Okay, "Monkey Shines" - Am I The Only One Who Found This Deeply Creepy?

Alright everyone, KevinMovies here. Just watched "Monkey Shines" (yeah, the George A. Romero one!) and I'm… unsettled. Like, REALLY unsettled. Not necessarily in a bad way, but damn, that movie messed with my head. So, basic premise: guy gets paralyzed, gets a helper monkey, monkey gets jealous and homicidal. Sounds kinda cheesy, right? But the way they execute it? That's where the gold - or maybe tar - is. I think the telepathic link thing was both far-fetched and really got under my skin. The POV shots from Ella's perspective were genuinely disturbing. I mean, the scene where she's staring at Melanie Lynskey's character, thinking about killing her, and then you see the poisoned ice cream...brrr. And the ending? Don't even get me started. I was kinda rooting for Ella, which is seriously messed up! But here's my question: Did anyone else feel like the movie was kinda blurring the lines between what was Ella's actions and what was Allan, the paralyzed guy's repressed rage? Was Ella just a furry little extension of his own anger and helplessness? Or was she truly sentient and just a really bad-tempered monkey? I'm leaning towards the former, which makes the whole thing even more tragic and, honestly, thought provoking. I just wish the dream sequences were toned town a little, kinda made it less scary and more of a campy vibe. And one last thing: those monkey POV shots? Super well done for 1988, right? The way they conveyed the monkey's focus and intensity was something else. Maybe I'm giving it too much credit, but I think "Monkey Shines" is a genuinely interesting, if deeply disturbing, exploration of disability, anger, and… well, killer monkeys. Let me know what you think!