Blue Monkey
“THEY BREED. THEY HATCH. THEY KILL. Maybe it's just a phase they're going through.”
William FruetCast
Ivan E. Roth 
Steve Railsback Gwynyth Walsh Don Lake Helen Hughes Sandy Webster
Credits
Written by: George Goldsmith
Plot
While working in a greenhouse, a man receives an insect bite after touching an exotic plant. Immediately, he falls ill and is taken to an emergency room where the doctors diagnose him as suffering from an unknown bacteria, and a strange parasite which emerges from his mouth as a large slimy wormlike creature.
Sinekatalog’s take
Blue Monkey (1987) is a Canadian horror film directed by William Fruet. It stars Ivan E. Roth, Steve Railsback and Gwynyth Walsh. It runs 96 minutes. It is listed here for its festival and awards record.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 4.9 / 10 (1,837 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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