)

Chimera
Directed by	Lawrence Gordon Clark
Produced by	Nick Gillott
Written by	Stephen Gallagher
Starring	John Lynch Christine Kavanagh Kenneth Cranham
Music by	Nigel Hess
Cinematography	Ken Westbury
Distributed by	ITV
Release date(s)	July 1991
Running time	201 min.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Chimera (aka Monkey Boy) is a British horror-science-fiction television miniseries made by Anglia Television for ITV in 1991. It is based on the novel of the same name about genetic engineering by Stephen Gallagher, which was published in 1982.

Plot

A young nurse experiences true horror after accepting a job at a local fertility clinic. Something is slaughtering the staff. At the center of things is a mad-as-a-hatter scientist, whom the government continues to protect until it's almost too late in this new twist on the old Frankenstein story.

Cast

• John Lynch as Peter Carson
• Christine Kavanagh as Alison Wells
• Kenneth Cranham as Hennessey
• Peter Armitage as Sgt. Crichton
• Emer Gillespie as Nurse Tracy Pickford
• Sarah Winman as Julia
• George Costigan as Schaffer
• Pip Torrens as Windeler
• David Calder as Dr. Jenner
• Douglas Mann as Chad

Release

The film originally aired in its native England on ITV in July 1991. In the United States, it aired on A&E Television Networks.^[1]

The series was released on VHS in a heavily edited version under the title Monkey Boy by Prism Entertainment.^[2]

The complete series was released on DVD in the United Kingdom by Revelation Films Ltd in July 2010.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Company Credits for Chimera". imdb.com. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101577/companycredits. Retrieved 2011-04-04. 
2. ^ "Alternate Versions for Chimera". imdb.com. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101577/alternateversions. Retrieved 2011-04-04. 
3. ^ "Chimera". revfilms.co.uk. http://www.revfilms.co.uk/sci-fi-dvd/263-chimera.html. Retrieved 2011-04-04. 

External links

• Chimera at the Internet Movie Database
• Chimera at AllRovi