Primate

About Primate

College student Lucy and her friends spend their vacation at her family's home in Hawaii, which includes her pet chimpanzee, Ben. However, when Ben contracts rabies after being bitten by a rabid animal, the group must fight for their lives in order to avoid the now-violent chimp.

Primate (2026) is a horror thriller film directed by Johannes Roberts. Its themes are survival horror, animal horror, animal attack, and hawaii.

Johnny Sequoyah stars as Lucy, Jessica Alexander as Hannah, Troy Kotsur as Adam, and Victoria Wyant as Kate. It runs 89 minutes and was released in January 2026.

The screenplay is by Ernest Riera and Johannes Roberts. It comes from 18Hz Productions, Domain Entertainment, and Paramount Pictures. American members can watch it on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads.

The Devil's Mouth, Dangerous Animals, and The Swarm make useful companions to Primate, all filed under survival. TMDB voters put it at 6.4 out of 10 across 966 votes and it carries a R rating.