But is Primate based on a true story? One thing is for sure: Primate did not star a real chimpanzee. Ben was played by actor Miguel Torres Umba, who used prosthetics and puppetry to make Ben appear as ...

It’s a new twist on an old trope: The ape as stalker has a long tradition in Hollywood going back to at least the 1980s.

Primate is a lean, mean chimpanzee-focused horror film that keeps things simple and violent.

Primate” brings enjoyable suspense but doesn’t add anything new to the horror scene. The film is about a chimp who was originally brought home as a pet by the two main girls’ deceased mother, but the ...