Primal Rage( 1988)

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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.

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Patrick Lowe
Sam Nash
Cheryl Arutt
Lauren Daly
Sarah Buxton
Debbie
Mitch Watson
Frank Duffy
Bo Svenson
Ethridge
Doug Sloan
Lovejoy
Luis Valderrama
Chas
John Baldwin
Bryan
Turk Harley
Prof. Jenkins
Jennifer Hingel
Kimberley
Barry Schreiber
Oakley
Paul Bridges Thompson
Lab Assistant
Sally Carlson
Nurse
Greg Schmidt
Sam's Roommate
Mal Jones
Janitor
Jenny Cooper
Babe 1
Kristine Loyd
Babe 2
Tom Kouchalakos
Rookie Cop
Brody Howell
Drunk Student
Earl L. Simpson III
Baby Huey
Ben Stotes
Vampire
Joe Del Campo
FBI Agent
Christopher David Brown
FBI Agent
Eileen Engel
Dorm Receptionist
Julian Byrd
University Vice President
Jack McDermott
Police Chief
Darlene Wheatley
Editor
J.D. Steel
Tow Truck Driver
Tom Boykin
Fratter
R. Emmett Fitzsimmons
Campus Cop
L.R. Dutchyshyn
Cop at Halloween Party
William Cagliostro
Infirmary Student
Jay Amor
Orderly
Bill Wohrman
Veteran Cop
Paul Bridge Carlson
Dong Sloun
Darlene Weather

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A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on Thu Apr 06 2023

**_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 mal...